Murder in the Crypt: Nick Carter, Master Detective (August 2, 1943)

“Murder in the Crypt” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 2, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A museum guard disappears from the Egyptian Museum and is found dead inside a sealed crypt containing ancient treasures. Nick Carter must uncover whether the death was murder or something more sinister, as a mysterious librarian claims to have witnessed a supernatural guardian protecting the tomb's secrets.

An Egyptian Museum with a sealed crypt on the second floor containing ancient artifacts and mummy cases

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Lieutenant Rannish, Dr. Walnamal, Professor Glinton, Lieutenant Riley, Madame Dachlau

Listen for: The mystery of how the guard ended up dead inside a locked crypt, what treasure lies within the tomb, and whether the supernatural warnings from Madame Dachlau about Anubis the Jackal God have any truth to them

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.