The Frank Conway Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (July 3, 1950)

“The Frank Conway Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 3, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Frank Conway, a Texan found shot in a hotel room at the Olympian Hotel. The room belongs to Henry Sherwood, who lent it to a man named Eddie Donald while away in Cleveland. Clover must track down Eddie Donald and uncover his connection to the dead man and a mysterious woman named Liz Nelson.

New York City, particularly Broadway and the Olympian Hotel; also LaGuardia Airport and various locations around the city.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Matthew Porter, Frank Conway, Henry Sherwood, Eddie Donald, Mom (Mrs. Toby), Magna, Liz Nelson

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway at dawn, the discovery of the body in the hotel room, and Clover's interviews with the hotel staff and suspects as he pieces together the mystery.

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.