The White Cow Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (January 11, 1952)

“The White Cow Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 11, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond accepts a mysterious assignment from Arthur Stevens to retrieve a rare European art object from Miami, Florida, with a substantial payment offered. Upon arriving in Miami, Diamond's contact is murdered in his hotel room, and he finds himself caught between Stevens, a dangerous man named Lucius Timkin who also seeks the object, and local police who suspect him of the crime.

Miami, Florida and New York, primarily in hotels, bars, a restaurant, and a hardware shop.

Characters: Richard Diamond, private detective, Helen Asher, his secretary, Arthur Stevens, his client, Lucius Timkin, a criminal seeking the object, George Shelton, Diamond's contact and a smuggler, Mary Albright, an attractive blonde Diamond meets in Miami, Lieutenant Breake, Miami police, Martin, Timkin's henchman

Listen for: The witty banter between Diamond and his secretary Helen at the start; Diamond's encounters with the mysterious and charming Mary Albright; his interrogations by the skeptical Lieutenant Breake; and the revelation about what the White Cow actually contains.

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.