Ep.268 Richard Diamond Private Detective: The Fred Sears 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

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC in 1949. Diamond was a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who needed it. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his girl, Helen Asher. After each show, he would croon a number to his Park Avenue sweetheart. Mr. Powell, a former song and dance man, was perfect for the role. He added an extra dimension to the 40's hokey private eye drama. Diamond was a rough gumshoe that would often get knocke...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio. I'm your host Stevie K. And it's
0:23.5	my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester. For this episode, I bring you, Richard Diamond
0:29.4	Private Detective, episode titled The Fred Sears Murder Case, originally aired June 19, 1949, where a dysfunctional wealthy couple argue over the
0:42.1	evening newspaper. She is a socialite who is running around on her husband, and she is worried
0:47.8	he might be heading out to kill her lover. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy the nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening. Here's Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.
1:24.2	Music Private Detective.
1:35.8	Hello there.
1:37.3	My name's Diamond,
1:39.2	and I'm known along the Big Street as a guy who manages to keep his nose pretty clean
1:41.8	and still make a few bucks while I'm doing it.
1:45.0	Oh, sure, it gets a little grimy, but you've got to expect that. I'm a shamis, private eye,
1:51.1	gumshoe. To the guy who hasn't ever been worried because he tripped over a corpse in his breakfast
1:56.7	nook, I'm known as a private detective. And to some guys I'm known by a lot of other names.
2:03.3	Not the kind you'd find in a book on manners and social usages, but there are times when you
2:09.6	might turn up on your desk calendar under the heading of what I must do today.
2:15.8	Who hires me?
2:17.8	How do I make a living?
2:20.1	Well, maybe this will give you an idea.
2:23.8	Fred, why don't you eat your toast?
2:25.4	It's getting cold.
2:26.4	Why don't you stop worrying about the temperature of my breakfast?
2:29.0	I'm trying to read the paper.
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