What happens
Britt Reid, a daring young publisher of the Sentinel, and his Filipino valet Cato investigate after his reporter Michael Axford vanishes following the discovery of an incendiary pencil in a briefcase. The briefcase was found in a station locker, and the pencils appear linked to sabotage at a war plant. Reid, secretly the Green Hornet, follows a lead to a store run by Osaka Kyoto, where he and Cato search for clues. The episode is from The Green Hornet, first aired on March 22, 1945.
Wartime Detroit, including a war plant, Union Station, the Sentinel Building, Reid's apartment, River Street, and Osaka Kyoto's store.
Characters: Britt Reid, Cato, Michael Axford, Casey, Sergeant Burke, Osaka Kyoto, Spike, Moby
Listen for: Axford's discovery of the briefcase and the incendiary pencils, and Reid's phone call with Sergeant Burke about Axford's disappearance.
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.