Crawford Mystery Theatre
Crawford Mystery Theatre (originally broadcast on NBC as Public Prosecutor before being dropped by NBC, then picked up by DuMont) is an American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network Thursdays at 9:30pm ET beginning on September 6, 1951.After it left the network, it was broadcast in New York through February 1952 with the title Public Prosecutor.[2] Originally filmed in 1947-48 by Jerry Fairbanks Productions and titled Public Prosecutor, the program starred Howard, Walter Sande, and Anne Gwynne in a typical murder-mystery setting.[1] After the network cancellation, the program continued to air locally on DuMont's flagship station, WABD in New York City.[1] An episode of Crawford Mystery Theatre survives at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.