Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series that aired from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then narrated. Each episode lasted between 60 and 75 minutes and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner, with Erik Ode being the most well-known, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music for the series was composed by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also wrote the complete scores for five episodes.
