The Case of the Howling Horse: Nick Carter, Master Detective (September 30, 1945)

“The Case of the Howling Horse” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 30, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter investigates a bizarre case upstate involving Dr. Lucas, a wealthy explorer who has brought mysterious horses back from his travels. These creatures are said to howl, kill cattle, and have apparently murdered a man, yet when the sheriff searched Lucas's estate, no horses were found. Nick and reporter Scabby decide to investigate the strange estate under cover of darkness.

Nick Carter's laboratory in a brownstone mansion in the city, then upstate at Dr. Lucas's 700-acre forest estate

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Scabby, Sheriff Veen, Dr. Lucas, Jed Storm

Listen for: The mystery of the howling horses and why they vanish when the sheriff searches the property; Nick's past intelligence work investigating Dr. Lucas

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.