Broadway's My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case (EP4938)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.5 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Broadway's My Beat. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, to please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to you in part by the financial support of our listeners. |
| 0:57.3 | You can support the show on a one-time basis using the Zell app to box 13 at great detectives. |
| 1:08.7 | But now from October 27th, 1951, here is the Ricardo Miguel murder case. |
| 1:32.0 | Broadway's My Beat, |
| 1:34.0 | from Times Square to Columbus Circle, |
| 1:36.0 | the gaudiest, the most violent, |
| 1:38.6 | the lonesomest mile in the world. |
| 1:47.0 | Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. When October dies and the river wind takes over, Broadway is arranged in clots of crowd and coldness. There's a new |
| 2:02.6 | quality on Broadway, shrill, having to do with top coats and early darkness and frosty sounds. |
| 2:09.2 | And twilight is brief, a darting ebb of light in the sudden autumn chill and hurry, hurry, hurry, |
| 2:14.4 | to this place or that, home, or to a hot dog stand, or to the neon that |
| 2:18.6 | winks a promise. |
| 2:19.8 | Hurry, kid, make a phone call, find somebody. |
| 2:22.8 | It's night already. |
| 2:29.2 | And it seems the night comes sooner in the tenement district, or somehow it never quite leaves |
| 2:34.0 | in the barrio, |
| 2:35.5 | in Spanish Harlem. |
| 2:37.3 | That's why the people gather together sooner |
| 2:39.3 | and start their music earlier. |
| 2:41.5 | In a small nightclub like La Cantina, where I was, |
| 2:44.7 | and Detective Gomez was, |
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