The Man With The Scar: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (January 19, 1951)

“The Man With The Scar” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 19, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond is beaten unconscious by two thugs who warn him not to accept a job from a Mr. Warden. Despite the warning, Diamond takes the case: Warden's son Roger believes he killed a man while defending a girl named Lenore Brown in Florida, but now both the girl and the supposed victim have disappeared. Warden suspects the incident was staged to blackmail him into freeing a convict named John Altar from prison. Diamond must find the man with the scar and uncover the truth.

New York City and prison, with flashbacks to events in Florida; includes locations in Greenwich Village, East River, and Chinatown

Characters: Richard Diamond, Helen, Warden, Yuki, Salvador, Sergeant Otis, Lenore Brown, John Altar

Listen for: The clever banter between Diamond and Sergeant Otis about the word "sloth"; Diamond's wry observations as he follows the case; the tense confrontation at the Tenji restaurant on the final address.

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.