The Ted Lawrence Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (July 18, 1953)

“The Ted Lawrence Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 18, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Mugam investigates the murder of Theodore Lawrence, a wealthy and well-liked man found shot in his apartment after a woman's distressed phone call. The investigation leads to Grace Austin, whose fingerprints are found throughout the apartment, but a shocking discovery complicates the case when Grace is found dead in an alley.

New York City, Broadway area and police headquarters; Theodore Lawrence's apartment; Park Avenue Athletic Club; an alley

Characters: Detective Mugam, Danny, Theodore (Teddy) Lawrence, Grace Austin, Johnny Austin, Carl

Listen for: The atmospheric opening about Broadway's streets; the initial phone call reporting the murder; the discovery of the body and fingerprint evidence; the twist ending involving Grace Austin's death.

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.