The Professor's Secret: Nick Carter, Master Detective (April 1, 1944)

“The Professor's Secret” is an episode of Nick Carter, Master Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 1, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A professor's revolutionary Z-ray machine, capable of healing wounds, is stolen by gangsters who plan to use it for criminal purposes. Nick Carter picks up the trail and must locate both the missing inventor and his daughter before the criminals can force the professor to make the machine operational.

A professor's laboratory and various locations in and around town, including a hotel and the gangsters' hideout.

Characters: Nick Carter, Scobby, Professor (Jean's father), Jean, Bill, Jake, Tony, Trapp

Listen for: Nick Carter using lip-reading at a restaurant to uncover the robbery plot, the discovery of a money belt as a clue, and the identification of a doctor treating a patient with an Asiatic skin disease to track down the gang members.

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.