The Joey Condon Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 24, 1953)

“The Joey Condon Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 24, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Gino Hurt, a dying man found in a furnished room on West 49th Street. The trail leads to Joey Condon, a trumpet player at the Pinwheel Club, and a couple named Charlie and Laura Wood who were seen with Joey at a late-night party that lasted nearly 24 hours.

Broadway and Times Square area of New York City, including a furnished room on West 49th Street and the Pinwheel Club on West 52nd Street.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Gino Hurt, Joey Condon, Avery, Charlie Wood, Laura Wood

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway at night, the investigation beginning with a dying man's report, and the discovery that Laura Wood has disappeared with Joey Condon after an all-night party.

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.