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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.455 Broadway Is My Beat: The Dion Hartley 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

🗓️ 28 August 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 in Astolte Mystery Radio.

0:21.6

I'm your host Stevie Kay.

0:23.5

It's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester.

0:26.8

For this episode, I bring you, Broadway is My Beat, episode titled, The Dionne Hartley Murder Case, originally aired February 17th, 1950, where Dionne Hartley invites Danny Clover to visit his exquisite apartment.

0:42.0

He tells Danny that he's going to be murdered.

0:44.7

He knows who's going to kill him, but won't tell Danny who it is.

0:49.3

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

0:55.4

Thank you for listening.

1:06.4

Broadway's My Beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle,

1:10.2

the godiest, the most violent, the lonest

1:13.2

mile in the world.

1:20.1

Broadway's My Beat, with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

1:26.9

Music with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

1:42.9

Broadway, where the measured screaming of the spectacular's echoes into the wilderness of the night,

1:45.2

and their cadence is the beat of a metallic and mechanical heart.

1:47.0

This is the rhythm

1:48.0

of the life you're assigned

1:49.0

on Broadway.

1:50.2

There's nothing you can do about it.

1:52.2

You challenge it with a whisper

1:53.4

or a plea or a cry

1:54.7

and there's no one to hear it

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