With another hour of mystery and crime from the Golden Age of Radio, this is case closed.

We'll begin with Broadway Is My Beat this week and hear the Tommy Stafford murder case from April 14th, 1950.

After that, it's the adventures of Philip Marlowe and the uneasy head that story aired June 6th, 1950.

Broadway's My Beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle,

the godiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.

Broadway's My Beat, with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

In the sunlight of April, Broadway shimmers like an enchanted garden.

It's the place where golden women glide past mirrors of chrome.

You're happy, because the reflection of all their smiles were for you.

And nighttime comes in the sudden whirlpools of color are flung skyward from jeweled fountains.

And you're happy.

It's the once upon a time land you've searched

for. In the morning, you wish it never happened. It's Broadway, my beat. It was 1130 at night,

and I was on my way home from headquarters. I didn't make it.

A squad car picked me up at 43rd Street, and a man told me my working day wasn't over.

They were from the technical lab.

They were on their way to the scene of the crime, which was on Coney Island, which was where they were taking me.

Which is where I went, to Coney Island.

Through a crowd gathered around a roller coaster, to a man who was waiting for me.

Hi, Danny.

What's up?

A guy there in a third seat of this car.

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