The Roberto Segura Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 31, 1950)

“The Roberto Segura Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 31, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Roberto Segura, a young man found stabbed in an apartment on 116th Street. The victim was in love with Christina, the daughter of the wealthy and aristocratic Don Eduardo Perez, who forbade their relationship. As Clover gathers information from those who knew Segura, including his roommate boxer Johnny Martinez and the eccentric young amateur detective Joe Candelaria, the case begins to unravel.

116th Street off Amsterdam Avenue in New York City, a Spanish-speaking neighborhood; Don Eduardo's house; a jail; Papa Candelaria's private club

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Christina, Don Eduardo Perez, Christina's mother, Roberto Segura (victim), Johnny Martinez (boxer), Joe Candelaria (11-year-old boy), Papa Candelaria

Listen for: The atmospheric description of the crime scene with Christina and the murdered Segura; the tense confrontation between Detective Clover and the proud Don Eduardo over access to his daughter; Johnny Martinez's bitter reflections on his own failed life paralleling Segura's death; the charming intrusion of young Joe Candelaria claiming to be a private investigator.

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.