The Case of the Naughty Necklace: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (November 28, 1951)

“The Case of the Naughty Necklace” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 28, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, a confidential investigator, is hired by a mysterious client to purchase a valuable pearl necklace from a woman named Wendy Harper at the Beachham Towers Hotel for five thousand dollars. When Craig arrives at Harper's apartment to negotiate the purchase, he discovers she is dead, and he becomes a suspect in what appears to be a murder frame-up.

New York City, including Barry Craig's office building, the Beachham Towers Hotel, and various city streets and locations.

Characters: Barry Craig, Wendy Harper, Jake the elevator operator, Detective Clancy, A mysterious client, John Peter Kenney

Listen for: Barry Craig's wry narration as he pieces together the mystery; the revelation of the mysterious client's identity and motive; how Craig plans to escape the police and prove his innocence.

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.