The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River
About This Broadcast
The 1892 killings of Andrew and Abby Borden are revisited through the evidence and unanswered questions left after Lizzie Borden's acquittal.
This Crime Classics broadcast aired on September 30, 1953. It is listed as episode 14 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Lou Merrill, Irene Tedrow, Jeanette Nolan, Herb Butterfield, and Betty Harford. Other credited names include Elliott Lewis as director, Elliott Lewis as producer, Morton Fine as writer, David Friedkin as writer, and Bob Lemond as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes.
This version is based on The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River.
CBS historical true-crime docudrama created, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.
Listeners can expect crime, documentary, and drama, anthology in format, and dark, humorous, and cerebral in tone.

