Mr. Walker's Problem: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (March 28, 1952)

“Mr. Walker's Problem” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 28, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond takes a case from nervous plumber Thomas Walker, who suspects something criminal involving a chemist named Joseph Carter. Diamond agrees to shadow Carter after Walker arranges to meet him for lunch, but Walker is mysteriously killed before the meeting, leaving Diamond to uncover a dangerous scheme before the culprits strike again.

City streets, Diamond's detective office, a bar, Carter's chemistry shop next to a bank, police precinct

Characters: Richard Diamond, Helen, Thomas Walker, Joseph Carter, Sandra Browning (also calling herself Mrs. Carter), Dave Johnson, Walt Levinson, Horace Kratchmeyer

Listen for: The clever setup of a shadow job that turns deadly; the surprise revelation that Sandra Browning and Mrs. Carter are the same person; the gang's plan to break through the shop wall into the bank vault.

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.