The John Mooney Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (March 22, 1952)

“The John Mooney Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 22, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the John Mooney murder case when a man named Myron Grace is arrested for passing a thousand-dollar bill from a five-year-old payroll robbery in which a messenger was killed. The bill leads Clover to suspect Less Cheney, recently released from prison, and the detective begins tracking down leads through the Broadway underworld.

Broadway and the surrounding neighborhoods of New York City, including a police station, Less Cheney's apartment, and various street locations.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Myron Grace, Miss Holland, Less Cheney, Mrs. Cheney, Benny

Listen for: A description of the man who sold the hot money bill to Grace, and the revelation that old Bunny Fame may have information about where the counterfeit money originated.

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.