The Case of the Demented Daughter: Nick Carter, Master Detective (May 28, 1946)

“The Case of the Demented Daughter” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 28, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Young June Kemple sends back her engagement ring, convinced she is going insane with strange noises and inexplicable chills. Her fiancé Randy Wyatt turns to Nick Carter, certain that June's claims of mental deterioration are false. Nick begins investigating the household, discovering unusual details in June's suicide note and uncovering financial motives tied to her father's will.

New York City, including Nick Carter's office, the Kemple household, and various locations around the city.

Characters: Nick Carter, Randy Wyatt, June Kemple, Phyllis Benson, Alex Benson, Mrs. Everett, Scobby

Listen for: The revelation of who is deliberately causing June's symptoms and why they stand to benefit from her institutionalization.

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.