The Case of the Perfect Alibi: Nick Carter, Master Detective (June 19, 1949)

“The Case of the Perfect Alibi” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 19, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Special Prosecutor Leonard Winston is murdered at midnight in his apartment. Rocky Crane, a racketeer whose brother was executed by Winston a year earlier, becomes the prime suspect. However, Rocky produces a traffic ticket from Lake Hillman, 150 miles away, issued at the exact time of the murder, apparently giving him a perfect alibi. Nick Carter agrees to help Sergeant Malas investigate the case and uncover the truth behind this seemingly ironclad defense.

Lake Hillman resort town and the city, at midnight and the following morning

Characters: Nick Carter, Patsy, Chief Brody, Rocky Crane, Leonard Winston, Sergeant Malas, Red Crane

Listen for: The mystery of how Rocky could have committed the murder while holding a traffic ticket proving he was 150 miles away at the time, and the suggestion that something is amiss in Lake Hillman.

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.