The Philip Hunt Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (April 21, 1951)

“The Philip Hunt Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 21, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny follows the case of Philip Hunt, a retired securities investor shot dead in his Fifth Avenue apartment during a chaotic party. The investigation leads from two dazed partygoers—wealthy Lois Hunt and Corporal Tommy—through a cigarette lighter traced to artist Willard Jordan, uncovering a tangled web of strangers, models, and missing persons.

New York City, primarily Fifth Avenue and surrounding locations in 1951

Characters: Detective Danny, Philip Hunt, Lois Hunt, Corporal Tommy, Dr. Sinski, Willard Jordan, Mrs. Jordan, Pepe Klobner

Listen for: The unraveling mystery of who fired the fatal shot at Philip Hunt and why the cigarette lighter becomes a crucial clue leading police to artist Willard Jordan

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.