Two Dead Men: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (June 23, 1955)

“Two Dead Men” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 23, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Confidential investigator Barry Craig is hired to protect wealthy socialite Hilda Hobson's quarter-million dollars in jewels at a tennis championship tournament. During the finals between Hilda's young husband Kirk Kenny and star player Bobby Blaine, Blaine suddenly collapses on the court. An autopsy reveals Blaine was poisoned with a pill slipped to him between games, and Craig must determine who wanted the tennis star dead.

A tennis championship tournament at a stadium, and the J. Creighton Memorial Club, during a summer afternoon in the 1950s.

Characters: Barry Craig, Hilda Hobson, Kirk Kenny, Bobby Blaine, Harry Benton

Listen for: The investigation into Bobby Blaine's death unfolds as Craig questions the key suspects, including Hilda Hobson and her young husband Kirk Kenny, examining their motives and relationships.

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.