What happens
Nick Carter, an insurance investigator, and Sergeant Mavicul of the city police examine a warehouse fire set with an alarm clock timer, and find a serial number they can trace. Carter questions the warehouse watchman and the owner, Mr. Anderson, who insists the warehouse held only furniture. Nick Carter, Master Detective is a radio drama on the Mutual network, first broadcast on June 25, 1946. Lon Clark, Charlotte Manson and Leon Janney lead the cast. The clue leads the detectives to a former soldier, Jay Hetcom, who recently left the army on a medical discharge and now lives in a trailer camp, where his name, his stolen alarm clock and a missing case of magnesium flares begin to draw them in.
A city warehouse burned in the night, followed by police headquarters and a trailer camp on Long Island.
Characters: Nick Carter, Sergeant Mavicul, Mr. Anderson, Jay Hetcom, Sam Taylor
Listen for: The alarm clock wired to start the fire and the serial number that leads the detectives to Jay Hetcom.
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.