What happens
Britt Reid, the Green Hornet, and his valet Kato sneak into a museum at night to investigate a mystery surrounding a mummy recently unpacked by archaeologist Dr. Kingston. Assistant Gerald Loomis has been found dead, and the museum's staff receive threatening notes about a black cat legend tied to the mummy's tomb. Inspector Evans suspects the Green Hornet of the murder, while Reid and Kato work to uncover the truth behind the threats and the missing mummy. The Green Hornet is a radio series, and this episode, Catspaw, first aired on January 24, 1950.
A city museum and the nearby Daily Sentinel newspaper offices, in the days following the unpacking of an ancient Egyptian mummy case.
Characters: Green Hornet, Kato, Britt Reid, Dr. Kingston, Inspector Evans, Gerald Loomis, Norwich, Howard Washburn
Listen for: Listen for the Green Hornet's gadget, the magnetic alarm cylinder, and the clues in the wrapping of the mummy and the black cat notes.
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.