The Celia Jordan Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (July 24, 1950)

“The Celia Jordan Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 24, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the disappearance of Celia Jordan after finding blood stains in her apartment. Her wealthy suitor Paul Chelsea claims she's been killed, suspecting a man named Cliff Moore, an army veteran recently discharged for mental reasons who had once dated Celia. Clover tracks down Cliff and discovers he spent the previous evening with Celia, but Cliff's account of their time together remains evasive.

New York City in summer, including Celia Jordan's apartment, a bar on Third Avenue, and a hotel on 70th Street

Characters: Danny Clover, Paul Chelsea, Celia Jordan, Cliff Moore, Detective Mugerman, Charlie the bartender

Listen for: A classic noir investigation with atmospheric descriptions of summer heat on Broadway, the detective's matter-of-fact approach to questioning, and mounting tension around the missing woman and the mysterious Cliff Moore

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.