Dead Loss: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (October 15, 1952)

“Dead Loss” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 15, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Confidential investigator Barry Craig is hired by wealthy Jason Potter to keep his wife Gloria alive, as Potter fears she will become the target of a murderer rather than a divorcee. When Potter is found shot dead in his study despite Craig's efforts, the investigation reveals a tangled web of blackmail, financial desperation, and hidden motives among those close to the Potters.

A wealthy household and various locations in the city including a nightclub and an apartment building

Characters: Barry Craig, Jason Potter, Gloria Potter, Oswald Jones, Lieutenant Lucinda Rogers, Baker, Checkroom attendant at nightclub

Listen for: A murder mystery with multiple suspects, a bomb plot, and revelations about blackmail and financial schemes; the killer's identity becomes clear toward the end when Barry Craig gathers everyone together.

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.