The Joan Stanley Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (June 20, 1953)

“The Joan Stanley Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 20, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny gets an early morning tip from his partner about Mark Nelson, a man beaten the night before who accused a girl named Joan Parker of robbery. When Danny and his partner visit Joan Parker's apartment, they discover signs of a violent struggle and blood in the sink. Now Mark Nelson has disappeared, and his worried wife reveals he never came home, while his wedding ring mysteriously arrived in the mail that morning.

New York City, specifically Broadway and the surrounding neighborhoods including tenement buildings on West 19th Street, police precincts, and various bars and apartments.

Characters: Detective Danny, Detective Muggaman, Mark Nelson, Joan Parker, Mrs. Nelson, Doctor Sinsky

Listen for: The distinctive noir narration describing the Broadway setting and the unfolding investigation, plus the tension between Mark Nelson's accusation against Joan Parker and the mysterious circumstances that follow.

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.