The Artie Blanchard Case: Broadway Is My Beat (February 14, 1953)

“The Artie Blanchard Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 14, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Denison investigates the death of Artie Blanchard, found on the marquee of the Hotel Marquis with counterfeit money in his pockets. Blanchard's partner Joe Tobin reveals they came to the city together to buy a filling station, and Denison discovers Blanchard had been with widow Dorothy Miller the night before, who was selling her late husband's filling station to him.

New York City, Times Square area; the Hotel Marquis and surrounding streets; a widow's home

Characters: Detective Denison, Artie Blanchard, Joe Tobin, Hotel Manager Hockstater, Mrs. Dorothy Miller, Danny

Listen for: The detective's investigation into whether Blanchard jumped or was pushed, the significance of the counterfeit money found on the body, and Mrs. Miller's connection to the victim and the filling station deal.

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.