The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse: Screen Guild Theater (November 2, 1941)

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“The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse” is an episode of Screen Guild Theater, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 2, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Dr. Clitterhouse, a respected physician, secretly commits a series of jewel robberies to study the medical effects of crime on a criminal's mind. When he joins the gang of the racketeer Rocks Valentine, Nurse Randolph is drawn into his double life as Inspector Lane closes in on the thieves. The Gulf Screen Guild Theater presents this 1941 broadcast, starring Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and Marsha Hunt, on November 2, 1941. The story follows Clitterhouse's dealings with Valentine and the consequences of the gang's growing suspicion of him.

Dr. Clitterhouse's medical office and apartment, and the gang's hideout in the city

Characters: Dr. Clitterhouse, Nurse Randolph, Inspector Lane, Rocks Valentine, Ron

Listen for: Dr. Clitterhouse explaining to Nurse Randolph and Inspector Lane why he is committing burglaries

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.