Mrs X Can't Find Her Husband: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (June 21, 1950)

“Mrs X Can't Find Her Husband” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Richard Diamond is hired by a mysterious woman who calls herself Mrs. X to find her husband Richard, who disappeared while they were walking together in New York City. Mrs. X refuses to explain why she cannot go to the police or reveal her husband's last name, though she insists she can pay Diamond's fees and that something shocking happened to Richard earlier that morning.

New York City, including Charlie's bar, the Fifth Precinct police station, and various locations around the city

Characters: Richard Diamond, Mrs. X (June Allison), Charlie (bartender), Lieutenant Levinson, Sergeant Otis, Helen

Listen for: The comedic banter between Richard Diamond and Charlie the bartender, Diamond's reluctant agreement to help the mysterious Mrs. X despite her refusal to provide basic information, and the running joke about people claiming to have seen Mrs. X somewhere before

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.