The Mei Ling Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (November 5, 1949)

“The Mei Ling Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 5, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover is called to Grand Central Terminal's track 23, where he discovers the body of a beautiful young woman named Mei Ling with a bullet wound between her eyes. The girl had been carrying a priceless statue of the goddess Kuan Yin, which is now missing from the scene. Clover's investigation leads him to John Smith, a collector of Chinese artifacts who reveals that the fabulous statue had vanished from Hong Kong.

New York City: Detective Clover's office at police headquarters, Grand Central Terminal's 125th Street Station, and John Smith's home filled with Chinese artifacts

Characters: Danny Clover, Mei Ling, John Smith

Listen for: The discovery of Mei Ling's body on the train and the revelation that a priceless statue is missing from the scene.

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.