Whitehall 1212 was the popular phone number for Scotland Yard-the headquarters from the London Metropolitan Law enforcement Force-and also an exciting true crime theatre from your golden age group of radio!

Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper (the creator of Lighting Out and Quiet Please make sure to), Whitehall 1212 was a crime drama that shown in NBC from 1951 until 1952. It had been hosted by Chief Superintendent John Davidson, curator of the Dark Museum, Scotland Yard’s repository of loss of life. Similar to The Dark Museum, about WhiteHall 1212, Vol. 1 starring Orson Welles, Whitehall 1212 dramatized true-crime instances solved by Scotland Yard. The announcer cued up each episode with, “These are the true stories, the unvarnished specifics, just because they occurred, reenacted for you personally by an all-British cast. Only the names from the participants have for obvious reasons been transformed. The stories are offered the full assistance of Scotland Yard.”

The researcher for the series was Percy Hoskins, the chief crime reporter for London Daily Telegraph. Hoskins was the newspaperman who acquired in the beginning reported on a number of the crimes getting dramatized. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this excellent crime series-all true tales from Scotland Backyard!

1/6/52 – “The Murder of Charles Brooks”1/13/52 – “Murder in the Black Market”1/20/52 – “The King’s Housekeeper’s Murder”1/27/52 – “The Murder of Small Philip Avery”2/3/52 – “The Pete Williams Case”2/10/52 – “The Case of the Innocent Bystander”2/17/52 – “THE SITUATION of the Late Mrs. Harvey”3/2/52 – “THE SITUATION of Air Cadet Gordon”3/30/52 – “The Murder of the Bloody Belgiam”4/27/52 – “The Case of Francesca Nicholson5/18/52 – “THE SITUATION of Sidney Wolfe”5/25/52 – “THE SITUATION of Maggie Rawlinson”6/1/52 – “THE SITUATION of Winifred Hogg”6/15/52 – “THE SITUATION of the Homemade Reticule”7/6/52 – “The Murder of Mr. Road”8/3/52 – “THE SITUATION of Nora Brady”