Ep.155 Broadway Is My Beat: The Dr. Robbie McClure Murder Case

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Broadway is my Beat is a love affair with noir and hardboiled radio detective series blossomed during the 1940's. The golden age of radio had found a new following in the crime drama genre, and managed to churn out several note-worthy serializations. One of the more popular old time radio shows of the period was Broadway is my Beat which featured the talented Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. Clover truly loved his beat on the colorful and gritty streets of Broadway and it shined through ...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery Radio. I'm your host Stevie K.
0:22.6	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:25.6	For this episode, I bring you, Broadway is My Beat.
0:29.6	Episode titled The Dr. Robbie McClure Murder Case, originally aired August 4th,
0:34.6	1949, where Dr. McClure walks into Danny's office,
0:39.6	desperate to share some information,
0:41.9	then dies after being shot with a 22-caliber gun.
0:46.1	So sit back and relax,
0:48.3	and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:52.2	Thank you for listening.
0:55.8	The FBI and Peace and War
0:58.2	ordinarily heard at this time throughout the year
1:00.7	is taking its usual summer vacation
1:02.7	and will return to CDS four weeks from tonight
1:05.4	on September 1st.
1:08.6	Broadway's My Beat,
1:10.2	from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.
1:33.6	Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.
1:45.0	Broadway, it's a promise you make to yourself in some dismal part of your life, or it's a name you say like a curse.
1:47.0	It's a place of golden women in mirrors of chrome,
1:50.0	or it's a beggar who will tear off a piece of his soul for a cup of coffee.
1:54.0	It's anything you want, any time you want it, and it's my beat.
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