Ep.459 Richard Diamond Private Detective: The House Of Mystery 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

🗓️ 7 September 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 Nostologic Mystery Radio.
0:21.6	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:26.7	For this episode, I bring you Richard Diamond Private Detective, episode titled The House of Mystery Case, originally aired December 10th, 1949, where a dead man with a lousy sense of humor is haunting Mrs. Julia Bates, a new widow.
0:44.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:50.7	Thank you for listening.
1:03.5	Portions of the following program are transcribed....dorfions of the following program are transcribed. Here is Dick Powell as Richard Diamond private detective. Here is Dick Powell as Richard Diamond private detective.
1:29.3	I'm...
1:30.3	Are you, Mr. Diamond?
1:40.3	Creditor or client?
1:41.3	I'm a client.
1:42.3	I'm a diamond.
1:43.3	I'm glad. It's a little informal, but hello, glad.
1:45.4	Call me Rick.
1:46.1	Oh, no, no, no.
1:47.3	My name is Julia Bates. Mrs. Yes, but you don't have to call me Mrs. Bates. I'm a widow, you see. Oh. In fact, it may help our relationship if you call me, Julia. Oh, well, here we go again.
1:58.2	All right, Julia, you can call me Rick.
1:59.7	The fees are hundred a day and expenses.
2:01.8	I want you to stay at my house tonight.
2:04.5	Uh... Oh, well, here we go again. All right, Julia, you can call me Rick. The fees 100 a day in expenses. I want you to stay at my house tonight. I said 100 a day in expenses. Oh, the fee is all right, Mr. Rick. Money means nothing. Yeah. Well, you think your way and I'll think mine. I'll make out a check right now. No hurry. Anytime in the next ten seconds.
2:26.3	Oh, dear. Thanks. Now, about this assignment. Well, it may sound silly, but I'm afraid of the house I live in. Oh, dandy. I said it might sound silly, but it's deadly serious, I assure you.
2:32.0	Oh, I'm sure it is. You see, my husband, Warner Bates, died three months ago. He was a very strange man and believed devoutly in many forms of mysticism. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, he built this house as a monument to his beliefs and filled it with secret passages and rooms and steps that lead nowhere. Why not move out? I'll be perfectly honest. It's because of the money.
2:51.6	Oh.
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