The Lily Nelson Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 6, 1951)

“The Lily Nelson Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 6, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the death of Lillian Nelson, a famous Broadway actress found dead in her apartment with slashed wrists and a razor blade nearby. The death appears to be suicide, but as Danny questions those close to her—a devoted taxi driver, the theater owner, and her psychiatrist—each reveals their own complicated feelings about the beautiful star and provides disturbing clues about what really happened.

Broadway and surrounding areas of New York City, including Lillian Nelson's brownstone apartment in Washington Square and a theater.

Characters: Danny Clover, Lillian Nelson, Frank, Theater owner, Dr. Kovac, David Knight

Listen for: The emotional testimonies of the people in Lillian Nelson's life as Detective Clover pieces together the mystery of her death, and Dr. Kovac's shocking assertion that it was not suicide.

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.