The Joan Gale Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 21, 1950)

“The Joan Gale Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joan Gale, a woman found dead in a flower shop. His investigation leads him to John Ripley, a man having an affair with the victim, and Roy Austin, a clerk at the flower shop with a mysterious past from Scranton.

New York City, primarily Broadway and Times Square area, including a flower shop, the Dunhill Apartments, police headquarters, and a shoe distribution business

Characters: Danny Clover, police detective, Joan Gale, murder victim, Roy Austin, flower shop clerk, John Ripley, victim's lover, Mrs. Ripley, John's wife, Mr. Coupleheim, flower shop owner, Frank, house detective at the Dunhill Apartments, Sergeant Tate

Listen for: The distinctive opening narration about Broadway at night, the investigation's twists revealing blackmail and hidden identities, and the climactic chase through city streets with religious imagery

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.