The Embezzler: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (March 30, 1954)

“The Embezzler” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 30, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, confidential investigator, arrives in the small town of Echo Corners to quietly recover embezzled bank funds stolen by Kirk Dennis, a young teller with a troubled past whom the bank manager foolishly hired despite local opposition. Craig begins interviewing the townspeople to track down Dennis and recover the money before scandal engulfs the bank.

Echo Corners, a small town of under 20,000 population, during its annual Spring Jubilee

Characters: Barry Craig, Woolsey, Kirk Dennis, Jenny Smith, Samson Kovacs

Listen for: A mysterious embezzler who may be Robin Hood-like, stealing to help others; cryptic clues about Kirk Dennis's whereabouts and motivations; conflicting accounts of his character and actions

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.