Death and the Purple Cow: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (December 12, 1951)

“Death and the Purple Cow” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 12, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, a confidential investigator, is having a late-night coffee at Willie's diner when a man with a gun forces him to stay quiet, warning him that a client is coming. Before the mysterious client arrives, the man is shot dead in the diner. Craig learns the dead man is John Largo, described as an executive from St. Louis. Later, Craig discovers that a young woman named Sally Marlin has been waiting in his office, sent by her brother Donald to hire Craig's services.

A late-night diner called Willie's wagon and Barry Craig's office building on Madison Avenue in the city.

Characters: Barry Craig, Willie, Lieutenant Rogers, Jake the elevator man, John Largo, Sally Marlin, Donald Marlin

Listen for: The mysterious circumstances surrounding John Largo's murder and what Sally Marlin's brother wants Craig to investigate.

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.