The Case of the Make-Believe Robbery: Nick Carter, Master Detective (June 18, 1946)

“The Case of the Make-Believe Robbery” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 18, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A movie production company poses as legitimate filmmakers to set up an elaborate robbery at a jewelry store. When a woman is killed during the heist and a million dollars in jewels disappear from the safe, Nick Carter investigates what appears to be a carefully planned crime using false identities and forged credentials.

A jewelry store in the city, also involving a sound equipment company office and detective headquarters.

Characters: Nick Carter, Mary, Waldo, Mr. Rinegold, Lester Green, Mickey Armbusto, Fred Harlan, Ted Kramer

Listen for: Nick Carter's investigation into the fake movie production scheme, the discovery that the alarm wire was cut, and clues about the mysterious Fred Harlan and the blonde-haired man who posed as a film director.

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.