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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.423 Broadway Is My Beat: The Sergeant Gordon Ellis Murder Case

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 32 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 Nostalgia Mystery Radio.

0:21.9

I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

0:27.0

For this episode, I bring you, Broadway is My Beat, episode titled, The Sergeant Gordon Ellis Murder Case, originally aired November 12th, 1949, where Tommyennon, a hudlum about to blow the whistle

0:40.8

on some big shots is attacked on the street right in front of Danny Clover.

0:45.3

A cop named Sergeant Gordon Ellis is killed on the spot.

0:49.4

So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

0:55.7

Thank you for listening.

0:56.7

Thank you for listening.

1:09.8

Broadway's my beat. From Times Square to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.

1:18.5

The Lonesomest Mile in the World. Broadway's My Beat, with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

1:38.0

Music Broadway, it's a journey to the end of all the streets of the world.

1:55.0

You turn a corner and you're there.

1:57.0

You walk more slowly and lean your heart against it like you were in church until it explodes in your face.

2:03.3

Then you move swiftly and you're one of the crowd, window shopping for kicks, and bargains, and heartbreak.

2:09.2

And you'll find it because it's Broadway, my beat.

2:15.4

The side streets are furious where they funnel off of Broadway.

2:18.7

Then they trail down into limbo.

2:20.7

Midway between the fury and limbo

2:22.3

is a gray stone building.

2:24.2

That's police headquarters.

2:25.9

That's where I was standing.

2:27.1

In front of it,

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