The Mary Trevor Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 25, 1952)

“The Mary Trevor Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 25, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Mary Trevor, a young woman found stabbed on a Times Square subway platform, lies dying in police emergency hospital. Detective Clover investigates her background, learning she lived a somewhat disconnected life from her father and relied financially on her wealthy friend Joan Hunt. The detective discovers that Mary recently left town with Hunt's fiancé Robert Gray and another couple for a remote honeymoon cottage, and they have just returned to the city.

New York City, October; subway platform at Times Square, hospital, detective headquarters, Park Avenue apartment

Characters: Detective Clover, Mary Trevor, Mr. Trevor (Mary's father), Joan Hunt, Robert Gray, Hospital Carter, Subway Guard

Listen for: The hard-boiled detective work begins as Clover traces Mary Trevor's connections and learns of a mysterious trip upstate with her wealthy friend's fiancé.

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.