The Alex Raymond Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (November 17, 1951)

“The Alex Raymond Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the shooting of toy designer Alex Raymond, whose employee Stanley Lawson is the prime suspect. As evidence emerges about Raymond and Harper's betrayal of Lawson's brilliant toy design, the detective uncovers a more complex story of desperation, greed, and hidden guilt among the people involved.

Broadway and New York City, including a toy factory, Raymond's apartment, a tenement building, police headquarters, and a hospital

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Stanley Lawson, Alex Raymond, Edwin Harper, Mrs. Lawson, Grace Gilman, Sergeant, Gordon

Listen for: The detective's methodical investigation as he pieces together clues from multiple interviews, the revelation that Raymond's toy design XK-20 will make a million dollars, and the twist that changes everything about who really pulled the trigger.

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.