Dead on Arrival: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (November 14, 1951)

“Dead on Arrival” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 14, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig is hired by Peggy Palmer to negotiate the sale of a valuable George Washington diary that her brother George has found. When George is murdered and the diary goes missing, Craig must navigate a dangerous world of rival claimants, including an eccentric descendant of Washington's circle and various criminals, all determined to obtain the precious document.

A mid-century American city with barber shops, offices, parks, and saloons.

Characters: Barry Craig, Peggy Palmer, George Palmer, Grant Tyler, Marty Willinsky, Courtney Bellows, Holland, Buster

Listen for: A complex mystery involving a valuable historical document, multiple murder suspects, and a final revelation that Peggy Palmer herself orchestrated her brother's death as part of an insurance scheme.

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.