The Case of the Nameless Blonde: Nick Carter, Master Detective (May 9, 1948)

“The Case of the Nameless Blonde” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nick Carter returns to his office to find an elegant blonde woman dead at his desk, poisoned with arsenic. With no identification on the body, Nick pursues a clue found in a key case marked "Simon Grenander" that leads to the home of a recently deceased real estate magnate. When a retired sea captain contacts the police claiming he can identify the mysterious woman, he is shot dead before he can reveal her name.

Nick Carter's office and detective work around the city, including a mansion on Lafayette Road and various locations as Nick pursues the case

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Sergeant Matherson, Weber the caretaker, Mr. Whitaker, Captain Ernest McIntyre

Listen for: Nick's investigation of the mysterious poisoned woman, clues from the key case, and the mysterious interference from someone trying to prevent the woman's identity from being revealed

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.