The Joe Turner Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (February 21, 1953)

“The Joe Turner Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 21, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Rookie policeman Joe Turner is found stabbed to death on a Hudson River dock. Detective Danny Markleman investigates when Turner's old friend Roy calls the Turner home just before the murder, and Betty Turner arrives at the crime scene distraught. Markleman must uncover what brought Turner to the dock and what connection Roy has to the killing.

New York City, including a Hudson River dock, the Turner home, and police headquarters

Characters: Detective Danny Markleman, Joe Turner, Betty Turner, Roy

Listen for: The details of Joe Turner's phone call from Roy, what drew the rookie policeman to the dock, and why a riot call is made during the investigation

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.