The Marty Connell Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 4, 1952)

“The Marty Connell Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 4, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the discovery of a gun and blood stains on an East River dock. The weapon is traced to a shipment of munitions aboard a ship at the pier, and suspicion falls on Marty Connell, a dock worker who failed to appear at his job and didn't come home the previous night.

New York City waterfront, East River docks, and the surrounding neighborhoods of Broadway and Times Square area.

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Gino, Tommy Londoner, Mrs. Connell, Marty Connell

Listen for: The poetic, atmospheric narration that opens and closes scenes; the investigation of the stolen gun from the munitions shipment; the tense interrogation of Mrs. Connell about her missing husband's whereabouts.

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.