The Woman and Oliver Perry: The Green Hornet (January 12, 1947)

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“The Woman and Oliver Perry” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 12, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Britt Reid, a young publisher who secretly fights crime as the Green Hornet, receives an anonymous note from a woman claiming to know his identity and summoning him to a merchandise warehouse. Reid's valet Cato helps him prepare, while Reid suspects detective Oliver Perry, who has returned to town with a female companion. Reid takes his concerns to Inspector Evans and devises a plan involving a trap at the warehouse. This is an episode of The Green Hornet, a radio series, first broadcast January 12, 1947.

Mid-1940s city, including Britt Reid's apartment, the offices of the Daily Sentinel, police headquarters, a downtown hotel, and a merchandise warehouse

Characters: Britt Reid, Cato, Lenore Case, Axford, Inspector Evans, Oliver Perry, Carol, Mr. Martin

Listen for: The anonymous note signed by a woman, and Reid's plan to lure the Green Hornet's pursuers into a trap

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.