The Russ Warner Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (January 26, 1952)

“The Russ Warner Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 26, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates a shooting at a Broadway bar where Russ Warner, a Chicago visitor, is found with a bullet wound in his shoulder. Warner claims he accidentally fired a gun he found in the back room, but Clover discovers Warner was recently in a fight with Joe Hayden and uncovers a more complex story involving old Chicago connections.

Broadway in New York City, primarily a bar with a back room, and police headquarters

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Russ Warner, Joe Hayden, Lordy (Joe's companion), Bar owner, Sergeant

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway at night; the investigation into the shooting and Warner's conflicting stories; revelations about Warner's fight with Hayden and connections to Chicago

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.