The Black Feather: The Green Hornet (September 13, 1945)

“The Black Feather” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 13, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, and his valet Kato investigate a series of murders after a small black feather is sent to a German-born doctor who has written articles for the paper. The doctor is found dead, and reporter Mike Axford becomes involved when he learns of a second victim and then receives a feather himself. Axford is taken by a group of men while he tries to uncover what the feathers mean, and Reid works with the police to find him. The episode is from The Green Hornet series, first broadcast on September 13, 1945.

Mid-1940s city; the offices of the Daily Sentinel newspaper, a doctor's apartment, and a basement hideout

Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Dr. Linhart, Mike Axford, Lenore Case, Sergeant Burke, Lubeck

Listen for: The small black feather sent to each victim and the threat it represents

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.