What happens
Britt Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, and his Filipino valet Kato investigate a series of fires on the city's waterfront piers, which destroyed war material bound for shipping abroad. Reid suspects sabotage after a truck carrying war cargo catches fire on the highway, and he sets out with Kato in the Black Beauty to follow a suspicious truck. The episode is part of The Green Hornet radio series, which first aired on 1944-08-29.
A port city with waterfront warehouses on Pier 36 and Pier 51, and the highway and river road leading out of the city, during wartime
Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Lenore Chase, Ed Lowry, Sergeant Burke, Gus, Max, Joe
Listen for: The truck fire on the highway and the moment Reid and Kato confront the truckers on the road
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.
