The Case of the Magic Rope: Nick Carter, Master Detective (March 21, 1948)

“The Case of the Magic Rope” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 21, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When the great magician Carlos Conestro is found stabbed to death in his workshop, Nick Carter investigates a case centered around a mysterious rope illusion. Conestro's protégée Alma Whiting, a contender for a $10,000 magic award, was the last person seen with him, and questions arise about Conestro's fatal accident from the year before.

The Elton Theatre and Conestro's workshop, during a magicians' competition for the Fulton Award.

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy Boehm, Carlos Conestro, Alma Whiting, Mrs. Conestro, Mr. Fulton

Listen for: Details about the mysterious rope illusion that Conestro claimed would mystify the world, and the circumstances of his earlier accident that left him in a wheelchair.

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.