Novak For Hire- Killing In A Church: Pat Novak, for Hire

“Novak For Hire- Killing In A Church” is an episode of Pat Novak, for Hire, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Pat Novak is called to Father Laine's church by the priest for a favor, but arrives to find an altar boy named Little Jake shot dead in the vestibule. A gunsel fleeing the scene mistakes Novak for someone else. Novak becomes entangled in a murder investigation involving three Chicago hoods searching for a gun and papers, a dead girl in his apartment, and a web of blackmail and revenge centered around ex-convict Mike Quinlan and a crime boss named Sandell.

San Francisco waterfront, including Father Laine's church, Novak's apartment, various bars and streets, and the Bay View hotel district in thick fog

Characters: Pat Novak, Father Laine, Little Jake, Inspector Hellman, Jocko Madigan, Mike Quinlan, Sally Kimbro, Sandell

Listen for: The classic hard-boiled detective narration of Pat Novak as he unravels a murder mystery that begins with a shooting in a church and leads him through corrupt cops, brutal thugs, and hidden evidence in a complex case of betrayal and revenge

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.