Lt. Levinson Kidnapped: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (October 18, 1950)

“Lt. Levinson Kidnapped” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 18, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Lieutenant Levinson, a friend of private detective Richard Diamond, is kidnapped by Bert Fisher, a condemned criminal whose brother was sent to the electric chair by Levinson years ago. Fisher threatens to kill Levinson if his execution proceeds at midnight. Diamond works with the police to track down Fisher's whereabouts before time runs out.

New York City, including the Bowery, 52nd Street jazz clubs, Route 51, and a remote cabin

Characters: Richard Diamond, Lieutenant Levinson, Captain Collins, Sergeant Otis, Bert Fisher, Lou Baxter, Mary Sinclair, The Dean

Listen for: The race against the clock to save the lieutenant's life, the tragic killing of the Dean, and the tense confrontation at the cabin

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.