The Judge and the Champ: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (October 17, 1951)

“The Judge and the Champ” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 17, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Columnist Al White is murdered in his apartment after threatening to publish scandalous stories about a fixed boxing match and a corrupt political deal involving Judge Adair and nightclub owner Ace Daily. Detective Barry Craig takes on the case to find White's killer, uncovering a web of suspects who all have motives to silence the columnist.

New York City, including Al White's apartment, the Casa Daily nightclub, the Carteret Arms hotel, a pier, and Barry Craig's office.

Characters: Barry Craig, Al White, Ace Daily, Judge Adair, Louise Adair, Larry Slade, Lily Duvoir, Sergeant Marty Moran

Listen for: The solution to who really killed columnist Al White, revealed through detective work and a confrontation in Barry Craig's office where the true murderer is exposed.

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.