Monkey Sees Murder: Nick Carter, Master Detective (January 7, 1945)

“Monkey Sees Murder” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 7, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter arrives in Boston to help his old friend Professor Coleman with an urgent personal matter, only to find the professor has been murdered. A mysterious stranger resembling Coleman has been seen in the area, and suspicion falls on Coleman's estranged brother, an escaped convict. However, the case deepens when more deaths occur and strange red marks appear on manuscripts, forcing Nick to uncover a shocking secret from a Peruvian expedition years earlier.

Boston, primarily in and around Professor Ben Tule's home and the nearby university area.

Characters: Nick Carter, Professor Coleman, Ben Tule, Peterson, Captain Jeffrey, John Dyson, Vern Call

Listen for: The solution hinges on understanding the meaning of the red marks on the manuscript and identifying who placed a stuffed monkey on Professor Tule's desk with a mysterious card.

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.