The Case of the Fatal Redhead: Nick Carter, Master Detective (April 25, 1948)

“The Case of the Fatal Redhead” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 25, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter is called to a nightclub by Mrs. Gray, who fears her elderly father-in-law Howard Gray will marry Delores Dawn, a beautiful young redhead performer, tonight. When Gray is found shot dead in Delores' dressing room with her gun, the case quickly becomes more complicated when a second man—trumpet player Larry Michaels, Delores' ex-boyfriend—is also found dead under mysterious circumstances.

Mark Brennan's 60 Club nightclub in the city, and various connected locations including a dressing room and office.

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Mrs. Gray, Delores Dawn, Howard Gray, Larry Michaels, Mark Brennan, Sergeant Mathison

Listen for: The investigation into two murders at the nightclub, with suspicion initially falling on Larry Michaels, but complications arising when Nick notices inconsistencies in the sergeant's theory about how the second murder could have occurred.

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.