The Case of the Red Goose Murder: Nick Carter, Master Detective (September 1, 1946)

“The Case of the Red Goose Murder” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 1, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A girl singer at the Red Goose nightclub is found strangled in her dressing room, her handbag emptied of the $150 payroll she was carrying. Sergeant Madison arrives to investigate what appears to be a robbery murder, while Patsy Bowen assists in questioning the club's staff and examining evidence collected by Marie, the club photographer.

The Red Goose nightclub on West 7th Street, second floor dressing room and darkroom

Characters: Patsy Bowen, Scubby, Sergeant Madison, Art Bradley, Paula, Marie, Van Keppel

Listen for: The discovery of the strangled singer, the missing money from her handbag, and Marie's photographs that capture clues in the background of the nightclub scenes

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.