The Long Way Home: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (July 8, 1952)

“The Long Way Home” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 8, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig is hired by Mona Walsh, a woman fleeing her dangerous husband Ted Walsh, a known criminal who has killed and robbed his way across the country. Craig agrees to watch the Walsh house through the night to protect Mona from her husband's pursuit, and begins investigating Ted Walsh's criminal background.

New York City, including Craig's office building, a shiny car, Mona Walsh's house, and a drugstore with a phone

Characters: Barry Craig, Mona Walsh, Ted Walsh, Jake, Lieutenant Trev

Listen for: Craig's philosophical observations about people and their professions, his casual handling of danger, and his investigation into Ted Walsh's criminal past

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.