The Alice Mayo Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (May 24, 1952)

“The Alice Mayo Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 24, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover responds to an anonymous call reporting a murder at the 18th Hotel. He finds Alice Mayo dead in her apartment, and her husband Fred reveals that Alice had recently befriended a man named Ernie Britt at a local dance club. Clover begins investigating Ernie's whereabouts, discovering that Ernie made preparations that evening—ordering flowers and getting groomed—suggesting he had a significant appointment at nine o'clock.

New York City Broadway, from Times Square to Columbus Circle; the 18th Hotel; the Regency Friendship Club; a barbershop; detective headquarters

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Fred Mayo, Alice Mayo, Ernie Britt, Detective Muckerman, Mr. Mann, Dance club manager, Barber

Listen for: The investigation unfolds as Clover traces Ernie Britt's movements on the night of Alice Mayo's murder, following clues about a mysterious nine o'clock appointment and his preparations to see someone named Alice.

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.