The Proof of Treason: The Green Hornet (October 17, 1952)

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“The Proof of Treason” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 17, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Rick Reed, publisher, and his valet Kato are drawn into a case when a grenade destroys a room in a Detroit boarding house, where Professor Henry Baldwin was staying. Police suspect Brick Reed of the attack and of a gangster's killing, so the Green Hornet moves to clear his name and track down the men behind the bombing. Baldwin is connected to a political matter, and Commissioner Higgins and Brick Reed discuss the investigation. This is the seventh episode of The Green Hornet, first broadcast on 17 October 1952.

Detroit and the surrounding lake region, during the early 1950s

Characters: Brick Reed, Kato, Green Hornet, Professor Henry Baldwin, Commissioner Higgins, Michael Burke, Miss Case, Wilkes Sherman

Listen for: The police accusing Brick Reed of the shootings, and the connection between Professor Baldwin and Wilkes Sherman.

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.