The Mary Gilbert Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (November 26, 1949)

“The Mary Gilbert Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 26, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Mary Gilbert, a jewelry shop owner's daughter, shot during a late-night robbery. Maury Brandeis has been convicted and is scheduled for execution Monday morning, but Mary's mother insists her son is innocent. Clover begins reexamining the evidence, starting with interviews of the victim's father and following a lead about a coat given to a shop boy named Robert Shaw.

New York City, Broadway area; a jewelry shop; Harlem

Characters: Danny Clover, Mrs. Brandeis, Mr. Brandeis, Maury Brandeis, Sergeant Tautaglia, Phil Alexander, Nicki Thomas, Charles Gilbert

Listen for: The detective's growing doubts about the convicted man's guilt and the mysterious coat that may hold a clue to the real killer's identity.

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.