The Lady In Distress: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (February 23, 1951)

“The Lady In Distress” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 23, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Richard Diamond, a private detective desperate for rent money, takes on a mysterious client who arrives at his office with $300 but dies of poisoning before explaining her trouble. Diamond discovers her name is Doris Romano and becomes determined to help her even in death, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy involving counterfeit money, a dead Treasury agent, and connections to her estranged sister.

New York City and Brooklyn, including Diamond's detective office, a gray house in Brooklyn used for counterfeiting, Kitty Bronson's apartment on 63rd Street, and various police locations.

Characters: Richard Diamond, Helen, Otis, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, Doris Romano, Joe Riley, Kitty Bronson, Dale F. Bronson

Listen for: A woman's mysterious death, the discovery of a counterfeit money operation, and the revelation of a family tragedy connecting the victims to Diamond's case.

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.