The John Webster Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 20, 1950)

“The John Webster Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 20, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of John Webster, found dead with a knife in his throat at a funeral home during Agnes Harper's services. As Clover traces Webster's connections to the Lonely Hearts Club and its operator Thomas Perry, he uncovers a web of romantic entanglements involving Agnes Harper, her sister Ethel, and Webster's ex-wife, leading to a shocking discovery about who really committed the crime.

Broadway in New York City, including a mortuary, a dance club, tenement apartments, and various locations along the street from Times Square to Columbus Circle

Characters: Danny Clover, detective, Thomas Perry, Lonely Hearts Club operator, Agnes Harper, deceased, Ethel Harper, Agnes's sister, John Webster, murder victim, Elizabeth Webster, John's ex-wife, Mr. Krampolins, mortuary manager, Mrs. Livingston, Lonely Hearts Club member

Listen for: The noir atmosphere of Broadway at night; the Lonely Hearts Club as a matching service; the revelation that Ethel Harper, Agnes's sister, is the killer; the details of an attempted murder the night before Agnes's planned wedding to John Webster.

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.