A Cat Brings Death: Nick Carter, Master Detective (April 15, 1944)

“A Cat Brings Death” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 15, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Nick Carter visits Police Lieutenant Riley, who is under pressure to solve a series of jewel robberies. When Mrs. Dudley Banks, the Commissioner's aunt, arrives to report that her prized lemon-colored Persian cat Fluffy has been stolen from her home, Carter becomes intrigued by the unusual case and decides to investigate, despite Riley's skepticism.

Police headquarters and Mrs. Dudley Banks' home in the city

Characters: Nick Carter, Lieutenant Riley, Commissioner Clark, Mrs. Dudley Banks, Caddington the butler, Ms. Conroy

Listen for: Carter's unconventional reasoning about why a stolen cat might be significant; Mrs. Dudley Banks describing Fluffy's disappearance and the suspicious visitor from the ladies' auxiliary.

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.