The Thomas Hart Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (April 14, 1951)

“The Thomas Hart Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 14, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Thomas Hart, a dress rack pusher for Sinclair Stylcraft who is found dead on a Broadway street with scissors in his back. Clover's questioning of Hart's employer Justin Sinclair and visits to Hart's shabby rooming house and to Mrs. Sinclair's home reveal mysterious connections and raise more questions about who wanted Hart dead and why.

Broadway in New York City, a dress manufacturing company, a rooming house, and a residential home

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Thomas Hart, Justin Sinclair, Miss Croft, Jonesy, Mrs. Sinclair, Muggleman

Listen for: The distinctive opening and closing descriptions of Broadway's contrasting day and night atmospheres, and Clover's methodical detective work as he follows clues from the crime scene through interviews with key figures in Hart's life.

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.