The Dr Robbie Mc Clure Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (August 4, 1949)

“The Dr Robbie Mc Clure Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 4, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Police Lieutenant Danny Clover investigates the murder of Dr. Robbie McClure, who is found dead in police headquarters with a gunshot wound from what appears to be a .22 caliber weapon. The case takes a curious turn when Clover learns that McClure left his office late at night with a striking woman, visiting a wealthy eccentric toy manufacturer named Mr. Fletcher who claims to be McClure's patient.

New York City, including police headquarters, Dr. McClure's office building, a taxi cab, and Mr. Fletcher's elaborate mansion decorated with nursery rhyme murals.

Characters: Lieutenant Danny Clover, Dr. Robbie McClure, Sergeant Tagglea, Pippett the night watchman, Irv the cab driver, Rose, Mr. Fletcher

Listen for: The atmospheric opening that establishes Broadway as the detective's beat, the peculiar description of Mr. Fletcher's fantastical toy-filled mansion, and the mystery of the unknown woman who accompanied Dr. McClure to Fletcher's house.

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.