Corpse on the Town: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (March 9, 1955)

“Corpse on the Town” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 9, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig investigates a Broadway producer named Stanton Bishop for a dog dentist client who suspects the producer is overselling investment shares in a musical called 2055. Craig discovers the producer has accepted $400,000 from investors for a show budgeted at only $300,000, but Bishop's sudden marriage to wealthy investor Eloise Finchley complicates the case.

New York City, including a dog dentist's office near Yonkers, a Broadway rehearsal hall, and a bridal suite near Central Park.

Characters: Barry Craig, Luther Bassett, Stanton Bishop, Eloise Finchley, Eduardo Bernard

Listen for: The unusual premise of a canine dentist hiring a detective, references to Broadway shows featuring dog actors, and the revelation that Bishop's hasty marriage is a cover-up strategy.

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.