The Harold Clark Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 27, 1950)

“The Harold Clark Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 27, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Harold Clark, found shot dead in the hallway of the El Royale apartment building. Clark's wife claims she was borrowing tea bags from their neighbor Lloyd Raimi when her jealous husband came after her, knocked on Raimi's door, and was shot. Clover must determine what really happened and find Raimi.

New York City, primarily the El Royale apartment building on West 58th Street, also a tattoo parlor and police headquarters.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Mrs. Clark, Lloyd Raimi, Mugga-bun, Dr. Sinsky, Mr. Wilkins, Berkey (tattoo artist), Sergeant

Listen for: The atmospheric description of Broadway and Times Square; the interrogation of Mrs. Clark; the investigation into Lloyd Raimi's background through apartment records and a tattoo parlor; Detective Clover's conversation with his sergeant about a clue involving a tattoo.

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.