The Lynn Knight Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (August 6, 1949)

“The Lynn Knight Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond agrees to protect Miss Lynn Knight after she reports two attempts on her life. When shots are fired during an attempted kidnapping, Diamond investigates and discovers that a photograph taken at the Circus Club may hold the key to the case, leading him to uncover a dangerous connection to a recent gangland murder.

New York City, including Richard Diamond's office, the Circus Club nightclub, the Fifth Precinct police station, and various locations around Manhattan

Characters: Richard Diamond, Lynn Knight, Lieutenant Levinson, Sergeant Otis, Monsieur Davis, Lou Garzonie, Helen

Listen for: The opening monologue describing New York City; the interaction between Diamond and his telephone operator Helen; the photography darkroom scenes; the climactic confrontation in the apartment on West 45th Street

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.