The William Holland Case: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (May 31, 1953)

“The William Holland Case” is an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 31, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Richard Diamond is hired by Arthur Holland to find his brother William, who disappeared in San Borja, Bolivia a month ago after writing about suspicious activities in the remote mountain town. Diamond and his associate Walt Levinson travel to South America, where they discover that the town's seemingly respectable leader Louis Frober is actually extracting pitch blend—not tin—from the mines and working for the Soviet Union.

San Borja, Bolivia, a remote town 10,000 feet high on a plateau, and New York City

Characters: Richard Diamond, Walt Levinson, Arthur Holland, Louis Frober, Mrs. Frober, Paul Yavachik, William Holland

Listen for: The tension builds as Diamond investigates the mines at night, discovers the true cargo being mined, and makes a dramatic phone call to the American Embassy in La Paz while gunfire erupts around him.

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.