Murder in a Decanter: Nick Carter, Master Detective (December 31, 1944)

“Murder in a Decanter” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 31, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter attends a New Year's party at the home of Mr. Corden when a young woman named Carla Benton asks for his help finding her brother Wallace, who was supposed to take her home. When Nick checks the locked den upstairs where Wallace may have gone, he discovers the body of Mrs. Corden, the hostess, with her skull crushed. The police arrive and suspect Wallace Benton of the murder, but Nick believes the case is far more complex than it appears.

Mr. Corden's home during a New Year's party; particularly a locked den on the second floor where the body is discovered.

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Mr. Corden, Macley, Carla Benton, Wallace Benton, Mrs. Corden, Lieutenant Riley

Listen for: The mystery of how Wallace Benton disappeared from a locked room and whether he is truly guilty of Mrs. Corden's murder, as Nick Carter begins to unravel the case.

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.