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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.432 Broadway Is My Beat: The Mary Gilbert 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

🗓️ 7 July 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.

0:21.4

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

0:26.7

For this episode, I bring you, Broadway is My Beat, episode titled, The Mary Gilbert Murder Case,

0:33.7

originally aired November 26, 1949,

0:43.4

where Clover investigates whether a man accused of the murder of Mary Gilbert actually pulled the trigger.

0:50.1

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

0:59.7

Thank you for listening. Broadway's my beat.

1:01.4

From Times Square to Columbus Circle,

1:03.5

the gaudiest, the most violent,

1:05.7

the lonesomest mile in the world.

1:14.8

Broadway. mile in the world. Broadway's My Beats

1:16.4

with Larry Thor as detective Danny Clover. Broadway, it's a place you drift to because the other promises you've made to yourself never happen.

1:39.4

It's a place where you leave your life behind and stand on a street corner beating down a scream in your

1:44.3

throat. It's the best of the thousand and one nights you dreamed of. The place in the world where

1:49.5

something happens to you outside of the movies. It's Broadway, my beat. At 6 p.m., Broadway is getting ready for the night time. There's a feeling to it. The fury

2:04.1

crouches in the doorways, waiting until all the lights turn on. And the feeling trails down

2:08.8

into the small streets that feed Broadway. Down into the small streets and around corners,

2:14.5

somehow, on that Friday night it stops in front of a particular house.

2:18.8

Mrs. Brandeis lives there.

2:20.8

Through the window, you see her standing in front of the candle,

2:23.2

upro of seven candles, the palms of her hands pressed against her face.

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You wait, then you press the bell.

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