The Dixon Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (March 14, 1952)

“The Dixon Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 14, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When Fred Lane hires Richard Diamond to locate blackmailer Louis Dixon, Diamond begins tracking the elusive criminal through the city's underworld. But before Diamond can find him, Dixon appears at the Lane house and kills Fred in a struggle. Now Diamond must solve the murder while pursuing a man who seems impossible to trace.

A mid-size American city with various bars, the Brewster Hotel, a penny arcade, and Diamond's detective office

Characters: Richard Diamond, private detective, Fred Lane, Diamond's client, Mary Lane, Fred's wife, Louis Dixon (also known as Jack Layton), blackmailer and murderer, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, police officer, Rabbit Jones, informer, Squeaky Horner, informer, Helen Asher, Diamond's secretary

Listen for: The clever investigation unfolds through Diamond's interviews with street informants, a surprising reversal when the supposed victim's widow is revealed as the mastermind, and witty banter between Diamond and his secretary Helen about his business practices.

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.