The Black Museum was a 1951 radio crime drama program produced by Harry Alan Towers for the BBC and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard’s Black Museum. Ira Marion was the scriptwriter, and music for the series was composed and conducted by Sidney Torch.
Orson Welles was both host and narrator for stories of horror and mystery based on Scotland Yard’s collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical true crime cases. The show’s opening began:
This is Orson Welles, speaking from London.
{Sound of Big Ben chimes)
The Black Museum… a repository of death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects… a woman’s shoe, a tiny white box, a quilted robe… all are touched by murder.
| 22 Caliber Pistol, the | 5.02MB Download | |
| Bath Tub, the | 6.04MB Download | |
| Black Gladstone Bag, the | 5.12MB Download | |
| Blood Stained Brickbat, the | 3.86MB Download | |
| Brass Button, the |
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| Canvas Bag, the | 4.38MB Download | |
| Car Tire, the | 4.16MB Download | |
| Center Fire Bullet, the | 4.13MB Download | |
| Champagne Glass, the | 4.55MB Download | |
| Claw Hammer, a | 4.42MB Download | |
| Door Key, the | 4.09MB Download | |
| Faded Tartan Scarf, the | 5.87MB Download | |
| Four Small Bottles | 4.61MB Download | |
| French-English Dictionary, a | 4.46MB Download | |
| Gas Receipt, the | 4.44MB Download | |
| Glass Shards | 4.38MB Download | |
| Hammerhead, the | 4.20MB Download | |
| Jack Handle, the | 4.48MB Download | |
| Jar of Acid | 3.40MB Download | |
| Jar of Acid, a | 4.65MB Download | |
| Khaki Handkerchief, the | 4.08MB Download | |
| Kilroy Was Here | 5.79MB Download | |
| Lady’s Shoe, a | 4.39MB Download | |
| Leather Bag, the | 4.14MB Download | |
| Letter, a | 4.25MB Download | |
| Little White Boxes | 6.56MB Download | |
| Mandolin String, the | 5.16MB Download | |
| Meat Juice | 4.50MB Download | |
| Notes, the | 4.37MB Download | |
| Old Wooden Mallet, the | 4.43MB Download | |
| Open End Wrench | 5.50MB Download | |
| Open End Wrench, the | 4.04MB Download | |
| Pair of Spectacles, the | 4.92MB Download | |
| Piece of Iron Chain, a | 4.50MB Download | |
| Pink Powder Puff, the | 4.47MB Download | |
| Post Card, the | 5.60MB Download | |
| Prescription, a | 4.97MB Download | |
| Raincoat, the | 4.37MB Download | |
| Sash Cord, the | 4.23MB Download | |
| Service Card, a | 4.48MB Download | |
| Sheath Knife, the | 5.13MB Download | |
| Shilling, a | 4.47MB Download | |
| Shopping Bag, the | 5.90MB Download | |
| Silencer, a | 4.41MB Download | |
| Small White Boxes, the | 4.38MB Download | |
| Spotted Bedsheet, the | 4.41MB Download | |
| Straight Razor, the | 4.95MB Download | |
| Tan Shoe, the | 4.20MB Download | |
| Telegram, the | 4.40MB Download | |
| The Baby’s Jacket | 4.39MB Download | |
| The Brass Button | 4.12MB Download | |
| The Brick | 3.82MB Download | |
| The Center-Fire Bullet | 5.37MB Download | |
| The Champagne Glass | 4.27MB Download | |
| The Faded T | 4.55MB Download | |
| The Gladstone Bag | 6.75MB Download | |
| The Jack Handle | 6.14MB Download | |
| The Khaki Handkerchief |
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| The Prescription | 6.59MB Download | |
| The Raincoat | 5.98MB Download | |
| The Small White Boxes | 8.65MB Download | |
| The Tan Shoe | 5.62MB Download | |
| Trunk, a | 4.45MB Download | |
| Two Bullets |
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| Walking Stick, the | 4.35MB Download | |
| Woman’s Pigskin Glove, a | 4.59MB Download | |
| Wool Jacket, the |
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| the Axis Submarine | 5.20MB Download | |
| the Baby’s Jacket | 6.00MB Download | |
| the Bit of Frosted Glass | 5.79MB Download | |
| the Chain |
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| the Gladstone Bag | 8.51MB Download | |
| the Jacket | 5.60MB Download | |
| the Pike | 1.03MB Download | |
| the Rising Sun | 5.63MB Download | |
| the Scarf | 6.15MB Download | |
| the Spectacles | 5.77MB Download | |
| the Wooden Mallet | 5.95MB Download |
Tags: Black Museum, Old Time Radio, Orson Welles
