[5] A 19-year-old, Jim Tanner is sentenced to death for the murder of Constable Albert Tomkins.

[6] Kennedy's play had been performed for British TV in 1958 as an episode of Armchair Theatre.

[7] The show was filmed live at ABC's Sydney studios at Gore Hill.

"[9] The production was well received critically, the Woman's Weekly reviewer saying "Murder Story" and its actors engrossed—indeed hypnotised—me.

[12] Raymond Menuir, John Edwart and Alan Seymour worked together again on Bodgie (1959).