What happens
Britt Reid, a young publisher, and his valet Kato investigate a theft at the Vandergraff Mansion ball, where the famous pink diamond has vanished from the ballroom. Gail Manning, a society reporter from the Daily Sentinel, attends the party with Michael Axford, a newspaperman who strikes up a quick acquaintance with a woman calling herself the Countess Marie. Axford is soon swept into a mystery as the search for the stolen gem begins. The episode is part of The Green Hornet radio series, which aired on 1943-11-28. The lead actors are not named in the transcript.
A wealthy society ball at the Vandergraff Mansion in an American city, and the city's streets and back rooms in the hours that follow.
Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Michael Axford, Gail Manning, Marie, Slick, Jim, Casey
Listen for: Listen for the moment the pink diamond goes missing from the crowded ballroom during the search of the guests.
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.