Broadway's My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)

Summary

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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Episode: Broadway's My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)
Host: Adam Graham
Date: November 5, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode features a classic "Broadway's My Beat" detective drama, “The Charles Crandall Murder Case,” originally aired May 12, 1951. Host Adam Graham guides listeners through a tangled case involving murder, deception, missing jewelry, and the search for truth along the gaudy, lonely stretch of Broadway. As always, the show is steeped in the unique atmosphere of post-war New York, blending noir storytelling with gritty characterization and a dash of poignant humanity. The detective, Danny Clover, must unravel who killed an unidentified man—and later, a young woman—in a case bound to Broadway's restless heart.

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Key Discussion Points and Plot Breakdown

The Murder Scene & Initial Investigation

Timestamp: 03:12 – 05:41

• Danny Clover, NYPD detective, arrives at a blood-stained alley to find a dead man, a parking ticket, and an expensive but faintly ticking wristwatch—but no ID.
  • Quote (Sergeant Tartaglia, 05:32): "A wristwatch and a parking ticket. Not much for a grown man to leave behind him, is it, Danny?"
• Clues: Parking ticket made out to Charles Crandall and nothing else on the victim.

Tracking Down Charles Crandall

Timestamp: 06:27 – 09:41

• Clover visits Crandall’s address and meets his landlady, learning Crandall is a well-liked, recently engaged longshoreman.
• At Crandall’s workplace, Clover finds Charles alive and well.
  • Surprise: The presumed dead man is not Crandall.

The Morgue & Charles’ Story

Timestamp: 09:12 – 12:41

• Clover brings Charles to the morgue to view the John Doe.
  • Quote (Charles Crandall, 10:01): "You know him? Who knows people who ask for this kind of thing?"
• Crandall explains his parking ticket got lost during a drunken, sorrowful night at Solly’s Bar, where he tried to drown his worries over not affording an engagement ring.
  • He met “Helen,” who promised to secure him a star sapphire ring at half-price and to “fix” the parking ticket.
  • Both the parking ticket and the ring become key clues.

The Hunt for Helen

Timestamp: 12:41 – 15:52

• Clover questions Solly at the bar, learning Helen was told to stay out but is sometimes seen.
• Following a tip, Clover discovers Helen’s ransacked apartment and her strangled body.

Connecting the Dots: Jewelry Store

Timestamp: 16:35 – 19:08

• Clover visits Scully's Jewelry, questioning owner George Scully and his wife, Louise, about the ring and connections to the murdered individuals.
• Both deny knowledge of the victims or any robbery.

More Clues and Rising Tension

Timestamp: 20:12 – 22:54

• The John Doe is ID’ed via fingerprints as Johnny Malloy, a minor city hoodlum.
• Rosemary, Charles's distressed fiancé, calls Clover; she wants to return the engagement ring and break off the engagement.

The Layaway Complaint & Scully in the Hot Seat

Timestamp: 24:05 – 26:47

• A Miss Christie files a complaint: her layaway-plan wristwatch was missing from Scully’s store and ended up on the murdered Johnny Malloy’s wrist.
• All evidence points toward items being stolen from or going missing at Scully’s but with no official robbery reported.

The Truth Unravels: Confronting George Scully

Timestamp: 26:47 – 30:00

• Clover presses Scully, with Louise present, about inconsistencies: lost coat, missing keys, items missing and reappearing, a lie about coat cleaning.
• Under pressure from Louise’s refusal to lie any longer for her husband, George Scully confesses:
  • Johnny Malloy robbed the shop, taking jewelry and Scully's coat/keys.
  • Scully tracked Malloy, killed him, discovered the loot had passed to Helen, and killed her as well to recover it.

Notable Emotional Climax

Timestamp: 29:47 – 30:00

• Quote (Louise to Scully): "But you promised you wouldn't. And now look at you, George. Scully, you're a murderer."
• Scully’s desperate pleas for help and Louise’s refusal to lie for him underscores the human cost of betrayal and violence.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Broadway’s opening mood (03:29):
  “In the mid afternoon light of Maytime, Broadway shimmers and languor walks the street the dream walk rhythm to the pulse of the sleeping neon...” (Detective Danny Clover, setting the somber scene)

• Morgue Reality Check (10:01):
  "Cover him up, put him back. I've had him." (Charles Crandall, facing both death and his own narrow escape)

• On the Price of Items Left Behind (05:32):
  “A wristwatch and a parking ticket. Not much for a grown man to leave behind him, is it, Danny?” (Sergeant Tartaglia)

• The Final Unraveling (29:24):
  "Tell her you killed Johnny Malloy. Only he didn't have the loot. He'd already given it to Helen. So you had to strangle her to get it. And you got it." (Detective Danny Clover)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• [03:29]: Clover's poetic introduction to Broadway and the case.
• [05:32]: First mention of the only clues: the ticket and watch.
• [08:29]: The twist–Charles Crandall is found alive.
• [09:41]: Crandall views the body in the morgue and tells his story.
• [13:25]: At Solly’s Bar–the search for Helen.
• [15:52]: Helen found murdered in her apartment.
• [17:38]: At Scully’s Jewelry–Clover begins connecting the crime to the store.
• [22:21]: Rosemary calls to return the ring–relationship fallout.
• [24:48]: Miss Christie’s complaint reveals stolen watch was on the dead man.
• [27:03]: Scully confronted with inconsistencies and clues.
• [29:24]: Clover extracts a confession from Scully.
• [30:37]: Clover’s closing narration reflecting on Broadway.

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Tone & Style

The episode is gritty, atmospheric, and tinged with poetic melancholy, honoring the ethos of classic radio noir. Wry wisecracks and weary wisdom color the interactions, with Larry Thor’s Detective Clover embodying both hard-boiled realism and unexpected tenderness. Character banter is naturalistic, overlapping pathos and darkly comic asides—especially from side characters like Tartaglia.

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Final Thoughts and Host's Commentary

[32:53]

• Host Adam Graham provides witty, thoughtful commentary:
  • Notes on the risky nature of the thieves’ plan.
  • Observes the ambiguity of certain side characters (e.g., Sergeant Tartaglia’s British detective obsession).
  • Reads appreciative listener feedback.
  • Thanks Patreon supporter Rachel.

Listener Quote:
"[The episode] has many obnoxious characters." – Betsy (from listener feedback, referenced by Adam Graham at 32:53)

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Summary

This “Broadway’s My Beat” case layers a tale of interpersonal longing and corruption over a structure of classic detective legwork. In searching for the killer, Danny Clover wades through the lies, heartbreaks, and desperate hopes of Broadway’s denizens, ultimately exposing a tragic chain of greed and betrayal stemming from a seemingly simple jewelry theft. The episode excels in both story craft and moody, character-driven drama.

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For fans of golden age radio, mystery, and vintage crime fiction, this episode is a fine tribute to the enduring appeal of Broadway’s dark and luminous mysteries.

Transcript

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[Podcast Host Adam Graham]

Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Broadway's My Bait. But first, I do want to encourage you. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to you in part by the financial support of our listeners. You can support the show by mailing a donation to P.O. box 15913. That's P.O. box 15913, Boise, ID 83715. And I want to thank Carolyn for supporting the podcast. That way you can also become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month by going to patreon.greatdetectives.net but now, from May 12, 1951, here is the Charles Crandall Murder.

[Detective Danny Clover]

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

[Announcer]

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

[Detective Danny Clover]

In the mid afternoon light of Maytime, Broadway shimmers and languor walks the street the dream walk rhythm to the pulse of the sleeping neon to the sun warmed blues yawned out of loudspeakers to the slow Erratic dance of the litter of night held close, thrown away by a gutter wind. And with the rest of Broadway, you stand and watch or follow the crowd and lend your heart to the whispered cry that this day, this time, will not get away from you. But it does. It always does. The web of blood in the alley was already dust heavy, its threads leading you to the man huddled in a forgotten anguish against the flaking brick of an alley wall, his hand still clutched to the bullet wound as if he tried to claw out the pain and never made it. And the other man leaning over him, being gentle and polite as he searched the dead man's pockets, then finding something and looking at it, then making the only observation left to him.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

It's a nice day, wasn't it, Danny?

[Detective Danny Clover]

What did you find, Magavan?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Found him like that, all broken up about the bullet in his chest. Tried to tell me why it was there. The word never got out.

[Detective Danny Clover]

It was phoned in.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Yeah. From the back room of a bar down the alley. A friendly chap wandered out for a breath of fresh air. Saw this, ran back to the bar, made his phone call, bought drinks for the house. He's still celebrating if you want to talk to him.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You talked to him?

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Friendly lush. Invited me to a cold beer. I didn't take it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

He knew this man.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Never had the pleasure. He told me all the citizens of the alley never had the pleasure. I checked.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Uh huh. What's that in your hand?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

This? Oh, I almost forgot. It's a ticket for parking. Made out to a Charles Crandall. Over parked in the loading zone. He can snap his fingers at it now, huh?

[Detective Danny Clover]

This your witty day, Mugavin?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

I try, Danny. Days like this, I guess I don't make it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Anything else?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Not a thing. Nothing except that expensive watch on his wrist. You have to listen awful close to even hear it ticking. Very expensive. It's running, but in this alley, you can't hear it ticking.

[Detective Danny Clover]

No wallet, no identification. Just the parking ticket, is it?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

That's all. A wristwatch and a parking ticket. Not much for a grown man to leave behind him, is it, Danny?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Then the alley formerly known only to the chalk riders, the garbage collectors and the shops. Then the alley became cluttered with new faces. Mostly scrubbed. The girl in the picture, hat on the Pekingese, a maid in the baby carriage. The dad and his son. Mostly these interspersed with enough men from the police department so that I could leave. I did. Back to headquarters briefly with a traffic ticket and to the traffic department long enough to check an automobile license. Number against a name and be given an address. Charles Crandall rooming house on West 17th Street. And go there. Wait a few seconds until the woman at the front door had finished shaking out her mop.

[Louise Scully]

Morning. Guess I should say good afternoon. House cleaning. You sure lose track of the time.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I'm looking for Charles Crandall. I'm from the police.

[Louise Scully]

Oh, my. Charlie hasn't done anything, has he?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Is he home?

[Louise Scully]

I wish you'd answer me. I'm his landlady and I never had a better roomer than Charlie. What's Charlie done?

[Detective Danny Clover]

We found a man with a traffic ticket in his pocket.

[Louise Scully]

Charlie told me parked illegally.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Is he home?

[Louise Scully]

Why, no. Charlie hasn't been home for the last couple of days.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I see. Yeah.

[Louise Scully]

Charlie's engaged, you know.

[Detective Danny Clover]

No, I didn't.

[Louise Scully]

He brought his young lady over just last week. Introduced us. Rosemary. Such a nice girl. Helped me with the dishes.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Rosemary. What?

[Louise Scully]

Oh, I don't remember quite. Nielsen or something. Rosemary's such a nice name for a girl gonna be married.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Can you tell me why Charlie hasn't been home?

[Louise Scully]

Of course. Sometimes he stays at Rosemary's house. Her parents love him like he was their own. Like I feel about him.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Was Charlie about 5ft 11, blond hair.

[Louise Scully]

Heavily built, but not fat, you understand? Charlie takes exercise every morning when the chandelier shakes in the parlor. I know. Charlie's taking his exercises. And the chandelier shakes every morning before he goes to work.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Do you know where Charlie works?

[Louise Scully]

Surely Charlie's a longshoreman. That's another reason why he's not fat. Works the Peerless Steamship Line unloads. That's an idea. You want to talk to Charlie, Why don't you go there? You're a policeman. They'll let you talk to him.

[Detective Danny Clover]

The foreman said your name was Charlie Crandall.

[Charles Crandall]

Yeah, that's right.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I'm from the police.

[Charles Crandall]

Oh. Oh, the parking ticket, huh? I'm not surprised.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I am. I didn't think you were alive, Charlie. Come on.

[Charles Crandall]

If I'm not being too previous. Where you taking me, Mr. Clover?

[Detective Danny Clover]

You'll see.

[Charles Crandall]

I had parking tickets before. Nobody ever took me by the arm and let me down a cold, damp hallway.

[Detective Danny Clover]

That so? Nobody ever.

[Charles Crandall]

Never. So help me. I've been missing out on things. Life has passed me by. Huh?

[Detective Danny Clover]

In here, Charles.

[Charles Crandall]

Don't tell me. Let me guess. It's a morgue.

[Announcer]

Uh huh.

[Charles Crandall]

I keep looking at such things in the papers whenever you boys put on a safety campaign. Look, the paper says, drive carefully, or this on the slab is You? Because I got a lousy parking ticket, you're making me live it. This the new up to date method? It's a chill in the air here. How come I'm sweating?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Take a good look, Charles.

[Charles Crandall]

I'm looking. I make your promise. I will drive carefully, observing all the traffic signals, and I will never over park in a loading zone again. Promise? Cross my heart. Gypsy blood oath. If you want.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You know him.

[Charles Crandall]

Cover him up, put him back. I've had him.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I said something, Charles. You know him?

[Charles Crandall]

Who knows people who ask for this kind of thing? A shelf for a grave. I'm grateful to you though, Mr. Clover. You've introduced me to a new experience. You've given me a memory I never had before.

[Detective Danny Clover]

We found this parking ticket on him, Charles. Yours. Look at it. Yours. Why do things like this happen to a man like you?

[Charles Crandall]

It's very complicated.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I'll listen.

[Charles Crandall]

You sure you got the time? You got nothing better to do down here?

[Detective Danny Clover]

There's all the time you'll ever need.

[Charles Crandall]

Fortunate me.

[Detective Danny Clover]

That's right, Charles. Count your blessings.

[Charles Crandall]

What I'm building up to if you give me the chance. Last night was a blessing. Maybe this, what you're showing me, was a part of it. I wouldn't know.

[Detective Danny Clover]

When the mood hits you, the part you know. I'll wait.

[Charles Crandall]

Well, last night was my night in Solly's Bar on Third Avenue.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Oh. This man was found in an alley near Solly's Bar.

[Charles Crandall]

I wouldn't know about that. All I know is Solly's a man with an open ear. I cried into it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You'd had a tough day.

[Charles Crandall]

That too. I'm a longshoreman, remember that, too.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Zoe cried a glass full of tears into Solly's ear.

[Charles Crandall]

Yeah, about the engagement ring I needed for my girl. Or my betrothed, I call her. About the engagement ring I couldn't afford to buy for her. Because a man like me don't lay away for things like that.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Must have been very dramatic.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Ah, yeah.

[Charles Crandall]

I put it on. Maybe more than it needed. Cause a girl walks over to me, runs her fingers across the beard on my cheek, tells me she has heard the whole thing or the big trouble I'm in with my betrothed.

[Detective Danny Clover]

She stopped your weeping?

[Charles Crandall]

You could say that. She told me there was a jewelry store, Scully's Jewelry Store, down the street to come with her to pick out any ring in the window I wanted.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Like a fairy tale.

[Charles Crandall]

Yeah, you could say that. So I went with her. Pointed to the fattest ring in the window with the Fattest numbers. A star sapphire. She says, meet me again tomorrow. I'll get her for your half price.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Good girl to meet in a bar.

[Charles Crandall]

You'll never dream how good. After that, she takes me back to Solly's. Lets me exchange my other sorrows with her.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You had more?

[Charles Crandall]

Only one more I could call to mind at the time. The parking ticket. She says, give it to me. I know where to fix it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You believed her?

[Charles Crandall]

I hear it's been done.

[Detective Danny Clover]

And that's the last you saw of the ticket?

[Charles Crandall]

The gypsy blood oath. If you still want it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Who was the girl?

[Charles Crandall]

Helen. Address? Sully's Bar on third. Go to her, Mr. Clover. A girl like that can ease many sorrows. Just ask for Helen. They'll know.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Don't thumb through any travel folders, huh, Charles?

[Charles Crandall]

Why should I? I found a home.

[Announcer]

Here.

[Charles Crandall]

Cover him up, huh? Mr. Clover, it's chilly in here.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Solly's Bar on Third Avenue, the boy had said. Go there and ask about a girl named Helen who. Because Charlie had given her a traffic ticket and the ticket had turned up on one John Doe, dead on arrival. Third Avenue is a tenement, five stories high and miles long. At 9 o' clock, the night is going full blast. The open air. Card games for juveniles only. The doorstep trysting places. And every seven minutes, the elevated screams. Somewhere between com choose Hong Kong, Kong Hand Laundry. Special attention paid to pleated dress shirts and the Blue Star Delicatessen. Cream soda and hot corned beef, two bits. Somewhere between there was Solly's Bar. I walked in.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

What's yours, friend?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Beer. Make a draft.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

One dime. Thanks.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Your name's Solly? You own this place? Yeah. So you work here every night?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Yeah.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Why? Skip any nights this week?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Hey, what's with you, buster? You spent a dime. Drink your beer, listen to the music.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I'm looking for Helen. Oh, Helen. Tall, blonde, you know. Look, buster, you're here every night, aren't you? You ought to know Helen.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

I want to show you something, friend. See this? A ball bat. I bought it from a kid or swiped it from the Yanks dugout. I sawed it off. You want to hear how it goes? That's the way it goes when I slap it on a bar. You want to hear how it sounds. Otherwise, you want to cop, huh? Why didn't you show me the bash before?

[Detective Danny Clover]

What about Helen?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

I get it. Don't be a cop. You figure I tell you about Helen, huh?

[Detective Danny Clover]

What about her?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

I told her to stay out of here. What'd you want me to do? Hit her over the head with the bat.

[Detective Danny Clover]

The other night she was in here talking to a longshoreman named Charlie Crandall. You know anything about that?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Who's in trouble? She or is? Charlie.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Charlie Crandall was talking to you about an engagement ring. You remember that?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Who remembers for what reason? My ear gets bent. Helen, I know you want her, huh?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Where do I find her?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

You wait on that bar stool. She'll be in whispering at you for a drink. Well, you can't wait. Try the second floor. Back at the corner house at the end of the block. This side of the street. Can't wait, huh?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Walk down to the corner house, which the sign at the head of the steps said allowed no visitors after 10 o'.

[Louise Scully]

Clock.

[Detective Danny Clover]

And the other sign at the end of the corridor, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Wash out the bathtub. And the door that was swinging open briefly, then closing, opening. Helen. Helen. Get no answer. The tenement draft swings the door open and presents a room. A torn apart room. Nothing was in its place. Nothing was undisturbed except the girl on the bed. The strangled girl with the tumbled blonde hair. The dead girl. The murdered girl.

[Announcer]

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[Detective Danny Clover]

Springtime on Broadway is like springtime on a thousand other main drags, except for one thing. Mother Nature doesn't function on Broadway. Nothing grows. It gets constructed. But nobody bothers. There's the salary to be earned, baseball scores to be considered and the weather to be discussed. However, as in all times and places, there are the crackpots, some even delirious enough to give you odds that Broadway's liable to get blown off the face of the earth. You waste a shrug on that one and flip the newspaper over another page. Scan the quarter column on the right hand side. Girl murdered in Tenement House. Police seek link with death of unidentified man. Which was straight reporting. I know because I was the policeman directly concerned. Next morning, open the notebook and scan the personal brand of shorthand. See now an item. Charlie Crandall had been taken by the hand and led to the window of Scully's Jewelry Shop to pick out an engagement ring. Go there, look in the same window and walk into the store.

[Louise Scully]

Good morning.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Oh, good morning. I'm Danny Clover from the police. Yes, I'd like to see the manager.

[Louise Scully]

Well. Well, I guess I am, until Mr. Scully comes in. What did you want to see him about? I'm his wife.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Take a look at this picture, Mrs. Scully. Have you ever seen this man before?

[Louise Scully]

Might have, but I don't know him personally, if that's what you mean. Maybe I've seen him someplace. Who is he?

[Detective Danny Clover]

The man we've got in the morgue. Now, take a look at this picture. Young girl, also in the morgue.

[Louise Scully]

How terrible.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Do you know her?

[Louise Scully]

She could be anybody. Somebody's sister or sweetheart. In the morgue? In a police morgue? What happens to people, Mr. Clover? What? My, my. Look at him.

[Announcer]

Hello, honey.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Like it?

[Louise Scully]

Blue coat and brown pants? Well, it's different, George.

[Announcer]

I took my brown coat to the cleaners on the way to work. It got soiled. Oh, sorry, dear. This gentleman?

[Louise Scully]

Oh, this is Mr. Clover, George, from the police. And this is my husband, Mr. Scully.

[Announcer]

Oh. Something I can do for you, Mr. Clover?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Just take a look at a couple of pictures here. This one? Never saw him. Take a look at this.

[Announcer]

Nope. Her either. Dangerous characters, huh, George?

[Louise Scully]

They're dead. They're in a police morgue.

[Announcer]

No, I don't know either of them, Mr. Clover. I'm talking to the gentleman, Louise.

[Louise Scully]

But I'll forget if I don't tell you now.

[Announcer]

My wife is forgetful, Mr. Clover. That's a good kind of wife to have. What is it, dear?

[Louise Scully]

Mrs. Reed was in here for her diamond brooch. I couldn't find it.

[Announcer]

Why not? Why couldn't you find it?

[Louise Scully]

Mrs. Reed was furious. You promised her you'd have the catch repaired by this morning.

[Announcer]

Well, it's ready. Why couldn't you find it, Louie?

[Louise Scully]

I looked. It's not there on the repair rack. I looked, all right, but I couldn't find it.

[Announcer]

Call up Mrs. Reed and tell her your husband's here, Louise. Tell her to stop in for a brooch. Well, do it, Louise.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You're not missing anything from this shop, are you, Mr. Scully?

[Announcer]

Missing what?

[Detective Danny Clover]

I don't know.

[Announcer]

I don't understand what you're talking about.

[Detective Danny Clover]

A robbery, anything like that?

[Announcer]

You're joking. If I had a robbery, I'd know I'd been robbed, wouldn't I? You want anything else, Mr. Clover? No. Then you'll pardon me, won't you sure you will.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Gino? What's the matter, Tartaglia? You got a big sadness from your office window, Danny.

[Charles Crandall]

You can see the harbor in the yarn.

[Detective Danny Clover]

It makes you unhappy, huh?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Lady Jane Pugh, the ne' er do.

[Charles Crandall]

Well, girl detective from London town. She has pushed off from our fair shores, Danny. The paper said she grew lonesome to eat an English kipper in the fog.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Happens to a girl sometimes.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

You're fighting me, Danny.

[Charles Crandall]

Don't do that at a time like this.

[Detective Danny Clover]

There's only one thing to do with a grief like yours, Gino.

[Charles Crandall]

Tell me, Danny. Don't tease me with it. Tell me.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Bury it. And work, you mean.

[Charles Crandall]

I tried, Danny.

[Detective Danny Clover]

It don't help.

[Charles Crandall]

There it is on your desk.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You buried your grief in this envelope.

[Charles Crandall]

A part of it. The rest.

[Detective Danny Clover]

What's in the envelope is news from.

[Charles Crandall]

The FBI concerning the fingerprints of the man now in the morgue whom you found bullet holed in the alley.

[Detective Danny Clover]

They matched them to a minor hoodlum.

[Charles Crandall]

Name of Johnny Malloy. Used to work our fair city. Crossed a few sweaty palms with silver. Address unknown. I informed them his new address finally.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Caught up with him, as you know.

[Louise Scully]

Yeah?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Danny Clover?

[Announcer]

Speaking.

[Louise Scully]

This is Rosemary Nelson, Mr. Clover. Can you come to our house right away, please?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Who did you say?

[Louise Scully]

Rosemary Nelson. I'm Charles Crandall's fiance. He told you about me? He says it's about the ring he gave me. The engagement ring. I don't want it, nor him anymore. Please come.

[Detective Danny Clover]

What's your address, Rosemary?

[Louise Scully]

The brownstone with the marble stoop. 1827 West 58th.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You'll be here right away.

[Charles Crandall]

You going out, Danny?

[Detective Danny Clover]

You mind?

[Charles Crandall]

If you want to leave me alone.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

With a memory, it's all right.

[Charles Crandall]

Go ahead, Danny. I'll be all right. I've been alone before. Bye, Danny. Don't pay any attention to her, Mr. Clover. She's upset. A lover's quarrel upsets a girl like Rosemary. I know we've had them before.

[Detective Danny Clover]

That's all it is, Rosemary. Just a quarrel that needs a policeman to referee it.

[Louise Scully]

Look at this ring, Mr. Clover.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Beautiful star sapphire.

[Louise Scully]

Take it. I don't want it. Give it back to whoever Charlie got it from.

[Charles Crandall]

You know where I got it from, who I got it from, how I got it. Don't make a tear stained production out of it.

[Louise Scully]

I'm not crying, Charlie. Not anymore. That's one thing I used to like about you. You never gave me a reason to cry.

[Charles Crandall]

You got a star sapphire, didn't you? Is that what eats you? Because you never had a Thing like that before. Because the star shoots pains through your head.

[Louise Scully]

Leave me alone. Just you leave me alone, you hear?

[Charles Crandall]

Rose. Rose. Honey.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Where'd you get the ring, Charles?

[Charles Crandall]

Honey? Rose, baby, listen to me. I told you I'd tell the police.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I dropped into Scully's Jewelry store a little while ago. I noticed a little square, clean place in the window, like where a ring box had been. This the ring, Charles?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Yeah.

[Charles Crandall]

Yeah, you need an engagement ring, lonely man. Take it. Looks like I don't need it anymore.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Ellen Griffith get it for you like she said she would? Half price and everything?

[Charles Crandall]

Half price and everything. You could go ask her, except I read in the paper she's dead. So you'll have to take my word for it.

[Louise Scully]

You were with her. You were with her and she sold you the ring. And now she's dead. And you want me to wear it. Get him out of here. Get him out.

[Charles Crandall]

Yeah, why don't you do that, Mr. Clover? It ain't the same between Rosemary and me anymore. So why don't you do like the pretty girl asks?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Let's go, Chelsea. I'm sorry, Rosemarie.

[Louise Scully]

Leave me alone. Just you leave me alone, you hear?

[Charles Crandall]

What are you waiting for, copper? What is he.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Come on.

[Charles Crandall]

What, are you gonna hold me on suspicion of murder until they come up.

[Detective Danny Clover]

With a new one?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Danny.

[Charles Crandall]

Danny.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Over here in a squad car. Woman down at headquarters. Danny turning the air blue with complaints about Scully. The jeweler says he tell us about.

[Detective Danny Clover]

It on the way down Amagavan. It'll pass the time for all of us. You, me and our boy Charlie.

[Louise Scully]

Well, finally.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

This is Danny Clover, Ms. Christie.

[Louise Scully]

What am I supposed to do? Put two fingers in my mouth and whistle?

[Detective Danny Clover]

You made a complaint about a jeweler named Scully. What's the complaint?

[Louise Scully]

Don't talk to me like that.

[Detective Danny Clover]

What is this, Monkman?

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

I'll handle it for you, Danny. Now, look, Miss Christie. You told me something about a watch and about Scully's jewelry store. I want you to tell Mr. Clover.

[Louise Scully]

What's the matter? You got amnesia? Sonny? Please tell him it's about my layaway plan. Whirl that around for a while.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Danny, this is a mad dream.

[Detective Danny Clover]

We lost that one. Try another move, Ms. Christie.

[Louise Scully]

I told you it was my layaway plan. My layaway plan.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You mean you bought something for Mr. Scully on a layaway plan?

[Announcer]

Get down.

[Louise Scully]

Don't you, boy.

[Detective Danny Clover]

What did you lay away, Miss Christie?

[Louise Scully]

A watch for a man's wrist. I'm courting. Figured a bull of it'd make him happy.

[Detective Danny Clover]

You still haven't told us what the complaint is.

[Louise Scully]

That's Scully. For 11 months now I've been paying down on the watch, see? Come in with the last payment in my hot little fist. No watch. Scully tries to sell me another one.

[Detective Danny Clover]

That watch have a gold face, gold.

[Louise Scully]

Wristband, and if you flip open its back side, there's 17 jewels visible to the. If you'll pardon the expression, naked eye.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Hey, Danny, that sounds like the watch we found on that guy in the alley.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Yeah, entertainer Mugaban.

[Louise Scully]

You heard what the man said, sonny. Entertain her.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Then a score. And on the way to Scully's jewelry shop, the gathering together of the after images of two peoples dying. Item, Ms. Christie. The fact that her wristwatch had disappeared from Scully's store had turned up on a murdered man's wrist. Item, Helen. The fact that she had gotten a star sapphire from Scully at a big saving. The fact that she'd been murdered. Inclusion. Mr. Scully had been robbed or he'd been giving away merchandise. Anyway, it a was conclusion that needed. Mr. Scully.

[Announcer]

What can I. Oh, hello, Mr. Clover.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Is your wife here, Scully?

[Announcer]

In the back. Short and Stock.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Get her.

[Announcer]

Well, if it's important, Mr. Clover, but she's busy.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Get her.

[Announcer]

Mr. Clover. Hello? Right. Louise. Louise, come here for a minute.

[Louise Scully]

I haven't finished the stock, George.

[Announcer]

Leave it and come here. Mr. Clover wants you.

[Louise Scully]

Who?

[Announcer]

Mr. Clover. You remember the policeman?

[Louise Scully]

Well, tell him to come back. George, if you stop me in the middle of the stock, I'll forget what I've done.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Don't Worry about it, Mrs. Scully. It won't take long.

[Louise Scully]

What do you want? I told you I couldn't recognize those people.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I know. Your husband couldn't either.

[Announcer]

What's the matter? Don't you believe us?

[Louise Scully]

Yeah, don't you believe us?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Tell me something, Mrs. Scully. Did your husband ever locate Mrs. Reed's diamond brooch? The one that needed the catch fixed?

[Charles Crandall]

Why?

[Announcer]

Ask her. Ask me? Yeah. Yeah, I found it.

[Louise Scully]

You mean I found it, George. You remember we laughing when I found it in the repair case? After looking there a dozen times, I just couldn't understand it.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Because when you looked a dozen times, it wasn't there. Tell her where it was, Scully.

[Announcer]

What are you trying to do to us, Clover?

[Detective Danny Clover]

Tell her where the brooch was, Scully. And the wristwatch and the star sapphire ring. Oh, my.

[Announcer]

He's crazy, Louis. I don't know what he's trying to do.

[Louise Scully]

Oh, my. George. Well, George, I'm not gonna lie for you. You might as well know that after all you've done Something wrong? I know I'm a plain woman, George. And I'm in my 40s, and I make myself forget a lot of things, but not this, George.

[Announcer]

She doesn't know what she's talking about.

[Louise Scully]

You lied to me, George. Scully. You said you took your coat to the cleaners and you never did. When I was in there today, the cleaning man asked me about you. Said you hadn't been in for such a long time.

[Announcer]

I told you a little white lie, Louise. I lost my coat.

[Louise Scully]

Must have lost the keys to the store, too. Is that why we've been using mine?

[Detective Danny Clover]

About how that hoodlum Johnny Malloy looted your shop, Scully. Walked in and took your coat when you had it off.

[Announcer]

Well, when it's hot, a man takes off his coat.

[Detective Danny Clover]

But your keys were in the pockets. Why didn't you report it to the police?

[Louise Scully]

Because you were with that woman again, weren't you, George? That's why you couldn't report it.

[Announcer]

But I was only drinking with her in a bar.

[Louise Scully]

I don't care what you were doing. After all, you promised me. Louise, I, I, I lied for you about the pictures. But I'm not gonna lie anymore. Not about her. Even if she is dead.

[Announcer]

Louise, what do you want me to say?

[Narrator/Host]

I don't know.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Tell her you killed Johnny Malloy. Only he didn't have the loot. He'd already given it to Helen. So you had to strangle her to get it. And you got it.

[Announcer]

Hey. I don't know what got into me, Louise. I didn't want you to know it. Such a beautiful night. I was walking along. I stopped to light my pipe. It was in front of the bar. And I heard a tap on the window. It was Helen. She waved me in and I. I just didn't want you to know.

[Louise Scully]

But you promised you wouldn't. And now look at you, George. Scully, you're a murderer.

[Detective Danny Clover]

I think we better go, Scully.

[Announcer]

Louise, you gotta help me. We'll get a lawyer. He'll tell you what to say.

[Louise Scully]

I won't lie, George. I, I just am not going to lie anymore.

[Detective Danny Clover]

In May the night sighs down on Broadway Like a rosy promise Someone smiles and takes your hand Whispers and for an instant the lights are brighter, the noise louder and your scream mixes well with the scream of the night It's Broadway. The gaudiest, most violent the lonesomest mile in the world Broadway, My beat.

[Announcer]

Broadway's my beat. Stars Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. With Charles Calvert as Tartaglia and Jack Crucian as Mugavan the program was produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage. In tonight's story, Lou Merrill was heard as George Scully, Jeanette Nolan as Louise Scully, and Adam Williams as Charles Crandall. Others in the cast were Peggy Weber and Joy Terry. Say there Sing It Again's current phantom voice is really a phantom. For the past two Saturdays, she's mystified everyone. Jan Murray's call and his coast to coast Sing it Again phone tonight. Jan may call you if you can name the Phantom. She's worth $3,000 in cold hard cash. So stay tuned now for Sing It Again which follows immediately on most of these same CBS stations. Joe Walters speaking. This is CBS where you laugh at Jack Benny every Sunday night. The Columbia Broadcasting System.

[Detective Danny Clover]

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[Sergeant Tartaglia]

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[Detective Danny Clover]

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[Sergeant Tartaglia]

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[Detective Danny Clover]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera.

[Announcer]

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[Detective Danny Clover]

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[Announcer]

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[Podcast Host Adam Graham]

Welcome back. An interesting scheme by the two thieves who got killed. It's a bit risky if you're a local and going to remain locatable and the person who you're victimizing knows who you are and that's even if the killer is not homicidally inclined. Sergeant Tartaglia is confusing me a little bit about the British girl detective. Maybe he's just a passionate fan, but I'm not entirely sure whether she's fictional or real. In the Broadway's mybeat universe. I think she's fictional, but the way Geno goes on, you can't quite tell. Listener comments and feedback now. And we go to YouTube where we have a comment on the Philip Hunt murder case. Betsy writes, that's a particularly good episode with many obnoxious characters. Well, I think actually the same thing can be said of many episodes of Broadway's Mob 8. And then we have a couple comments on our listener survey. Greg over in Garland, Texas writes really enjoy these old time radio broadcasts. Adam does a great job of bringing interesting shows and giving us the backgrounds really helps pass the time while being entertained. And John over in Atlanta just says love the podcast. Well, thank you so much for taking time to fill out our [e-mail] well, now it is time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. And I want to go ahead and thank Rachel. Rachel's been one of our patreon supporters since July 2023, currently supporting the podcast at the Psalmist level of $4 or more per month. Thank you so much for your support, Rachel. And that will do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And if you're enjoying the podcast on YouTube, be sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and mark the notification bell. All those great things that YouTubers are telling you to do that help the channels to grow. And we will be back next Wednesday with another episode of Broadway's My Beat. But join us back here tomorrow for Dragnet wear.

[Narrator/Host]

The first weekend in March, she disappeared on a Saturday.

[Announcer]

Well, that's three months ago. Ms. Daley, how is it this wasn't reported sooner?

[Narrator/Host]

Well, as a matter of fact, I halfway expanded. I talked to him about it. When Bernice was gone two weeks, he didn't seem too worried.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Is there any reason for him not to worry?

[Narrator/Host]

Well, there is no way. You see, Bernice has gone off before. About a year ago, she picked up and went to Arizona without telling anybody. When she came back, she said she just wanted to get away for a while. She didn't want to be around here.

[Detective Danny Clover]

Well, how long did she stay away that time?

[Narrator/Host]

Almost a month.

[Announcer]

Well, how about your sister's married life?

[Narrator/Host]

She get along with her husband all right? Well, first five years they were married, it worked all right. Then it sort of turned sour. I don't know what happened. They used to be happy. What was the trouble, do you know? That's the funny part. I don't. Wouldn't even know who to blame for it, Jimmy or Bernice. Both of them started drinking a lot. Pretty heavy. Seemed to me around that time, Jimmy began to get a little funny. I see.

[Sergeant Tartaglia]

Has he ever been violent towards your sister, Ms. Daley? I mean, has he struck her or anything like that?

[Narrator/Host]

Oh, no, really. Jimmy's kind of a milquetoast character. Timid, skinny most of the time, afraid to say boo. Yesterday I went over to the house to visit Jimmy. I tried to make conversation. He just sat in his chair reading a book. Every time I'd mentioned Bernice, he'd kind of look up and growl at me. I got sick of it. I put on my coat and started for the door. He followed me.

[Announcer]

Did he say anything at all?

[Narrator/Host]

Yes. When I opened the door, I turned around to say goodbye. Yeah, he had this real horrible look on his face. He said it right out loud, plain as day. What's that he said? You'd be surprised if I killed her, wouldn't you? You'd be surprised.

[Podcast Host Adam Graham]

I hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime, do send your comments to box13greatdetectives.net Follow us on Twitter at radiodetectives and check us out on Instagram instagram.com greatdetectives from Boise, Idaho, this is your host Adam Graham signing off. Time is precious and so are our pets. So time with our pets is extra precious. That's why we started Dutch.

[Detective Danny Clover]

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