Carter's Christmas Adventure: Nick Carter, Master Detective (December 25, 1943)

“Carter's Christmas Adventure” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 25, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter investigates a wealthy businessman named Ben Raspour who refuses to contribute to the settlement house Christmas party and dismisses Christmas as wasteful nonsense. Determined to understand why this successful man is so bitter toward the holiday, Nick enlists his friends to dig into Raspour's past while preparing the annual Christmas celebration for underprivileged children.

New York City, including a settlement house, Nick Carter's office, and Raspour's residence, on Christmas Eve

Characters: Nick Carter, Scubby Wilson, Ben Raspour, Riley, Patsy, Fred Anderson, Chris

Listen for: The revelation of Ben Raspour's connection to a boxer named Chris and a shared past that explains his hatred of Christmas; the unfolding mystery of what happened between them years ago.

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.