Murder Goes to College: Nick Carter, Master Detective (December 24, 1944)

“Murder Goes to College” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 24, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter arrives at Mount Albans College for Girls when the dean calls him to investigate the death of Edith Jordan, a student found dead with sleeping capsules and an empty water glass beside her bed. The dean fears news of the suicide will damage the school's reputation, but as Nick questions the dead girl's three close friends, a troubling picture emerges: Edith was recently afraid of something, locked her door unlike other students, and someone had even shot at her in the woods weeks earlier.

Mount Albans College for Girls

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy Bowen, Dean Margaret Collingwood, Edith Jordan, Eric Grinnell, Miss O'Hearn, Ellen Brown

Listen for: Nick's investigation reveals contradictions suggesting Edith's death may not be the suicide it appears to be, and clues pointing to a deeper mystery involving fear, danger, and threats to the young student.

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.