Hear It Now
The Kefauver Crime Hearings
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Hear It Now brings listeners close to the people and events shaping contemporary America through on-the-scene reporting and recorded sound. Hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow, the program uses interviews, speeches, and actuality recordings to present public affairs as they unfold rather than as a conventional studio drama.
This installment focuses on the Kefauver crime hearings, the Senate investigation into organized crime led by Senator Estes Kefauver. The hearing-room voices and testimony give the broadcast the immediacy of a news report, while Murrow’s narration helps place the proceedings in context.
The result is a documentary-style listening experience: direct, serious, and grounded in the sounds of public life. It offers a vivid radio record of a major national investigation and of the questions about crime and government accountability that drew widespread attention.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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