The Martin Hyer Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (July 23, 1949)

“The Martin Hyer Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 23, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond is hired by June Hires to follow her husband Martin, who she claims is running around with another woman. Diamond tails Martin to an apartment building where he discovers the body of a young woman named Sally Maxwell, shot dead. Martin is found at the scene with a gun, but Diamond becomes suspicious of the evidence and begins investigating whether Martin is truly guilty or has been framed.

New York City, including Diamond's office, a nightclub called the Cellar Club, and an apartment building

Characters: Richard Diamond, June Hires, Martin Hires, Sally Maxwell, Leon Fisk, Lieutenant Walt

Listen for: The clever detective work as Diamond pieces together the murder plot, the tense confrontation at the apartment, and the final revelation of the conspiracy

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.