Fatal Appointment: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (January 16, 1952)

“Fatal Appointment” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 16, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, a confidential investigator, is hired by a woman named Mrs. Henning to verify whether her husband is keeping a mysterious appointment at the Glamet Hotel with a girl named Muriel. Craig stakes out the hotel and discovers Muriel Jones dead in her room, shot twice. Mrs. Henning confesses to the killing, but as Craig investigates further, he uncovers a more complex story involving the victim's true identity and her connections to both the Henning household and a nightclub called the Bright Star.

A hotel room at the Glamet Hotel, Willie's diner, and the Henning home in an unnamed city.

Characters: Barry Craig, Mrs. Henning, Dan Henning, Muriel Jones, Willie, Mr. Thompson, The hotel clerk

Listen for: The clever questioning technique Barry Craig uses to expose inconsistencies in Mrs. Henning's confession, and the revelation that the dead girl's identity is far more complicated than it first appeared.

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.