Broadway's My Beat: The Gordon Merrick Murder Case (EP5013)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Broadway producer Gordon Merrick is found murdered in his penthouse apartment just as he was preparing for a champagne supper with actress Carol Royce. As Danny Clover investigates, suspicion falls on the jealous man who loves her—but a second murder soon raises troubling questions about whether the obvious suspect is really the killer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, and Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

Featured in the cast were Rita Johnson as Carol Royce, Herb Butterfield as Jackie Scarn, Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Polk, and Paul Richards as Vic Kane

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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0:00.0	The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Calaispell, Montana.
0:36.2	This is your host, Adam Graham.
0:39.2	Yeah, we are taking a special trip here, a bit impromptu,
0:45.3	so hopefully we'll get the next three days program recorded from Calispell.
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1:27.4	Thanks so much for your support.
1:29.3	Now, from March 15th, 1952, here is the Gordon Merrick murder case.
1:52.4	Okay. Broadway's My Beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle,
1:57.2	the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.
2:05.5	Broadway is My Beach with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. When Broadway leaps into the night time, the sound is a thing compounded of trumpet and machine and hiss and the gaudy laugh.
2:27.0	They melt together, and the noise you get is shock.
2:29.9	When the month is March and the rains of spring falls softly into the riot,
2:38.1	shock scatters and huddles tightly behind this facade and that,
2:40.4	in that doorway, behind that window.
2:42.9	The street is hurry up and get out of the weather.
2:45.4	The street is stragglers, his bleeding neon.
2:47.5	So make a phone call.
2:48.6	Find a friend.
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