The Body on the Slab: Nick Carter, Master Detective (November 3, 1943)

“The Body on the Slab” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 3, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter takes a case from a man whose friend Vernon Wallace disappeared after a poker game at a disreputable waterfront saloon run by a one-legged man called Bill. Nick goes undercover to the establishment, feigns losing at cards, and accepts the offer of a room to stay the night, where he discovers bloody clothing hidden in a closet—evidence of foul play.

A rundown saloon-gambling house on West Street by the waterfront, and Nick Carter's office

Characters: Nick Carter, Mr. Burnett, Vernon Wallace, Bill, Mike, Penny

Listen for: Nick discovers Bill's involvement in Vernon Wallace's disappearance and learns that a taxi with a distinctive dent in the back was waiting outside the saloon when Vernon left with an unidentified companion.

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.