The Tom Waxman Bombing Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (June 26, 1949)

“The Tom Waxman Bombing Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 26, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a bomb arrives at the Waxman home addressed from California, it kills union organizer Tom Waxman and hospitalizes his wife and mother. Police arrest Tom's brother Phil, who had been investigating a corrupt organization called the Labor's Assistance League in California. Private detective Richard Diamond, a family friend, must uncover who really sent the package and why, while Phil refuses to cooperate with authorities.

New York City, including Diamond's office on Broadway and 53rd Street, a police precinct, Waxman's factory workplace, a hospital, and various city locations

Characters: Richard Diamond, private detective, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, Phil Waxman, Tom Waxman, Mama Waxman, Marge, Tom's wife, Ralph Pryor, John Wagner, a lawyer

Listen for: The mystery deepens as Diamond discovers connections between Tom's anti-league speeches, Phil's undercover work in California, and a package that may not have come from where it appeared to originate. Watch for the revelation of who planted the bomb and why, and the dramatic confrontation in an alley.

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.