The John Dobson Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 5, 1952)

“The John Dobson Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 5, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Police detective Danny Clover investigates the poisoning of John Dobson, a Park Avenue businessman found unconscious in his parked car on East River Drive. Dobson's wife claims he left their apartment to visit an old friend, Floyd Gilmore, but Clover must uncover the truth about Dobson's movements and relationships before the man dies in the hospital.

New York City in 1952: a police emergency hospital, a Park Avenue apartment, a bachelor's flat in Gramercy Park, and the New Howard Hotel on the East Side.

Characters: Danny Clover, Dr. Sinsky, John Dobson, Mrs. Edna Dobson, Floyd Gilmore, Isabel Martin

Listen for: The clever unraveling of Dobson's last hours as Clover pieces together conflicting stories from his wife, his friend Gilmore, and the woman Dobson was supposed to meet. Watch for the twist when Gilmore's story changes under questioning.

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.