The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (October 27, 1951)

“The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 27, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young man named Ricardo Miguel is found stabbed to death in the cellar of a Spanish Harlem cantina, having been knifed in an alley outside. Detective Gomez investigates the murder, questioning those who knew Ricardo, including the girl he loved, Reyna Martinez, and Senor Larka, the owner of the pastry shop where Ricardo worked baking pastries and cakes.

Spanish Harlem and the Barrio in New York City, including a cantina, a pastry shop, and Reyna's room

Characters: Detective Gomez, Ricardo Miguel, Reyna Martinez, Senor Larka, Luis

Listen for: The detective's careful questioning of suspects and witnesses as the mystery of Ricardo Miguel's murder begins to unfold, with hints that jealousy and romance may be motives.

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.