The Joseph Brady Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 17, 1953)

“The Joseph Brady Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 17, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joseph Brady, a well-to-do inventor, killed in an alley by a bullet fired at close range. A neighborhood drunk named Herbie Lennon is found with the murder weapon and no memory of the shooting, while a refined woman named Sally Carr confesses to the crime, claiming she killed Brady to protect Herbie. As Clover digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deception spanning five years.

Broadway and the surrounding New York City neighborhoods, including Brooklyn and East 48th Street, in January

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Herbie Lennon, Sally Carr, Joseph Brady (deceased), Hazel Thomas, Mrs. Taylor, Sergeant Gino, Lieutenant Proteglia

Listen for: A complex mystery involving mistaken identity, misdirection through false confession, and a revenge plot dating back five years; pay attention to the details about Joseph Brady's invention and his past relationships in the neighborhood.

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.