What happens
Britt Reid, the Green Hornet, investigates the murder of a drunken seaman stabbed on Water Street on a rainy night. The dead man claimed to be a radio man bound for the Chesley, and Britt suspects the story does not add up. His faithful valet Kato joins him as they probe the waterfront and the ship's crew. The Green Hornet is a radio adventure series, and this episode aired on September 19, 1944.
Water Street waterfront and the Chesley, a ship docked in port, during a dark and rainy night in wartime America
Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Lowry, Sergeant Burke
Listen for: Listen for the Green Hornet's careful approach to the spies on the Chesley and the way Britt Reid uses the ship's rope to get aboard.
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.