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The Barbara Hunt Murder Case

Broadway is My Beat · May 16, 1953 · 29 min · 4,341 words

The transcript of “The Barbara Hunt Murder Case”, an episode of Broadway is My Beat first broadcast May 16, 1953. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Broadway Is My Beat plays Broadway is My Beat free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Broadway's My Beat from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the godiest, the most violent, the lonesome-est mile in the world. Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. When the rumor gets around at summer is almost here, Broadway is beside itself with glee.

Somebody notices the moonlight of May, shouts about it to a girl who whispers about it to another guy, and the word gets round. It drifts across town, causes phenomena. Through cuts, barelegged girls with cheeks of tan, and the boy who runs down the street screaming, I'm in love.

It's the time to turn on the dream, cotton candy and carnival time, bleachers and hot dog with everything time. It's happened, it started. The lazy days are here again. And where I was, private house converted to upstairs and downstairs apartment, 11 o'clock in the morning time.

on duty me in answer to phone call in which the word violence had intruded doorway upstairs apartment you the police come on in boy you ought to see you ought to see what's in this your name Adams you're the man yeah sure sure listen listen to that you remember when white man recorded that yeah you know what I was

doing that I what you do that for you called you said there was an attempted murder here well I wanted you to observe the kind of joint you're in that So you think that's the only record like it now hundreds of them white men Helen Cain Colombo early cross you got carried away

With it and thought to call homicide Come on in here have an attempted homicide She's been shot hasn't she no gun around I look Yeah Okay, mr. Adams tell me about it. I wasn't supposed to be here. Oh with downstairs as for rent The agent said look at the downstairs apartment not the upstairs one is he shook his finger

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