Elaine Tanner Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (February 12, 1950)

“Elaine Tanner Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 12, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Richard Diamond is hired by wealthy Morris Clinton to find a girl named Elaine Tanner who lived in a shabby boarding house. When Diamond is shot at after visiting the boarding house and the manager is later murdered with Diamond's own gun, Diamond finds himself arrested as a suspect. He must uncover the real connection between Clinton, his chauffeur Christopher, and Elaine Tanner to clear his name.

A big city with a cheap boarding house on Parker Avenue, the Blue Falcon Night Club, Morris Clinton's residence, police headquarters, and Elaine's apartment.

Characters: Richard Diamond, Morris Clinton, Christopher, Elaine Tanner, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, Otis, The boarding house manager, Gladys

Listen for: The mystery of why a valuable book drives the plot, and how a blackmail scheme involving Clinton connects to the murder.

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.