After a father and daughter are bludgeoned to death in 1804 England, suspicion centers on blacksmith Edmund Thrower, but eleven years later new doubt unsettles the old case.

This Crime Classics broadcast aired on August 3, 1953. It is listed as episode 8 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes William Johnstone, Eric Snowdon, Alistair Duncan, Jay Novello, and Joseph Kearns. Other credited names include Elliott Lewis as director, Elliott Lewis as producer, Morton Fine as writer, David Friedkin as writer, and Lou Merrill as host.

The surviving recording runs about 28 minutes.

This version is based on Mr. Thrower's Hammer.

CBS historical true-crime docudrama created, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.