The Johnny Hill Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (November 10, 1950)

“The Johnny Hill Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 10, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Johnny Hill, a Chicago hoodlum found dead in his penthouse at the Hotel Haddon. The case leads Clover from the crime scene through the city's nightlife to the exclusive Griffin Club, where Hill had spent time the evening before his death.

New York City, primarily Broadway and surrounding areas, including the Hotel Haddon penthouse and the Griffin Club

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Alan Finch, Moro, Benny Fane, Mrs. Crane (Betsy), Nick Joyner, Mary Bishop, Johnny Hill

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway at nightfall, Clover's investigation across various nightclubs and establishments, and his interrogation of Mrs. Crane at the exclusive Griffin Club

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.