Behold A Corpse: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (March 1, 1953)

“Behold A Corpse” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 1, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig investigates when a woman named Brenda Connery suspects that the man claiming to be her husband Ralph, who disappeared five years ago and recently returned, might be an imposter. Brenda's doubts stem from his changed personality, different tastes, and unfamiliar mannerisms, but when Craig stakes out the Connery residence, he witnesses a confrontation that suggests darker complications than a simple case of mistaken identity.

New York City, including a coffee shop, a roadhouse in Queens, and the Connery townhouse residence.

Characters: Barry Craig, Brenda Connery, Ralph Connery, Man in rain slicker

Listen for: The mysterious stranger who stops Craig's car to force him to investigate Ralph Connery, and Brenda's growing hysteria as she accuses her husband of deliberately trying to drive her insane.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.