What happens
Jack Benny plays Detective Captain O'Benny, who investigates the murder of wealthy stock broker Homer J. Frightwig, played by Dennis Day. Mary Livingstone plays his widow, and Phil Harris and Humphrey Bogart are the assistants. Bogart quarrels with Benny over who will be the captain and who will be the assistant. The detectives travel to the Frightwig house to question Mrs. Frightwig and search the rooms for clues. Part of the program is a sketch in the Jell-O show, which airs on NBC and CBS Radio in 1942. The episode is the second part of The Frightwig Murder Case.
Police headquarters and the Frightwig house, as part of the Jack Benny radio comedy program.
Characters: Captain O'Benny, Phil Harris, Humphrey Bogart, Mrs. Homer J. Frightwig, Homer J. Frightwig, Sergeant O'Harris, Don Wilson, Virgil Rimer
Listen for: Bogart's quarrel with Benny over the roles of captain and assistant, and the detectives' search of the Frightwig house.
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.