The House Of Mystery Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (December 10, 1949)

“The House Of Mystery Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 10, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Rick Diamond is hired by widow Julia Bates to spend the night at her mansion and protect her from supernatural threats. Her late husband Warner, a mystic who filled the house with secret rooms and passages, swore on his deathbed he would return at the end of three months to take her to the spirit world. Tonight is that night, and Julia fears for her life.

The Bates House on Temple Street, a large mysterious mansion filled with secret passages and hidden rooms built by Julia's late husband Warner to reflect his mystical beliefs.

Characters: Rick Diamond, private detective, Julia Bates, widow and client, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, police officer, Sergeant Otis, police sergeant, Cain, the butler, Mr. Anderson, Warner's lawyer and executor, Helen, Rick's girlfriend

Listen for: A ghostly voice claiming to be the dead husband Warner, strange sounds in the house, the discovery of a bloody corpse that vanishes, and Rick's investigation of the supernatural occurrences threatening Julia's inheritance.

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.