Ep.355 Richard Diamond Private Detective: The Harry Baker 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

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 32 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 Nostolic Mystery Radio.
0:21.1	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:27.0	For this episode, I bring you Richard Diamond, Private Detective, episode titled The Harry Baker Case,
0:34.9	originally aired September 3rd, 1949, where Harry Baker's romance with his secretary is complicated by a $300,000 jewel robbery.
0:46.9	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:53.2	Thank you for listening.
1:00.3	Here transcribed is another
1:02.7	an NBC's great parade of new shows. And now,
1:32.5	And now, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.
1:41.4	Hello there, this is Diamond.
1:46.0	If you happen to wake up some morning and spot something walking in front of your house and it looks like Santa Claus of jaundice, don't turn the hose on him.
1:49.7	He's not on fire.
1:51.2	He's just wearing the newest thing in men's fashions.
1:54.4	They call it the bold look.
1:56.8	And it's supposed to be the masculine answer to Dior's new look for women.
2:01.3	It's an answer all right.
2:03.1	Like walking up to your best girlfriend and slashing her down the middle with a broadsword.
2:07.7	Now, if you haven't seen it yet, just close your eyes and try and picture yourself in the bold look.
2:13.8	Imagine, walking down Fifth Avenue.
2:16.6	Very casual, decked out in a new bright purple non-trinking suit, pastel shirt, yellow maybe, hand-painted tie and Argyle socks.
2:28.3	Got it? What do you think? Pretty bad.
2:33.3	About the only thing I can think of that's more gruesome
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