Fifty Thousand Dollar Diamond Heist: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (November 12, 1949)

“Fifty Thousand Dollar Diamond Heist” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 12, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond is hired by a mysterious client to deliver a package to Philadelphia, but he discovers it contains stolen diamonds from the police commissioner's house—a robbery that also resulted in the gardener's murder. Diamond realizes he's been set up as a patsy and must outwit the real thieves to clear his name and solve the case.

New York City, including Diamond's office, the police commissioner's house, a Greenwich Village café called Pietro's, and various city locations.

Characters: Richard Diamond, Helen, Walt Levinson, Otis, Finniest Burton, Mr. Elliot, Vince Mayer, Joe the Barber

Listen for: Diamond's clever double-cross of the jewel thieves, his witty banter with police lieutenant Walt Levinson, and the surprising revelation about his butler Francis impersonating him.

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.