Crime Classics. June 15, 1953. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Crime Of Bathsheba Spooner". The first show of the series, a summer replacement for "Suspense." The story of the first woman tried and executed in the United States. The script was used as an audition, recorded December 3, 1952 . Lou Merrill (host), Mary Jane Croft, William Johnstone, Georgia Ellis, Herb Butterfield, Ben Wright, Sam Edwards, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Tudor Owen, Bob Lemond (announcer). http://audiblepodcast.com/rnn 1 free audible audiobook