The Case of the Classical Clue: Nick Carter, Master Detective (February 1, 1948)

“The Case of the Classical Clue” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 1, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When eccentric millionaire Henry Worth is found murdered in his music room with a knife in his throat, Nick Carter is called in to investigate. Worth was alone in his mountaintop mansion the previous evening, and a radio tuned to a classical music station provides a crucial clue to the time of death. Nick must sort through the household members and their conflicting accounts to find the killer.

Henry Worth's private mountain mansion and Nick Carter's office

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy Bowen, Henry Worth, Claudia Rowe, Don Worth, Morgan Fenwick, Chief Benson, Carl Franklin

Listen for: The significance of the radio station and musical programming in establishing the time of the murder; the revelation of Worth's plans to force his ward Claudia to marry his nephew Don.

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.