The Jack Jorno Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (August 7, 1950)

“The Jack Jorno Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 7, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Glover investigates the murder of Jack Giorno, a young boxer found dead in an alley. The case leads him through the boxing world where he discovers connections to Jenny Dorsett, the wife of washed-up fighter Billy Dorsett, and George Fuller, a fight manager with secrets of his own.

New York City, primarily in and around boxing gyms, apartments, and police headquarters

Characters: Danny Glover, Jack Giorno, Saul Boone, Billy Dorsett, George Fuller, Jenny Dorsett, Mickey Crystal, Dr. Fenske

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway and the city streets; Danny's investigation through the boxing world; the discovery of Jenny Dorsett's body and the revelation of George Fuller's involvement in both murders.

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.