Ghost of A Chance: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (December 19, 1951)

“Ghost of A Chance” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 19, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, a confidential investigator, is hired by the Trans-Southern Insurance Company to quietly investigate a $50,000 claim paid to the widow of Remo Torch, who allegedly fell to his death on a subway platform three months ago. An anonymous caller has claimed the death was fraudulent, and Craig must determine the truth—but his investigation takes a bizarre turn when the caretaker of Hillcrest Cemetery claims to have seen the supposedly dead Remo Torch rise from his grave and walk away into the night.

New York City, including the Trans-Southern Insurance Company office, Seneca Street, and Hillcrest Cemetery on Long Island

Characters: Barry Craig, Roy Brennahan, Mrs. Remo Torch, Sam Billings, Mrs. Verna Talbot, Remo Torch

Listen for: The mystery of the empty coffin and the man walking with an unusual gait; Barry's stakeout at the cemetery and pursuit of the mysterious figure making a phone call

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.