The Corpse That Wasn't There: The Green Hornet (March 7, 1943)

“The Corpse That Wasn't There” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 7, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Reid and his valet Kato investigate after Casey and Ed Lawrey find a letter dropped on a crowded street, which Casey takes to deliver to Ernest Kegler's home. There they find a dead man in the living room, but when the police arrive the body has vanished and the telephone wire has been cut. Reid and Kato, with Casey's help, become convinced that something strange is happening at Kegler's house. The Green Hornet first appears in this 1943 episode of The Green Hornet, which aired on March 7, 1943, with the series' radio cast.

A city in the early 1940s, centered on a newspaper office, an apartment building, and Ernest Kegler's house on a quiet street.

Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Casey, Ed Lawrey, Ernest Kegler, Bolton

Listen for: Listen for the discovery that the body has disappeared from Kegler's living room and the cut telephone wire that Reid and Kato find.

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.