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Nick Carter, Master Detective

April 11, 1943 – September 25, 1955 · 724 broadcasts

Mutual's long-running mystery (1943-1955) brought Street & Smith's century-old dime-novel sleuth to radio, and every single episode of the twelve-year run starred Lon Clark as the brilliant private investigator who cracks the cases the police cannot. The show is unmistakable from its first seconds: a frantic pounding at the door -- "What's the matter? What is it?" -- answered, "Another case for Nick Carter, Master Detective!" Clark's Nick works alongside assistant Patsy Bowen (Helen Choate, then Charlotte Manson), reporter pal Scubby Wilson (John Kane), and his inside man at headquarters, Sgt. Mathison (Ed Latimer), over a lean organ score from Hank Sylvern, Lew White, and George Wright. Behind the microphone sat a remarkable writers' room: head writer Walter B. Gibson -- the creator of The Shadow for the same publisher -- ran the scripts until he asked for a raise in 1946 and was summarily fired, and the bench included Alfred Bester, who would soon win the very first Hugo Award for The Demolished Man. The character was a true pop-culture marathon man, running in print from 1886 all the way to the last paperback in 1990, and the radio hit spun off the kids' weekday serial Chick Carter, Boy Detective. One of the longest single-actor title-role tenures in all of old-time radio.

Collection status: 154 of 724 held (21% complete)
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Episode Spine

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1943

April 11, 1943 Strange Dr. Devolo
April 18, 1943 The Voice of Crime
April 27, 1943 Mystery of the Indian Idols
May 4, 1943 The Mystery of the Old Red MILL
May 11, 1943 Seven Drops of Blood
May 18, 1943 Three Blind Mice
May 25, 1943 The Skeleton in the Closet
June 1, 1943 The Purloined Portraits
June 8, 1943 Murder in Bronze
June 15, 1943 Insured for Death
June 22, 1943 The Forgotten Alibi
June 29, 1943 Endowment for Murder
July 6, 1943 The Echo of Death Listen (MP3)
July 12, 1943 Death Across the Tracks Listen (MP3)
July 19, 1943 Death's Double Deal
July 26, 1943 The Mystery of the Devil's Treasure
August 2, 1943 Murder in the Crypt Listen (MP3)
A millionaire sportsman hires Nick to find a vanished financial columnist who had been hinting at a scandal tying politicians to big-money swindlers -- a trail that runs to a crypt and a jackal-god idol.
August 9, 1943 Murder on Skull Island
August 16, 1943 Carnival of Death
August 23, 1943 Dead Man's Reef
August 30, 1943 Ragoff Broach
September 6, 1943 The Tattooed Twin
September 13, 1943 Igloo of Burning Death
September 20, 1943 The 30 Fathom Crime
September 27, 1943 The Glass Coffin Listen (MP3)
When an electrician turns up dead on the set of a movie star's new picture, Nick and Patsy find that a break-in at the actress's home was only the beginning.
October 4, 1943 Flying Duck Murders Listen (MP3)
Nick goes undercover as a miner at Montana's Flying Duck Mine, where the two detectives who worked the case before him both died in convenient 'accidents.'
October 11, 1943 The Great Elevator Mystery
October 18, 1943 State's Prison Evidence Listen (MP3)
A young woman swears her uncle was murdered though it looks like suicide; to expose a will-forging killer, Nick has himself jailed with a concealed recorder.
October 25, 1943 An Angle on Murder Listen (MP3)
A banker who spots a shortage in the books calls Nick instead of the police -- and is shot dead before he can name the man he suspects.
November 3, 1943 Body on the Slab Listen (MP3)
A gambler vanishes after a crooked card game at a shabby dive run by a one-legged tough named Bill, and Nick takes the case with a score of his own to settle.
November 10, 1943 The Drug Ring Murder Listen (MP3)
An unidentified body washes up on Long Island carrying nothing but Nick Carter's business card, drawing the detective into a narcotics ring that soon leaves him bound, weighted, and dropped into the sea.
November 17, 1943 Substitute Bride Listen (MP3)
An old friend arrives to marry his fiancee, just back from South America, only for her to disappear off her boat in what looks like a scheme of extortion.
November 24, 1943 Disappearing Corpse Listen (FLAC)
December 4, 1943 West Dock Street Murders
December 11, 1943 The Secret of the Ruined Fort
December 18, 1943 The Newsreel Crime
December 25, 1943 Nick Carter's Christmas Adventure Listen (MP3)
Collecting for a holiday charity, Nick is startled when a wealthy man flatly refuses to give -- and sets out to learn what soured him on Christmas.

1944

January 1, 1944 Newsreel Crime
January 8, 1944 Double Disguise Listen (MP3)
A down-on-his-luck newlywed clumsily tries to rob Nick with a fake gun; instead of turning him in, Nick goes home with him and uncovers a kidnapped-heiress scheme.
January 15, 1944 Nine Hours to Live Listen (MP3)
Hours from his midnight execution, a condemned man begs Nick to keep working after his death to prove he never committed the Fielding jewel murder.
January 22, 1944 Records of Death Listen (MP3)
A man buys a box of unclaimed baggage at auction and finds phonograph records on which a murdered woman speaks her own last words -- but where, and when, was she killed?
January 29, 1944 The Unwilling Accomplice Listen (MP3)
A society safecracker mocks the police by note after a $75,000 haul, and a brick hurled through the window pulls Nick into the game.
February 5, 1944 Corpse in the Cab Listen (MP3)
A cab driver realizes too late that the fare he was told to deliver to the police station is already dead.
February 12, 1944 Missing, Harold Ascort Listen (MP3)
When the son of one of the city's oldest wealthy families is kidnapped, his frightened mother turns to Nick.
February 19, 1944 Death After Dark Listen (MP3)
A young woman goes back alone at dusk for a forgotten tennis racquet and never returns -- the first in a run of killings by the park gate.
February 26, 1944 Dead Witnesses Listen (MP3)
Nick witnesses a gangster's body dumped from a moving car, but the lone witness willing to name the scar-faced killer dies in an 'accident' before he can testify.
March 4, 1944 Death in the Pines Listen (MP3)
A trucking line's best driver recognizes a hijacker's voice and is shot dead for it, sending Nick after the gang.
March 11, 1944 Horoscope Murders
March 18, 1944 Tiger Death
March 25, 1944 Drums of Death Listen (MP3)
A terrified woman begs Nick to protect her from her own physician, whom she is convinced is a practicing witch doctor.
April 1, 1944 Professor's Secret Listen (MP3)
A gang breaks into a laboratory and steals a professor's experimental healing-ray machine to save a wounded member.
April 8, 1944 Murder by Magic Listen (MP3)
Scubby brushes off a rude airport 'mystic,' dozes off, and wakes in Chicago as a wanted gangster whose face is all over the papers for murder -- and phones Nick for help.
April 15, 1944 A Cat Brings Death Listen (MP3)
A wealthy woman storms the police station over her stolen Persian cat, a theft that turns out to be tangled up with a string of jewel robberies.
April 17, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 1 Listen (MP3)
April 18, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 2 Listen (MP3)
April 19, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 3 Listen (MP3)
April 20, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 4
April 21, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 5 Listen (MP3)
April 24, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 6 Listen (MP3)
April 25, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 7 Listen (MP3)
April 26, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 8 Listen (MP3)
April 27, 1944 Babies for Sale Part 9 Listen (MP3)
April 28, 1944 Murder by Magic, Part 1 Listen (MP3)
May 1, 1944 Murder by Magic Part 1
May 2, 1944 Murder by Magic Part 2
May 3, 1944 Murder by Magic Part 3
May 4, 1944 Murder by Magic Part 4
May 5, 1944 Murder by Magic Part 5
May 8, 1944 House of Death Part 1 Listen (MP3)
May 9, 1944 House of Death Part 2
May 10, 1944 House of Death Part 3
May 11, 1944 House of Death Part 4
May 12, 1944 House of Death Part 5
May 15, 1944 House of Death Part 6
May 16, 1944 House of Death Part 7
May 17, 1944 House of Death Part 8
May 18, 1944 Eye of Death Part 1
May 19, 1944 Eye of Death Part 2
May 22, 1944 Eye of Death Part 3
May 23, 1944 Eye of Death Part 4
May 24, 1944 Eye of Death Part 5
May 25, 1944 Eye of Death Part 6
May 26, 1944 Eye of Death Part 7
May 29, 1944 Eye of Death Part 8
May 30, 1944 Eye of Death Part 9
May 31, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 1
June 1, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 2
June 2, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 3
June 5, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 4
June 6, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 5
June 7, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 6
June 8, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 7
June 9, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 8
June 12, 1944 Test Tube Murders Part 9 Listen (MP3)
June 13, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 1 Listen (MP3)
June 14, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 2 Listen (MP3)
June 15, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 3
June 16, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 4
June 19, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 5 Listen (MP3)
June 20, 1944 Accidental Bullet Part 6
June 21, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 1
June 22, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 2
June 23, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 3
June 26, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 4
June 27, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 5
June 28, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 6
June 29, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 7
June 30, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 8
July 3, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 9
July 4, 1944 Frightened Corpse Part 10
July 5, 1944 Murder to Music Part 1
July 6, 1944 Murder to Music Part 2
July 7, 1944 Murder to Music Part 3
July 10, 1944 Murder to Music Part 4
July 11, 1944 Murder to Music Part 5
July 12, 1944 Murder to Music Part 6
July 13, 1944 Murder to Music Part 7
July 14, 1944 Murder to Music Part 8
July 17, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 1
July 18, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 2
July 19, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 3
July 20, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 4
July 21, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 5
July 24, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 6
July 25, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 7
July 26, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 8
July 27, 1944 Gate to Heaven Part 9
July 31, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 1
August 1, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 2
August 2, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 3
August 3, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 4
August 4, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 5
August 7, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 6
August 8, 1944 Castle of Chaos Part 7
August 9, 1944 Picture of Death Part 1
August 10, 1944 Picture of Death Part 2
August 11, 1944 Picture of Death Part 3
August 14, 1944 Picture of Death Part 4
August 15, 1944 Picture of Death Part 5
August 16, 1944 Picture of Death Part 6
August 17, 1944 Picture of Death Part 7
August 18, 1944 Picture of Death Part 8
August 21, 1944 Twilight Terror Part 1
August 22, 1944 Twilight Terror Part 2
August 23, 1944 Twilight Terror Part 3
August 24, 1944 Twilight Terror Part 4
August 25, 1944 Twilight Terror Part 5
August 28, 1944 Drums of Death Part 1 Listen (FLAC)
August 29, 1944 Drums of Death Part 2
August 30, 1944 Drums of Death Part 3
August 31, 1944 Drums of Death Part 4
September 1, 1944 Drums of Death Part 5
October 1, 1944 The Numbers Murders Listen (MP3)
October 8, 1944 The Numbers Murder Listen (MP3)
After three years faithfully playing the same numbers, a man finally hits for $50,000 -- then talks about it too freely and turns up murdered.
October 15, 1944 Slingshot Murders Listen (MP3)
October 22, 1944 Murder on Mad Mountain Listen (MP3)
The clue to an opera singer's murder may rest with her little dog, stranded on a canyon ledge.
October 29, 1944 Funeral Wreath Listen (MP3)
A funeral wreath of rare white verbenas hands Nick the key to a cold-blooded murder.
November 5, 1944 Death in the Pool Listen (MP3)
A man is found floating with a knife in his back in an apartment courtyard's lily pool, and a costly mink coat leads Nick across town to the killer.
November 12, 1944 Murder in the Night Listen (MP3)
Nick and Patsy's quiet vacation with an upstate sheriff is shattered by the news of a murder.
November 19, 1944 Unexpected Death
November 26, 1944 Black Rose Murders
December 3, 1944 Death Plays the Lead Listen (MP3)
A stray clue leads Nick to crack a murder on an Army base and roll up the spy ring behind it.
December 10, 1944 Murder by Suicide
December 17, 1944 Strands of Murder Listen (MP3)
December 24, 1944 Murder Goes to College Listen (MP3)
A dean asks Nick to find out why a student apparently took her own life, fearing scandal will empty the school.
December 31, 1944 Murder in a Decanter Listen (MP3)
Nick turns up at a party honoring a celebrity who never arrives -- a wasted evening that yields three killings, nearly a fourth, and a decanter of not-quite-whiskey.

1945

January 7, 1945 Monkey Sees Murder Listen (MP3)
A professor Nick once met on a Peru expedition summons him to Boston over some private trouble -- and is dead by the time Nick arrives, with a stuffed monkey holding the answer.
January 14, 1945 Murder by Fire Listen (MP3)
Nick untangles who killed Jenny Baker and what lay behind the midnight blaze that destroyed a button factory.
January 21, 1945 Death by Ricochet Listen (MP3)
Nick puzzles out how a shot from a disused gravel pit managed to kill a marquis's heir.
January 28, 1945 Eye for an Eye Listen (MP3)
February 4, 1945 Ready for Murder Listen (MP3)
A dead Scottie dog helps Nick unravel the trouble at the Aime farm and save a young heir marked for murder.
February 11, 1945 Face of Death
February 18, 1945 Mind Over Murder Listen (MP3)
February 25, 1945 Disappearing Corpse Listen (MP3)
March 4, 1945 Poison with a Past Listen (MP3)
Nick races to stop the Vedanta killings before a strange poison can claim another victim.
March 11, 1945 Webs of Murder Listen (MP3)
A thief will kill twice to steal a shipment of black-widow spider silk prized for bombsight cross-hairs -- until one of the spiders stops him.
March 18, 1945 Death Goes to the Post Listen (MP3)
March 25, 1945 Death Behind the Scenes Listen (MP3)
Nick takes up the cause of a persecuted actor to keep a backstage threat of death from becoming real.
April 1, 1945 Death at the Studio
April 8, 1945 Death at the Toll Bridge
April 15, 1945 Missing Dead
April 22, 1945 The Truth Machine Listen (MP3)
April 29, 1945 The Witch of Dondenberg Mountain Listen (MP3)
A moldy old coin lures Nick into a superstition-haunted community beneath Donderberg Mountain -- and the puzzle of a pregnant woman who climbed the hospital steps and vanished.
May 6, 1945 The Vanishing Lady
May 13, 1945 Crime Machine Listen (MP3)
May 20, 1945 Mystery of Hangman's Wood Listen (MP3)
Nick sets out to explain why a dead pirate's shadow falls across an abandoned barn under every full moon.
May 27, 1945 The Haunted Rocking Chair Listen (MP3)
A young woman is terrified of a rocking chair that rocks by itself -- because every time it does, somebody dies.
June 3, 1945 Short Range Death
June 10, 1945 Murder in Cell 17
June 17, 1945 The Corpse Accuses
June 24, 1945 D Is for Death
July 1, 1945 The Man Who Lived Too Long Listen (MP3)
A broker and amateur inventor is murdered after lying about his own coming death; when the man's janitor is shot too, Nick asks who stands to profit.
July 8, 1945 The Case of the Near Sighted Picture
July 15, 1945 A Penny for Your Thoughts
July 22, 1945 Make-Believe Murder Listen (MP3)
A jewel robbery and a killing are staged as the shooting of a movie, duping the police and a crowd of onlookers into playing extras.
July 29, 1945 The Case of the Unwritten Letter Listen (MP3)
Nick investigates a man found dead clutching a blank sheet of paper, and cracks the murder through an 'interview' with the corpse.
August 5, 1945 The Hanging Paperhanger Listen (MP3)
A landlord's odd insistence on new wallpaper for a little old lady's room -- and a broken perfume bottle -- lead Nick to a killer.
August 12, 1945 The Case of the Sick Statue Listen (MP3)
A frightened housemaid writes to Nick that a 'plague' has struck her employer's Park Avenue home: first the statues took sick, and she fears the household is next.
August 19, 1945 The Case of the Bleeding Bobolink
August 26, 1945 The Case of the Vanishing Postman Listen (MP3)
Nick reopens a cold case seven years old and cracks it with the help of a blind witness.
September 2, 1945 Factory of Death
September 9, 1945 The Case of the Talking Tree Listen (MP3)
Nick looks into the killing of a panhandler who was carrying a small fortune, and the puzzle of a talking tree.
September 16, 1945 The Case of the Queen's Eyebrow
September 23, 1945 The Mystery of Wonderful Willie
September 30, 1945 The Case of the Howling Horse Listen (MP3)
Scubby hauls Nick to an upstate farm where an explorer's imported horses howl in the dark -- and have been tearing cattle apart.
October 7, 1945 The Case of the Worried Mom
October 14, 1945 The Case of the Weeping Clown
October 21, 1945 Ambassador of Death
October 28, 1945 The Case of the Goldon Seed
November 4, 1945 Return of Lucresia Borgia
November 11, 1945 The Case of the Insane House
November 18, 1945 The Case of the Whispering Venus
November 25, 1945 Sweet Singer of Death
December 2, 1945 Uncle Sam's Nephew
December 9, 1945 Vanishing Diamonds
December 16, 1945 The House That Walked Away
December 23, 1945 The Case of the Educated Corpse
December 30, 1945 The Case of Shakespeare's Ghost Listen (MP3)
A stolen rare manuscript and a fresh corpse seem to point straight at the butler -- and a ghost stands accused of murder.

1946

January 6, 1946 The Case of the Wandering Corpse Listen (FLAC)
January 13, 1946 The Case of Jezebel's Jewels
January 20, 1946 The Case of the Murdered Teacup
January 27, 1946 The Body in the Ice Listen (MP3)
February 3, 1946 The Corpse Wore Medals
February 10, 1946 The Case of the Blue Paper Heart
February 17, 1946 The Case of the Uninvited Client
February 24, 1946 The Witness Saw Nothing Listen (MP3)
A traveling vacuum salesman knocks on precisely the wrong door and lands in mortal danger, over a killing no one has even discovered yet.
March 5, 1946 The Case of the Dead Witness
March 12, 1946 The Case of the Dead Man's Giggle
March 19, 1946 The Case of the Circus Killer
March 26, 1946 The Case of the Remodeled Killer
April 2, 1946 Eight Records of Death Listen (MP3)
A box bought at an unclaimed-property auction holds a bloodstained dress and eight phonograph records on which a murdered woman recounts her own killing.
April 9, 1946 The Case of the Disappearing Corpse Listen (MP3)
A shot cracks out during a thunderstorm and a man falls dead -- then both the body and Nick Carter himself vanish into thin air.
April 16, 1946 Nine Hours to Live Listen (MP3)
With nine hours left until a convicted killer's midnight execution, the condemned man begs Nick to find the true murderer and the missing Fielding jewels.
April 23, 1946 The Case of the Little Old Ladies Listen (MP3)
A routine search for a missing witness turns strange the moment Nick meets the two old ladies in the little house at the edge of town.
April 30, 1946 The Case of the Wrong Clue
May 7, 1946 The Case of the Boss's Secretary
May 14, 1946 Dead Men Break No Bones
May 21, 1946 The Case of the Poker Murders Listen (MP3)
Nick goes head-to-head with the Ace of Spades, a masked mastermind who signs every murder with a playing card.
May 28, 1946 The Case of the Demented Daughter Listen (MP3)
A young woman is sure she is going mad, just as her mother did -- but the dead man she keeps seeing is no hallucination.
June 4, 1946 The Case of the Dictaphone Murder Listen (MP3)
Hired to vet a businessman's would-be son-in-law, Nick finds the man already murdered and a recording of a bribe that has gone missing.
June 11, 1946 The Case of the Clumsy Forgeries Listen (MP3)
An ailing man dies, apparently of his bad heart -- until a note scrawled beneath his body reads, 'He killed me.'
June 18, 1946 The Case of the Make-Believe Robbery Listen (MP3)
Crooks pretend to be filming a movie, even getting the police to hold back the crowd, and stroll off with the loot.
June 25, 1946 The Case of the Missing Alarm Clock Listen (MP3)
July 2, 1946 The Case of the Unwilling Criminal
July 9, 1946 The Case of the Black Key
July 16, 1946 The Case of the Beautiful Brunette
July 23, 1946 Death After Dinner
July 30, 1946 The Case of the Double Double-Cross
August 6, 1946 The Case of the Diplomat Diamond
August 13, 1946 The Case of the Immigrant Girl
August 18, 1946 The Case of the Useless Shots
August 25, 1946 The Case of the Extra Husbands
September 1, 1946 The Case of the Red Goose Murder Listen (MP3)
A nightclub manager reports his girl singer dead in her dressing room and wants the police kept out; with Nick out of town, Patsy and Scubby can't resist taking a look.
September 8, 1946 The Case of the Vanishing Indian
September 15, 1946 The Case of the Blue Mink Listen (MP3)
A recovered blue mink coat pulls Patsy and a store detective into a stolen-fur ring -- and into a stranger's car at gunpoint.
September 22, 1946 The Case of the Disguised Identity
September 29, 1946 The Case of the Studious Professor
October 6, 1946 The Case of the Asphyxiated Cat
October 13, 1946 The Case of the Supervised Robberies
October 20, 1946 The Case of the Reformed Redhead
October 27, 1946 The Case of the Mutilated Match Book
November 3, 1946 The Case of the Insufficient Bank Account
November 10, 1946 The Case of the Stock Exchange Murder
November 17, 1946 The Case of the Extra Confessions
November 24, 1946 The Case of the Emerald Murders
December 1, 1946 The Case of the Restless Saint
December 8, 1946 The Case of the Persian Dagger
December 15, 1946 The Case of the Avenging Dead
December 22, 1946 The Case of the Imitation Robbery Listen (MP3)
Nick sets out to prove that a jeweler's twenty-nine diamonds, swapped one by one for imitations, are the work of an inside man.
December 29, 1946 The Case of the Heavenly Body

1947

January 5, 1947 The Case of the Unfamiliar Fiancee
January 12, 1947 The Case of the Farewell Kiss
January 19, 1947 The Case of the Gold-Headed Cane Listen (MP3)
At a South African diamond mine, a guest pockets a few 'samples,' and Nick takes up the chase.
January 26, 1947 The Case of the Persistant Beggars Listen (MP3)
The city's panhandlers have quietly been unionized and run by crooks who answer to a masked figure known only as the 'Boss.'
February 2, 1947 The Case of the Careless Employees Listen (MP3)
Three window washers plunge to their deaths in two weeks after years without a single fall, and Nick refuses to call it coincidence.
February 9, 1947 The Case of the Significant Sneeze
February 16, 1947 The Case of the Colossal Cave Murders
February 23, 1947 The Case of the Single Edition
March 2, 1947 The Case of the Hit and Run Hideout
March 9, 1947 The Case of the Seagoing Wig
March 16, 1947 The Case of the Self-Convicted Crook
March 23, 1947 The Case of the Crystal Prophecy Listen (MP3)
A fortune teller foresees wealthy widows taking their own lives -- and, one after another, they do.
March 30, 1947 The Case of the Smuggled Perfume
April 6, 1947 The Case of the Max Fingers
April 13, 1947 The Case of the Chemical Chickens Listen (MP3)
When Waldo's breakfast eggs turn out to be laced with nitroglycerine by the very hens that laid them, Nick and Patsy start digging.
April 20, 1947 The Case of the Lucrative Wrecks Listen (MP3)
A rash of new-car thefts, none ever recovered, sends the insurers to Nick -- who finds the wrecks are being made to order.
April 27, 1947 The Case of the Luminous Spots Listen (MP3)
A boy from Nick's Downtown Boys Club is murdered, and a newly developed chemical supplies the clues.
May 4, 1947 The Case of the Missing Thumb Listen (MP3)
May 11, 1947 The Case of the Stolen Earth
May 18, 1947 The Case of the Kindly Killer
May 25, 1947 The Case of the Future Murders
June 1, 1947 The Case of the Coughing Killer
June 8, 1947 The Case of the Conquered City
June 15, 1947 The Case of the Manicured Murders
June 22, 1947 The Case of the Frozen Fraud
June 29, 1947 The Case of the Sunken Dollar Listen (MP3)
Counterfeiters kill a coin dealer for his 1804 silver dollar -- one of only three left -- leaving behind a scrap of a phony $500 bill and a date scrawled in blood.
July 6, 1947 The Case of the Golden Bullet
July 13, 1947 The Case of the Missing Piano Player Listen (MP3)
Hired to look into a crooked gambling ship, Nick and Patsy find themselves hunting the vanished -- and perhaps murdered -- ship's piano player.
July 20, 1947 The Case of the Wandering Maccaroni Listen (MP3)
A plate of macaroni at a lunch counter hides a capsule worth a fortune -- and rigged to become a tiny bomb -- sending Nick through trash cans and furnaces to find it.
July 27, 1947 The Case of the Dead Camera
August 3, 1947 The Case of the Lost Symphony
August 10, 1947 The Case of the Silver Spots
August 17, 1947 The Case of the Frightened Camper
August 24, 1947 The Case of the Murdered Mummies
August 31, 1947 The Case of the Precious Pebbles
September 7, 1947 The Case of the Bearded Queen Listen (MP3)
When Scubby's car is stolen and a Boys Club member is arrested for it, Nick is certain a ruthless adult pushed the boy into a car-theft ring.
September 14, 1947 The Case of the Million Dollar Secret
September 21, 1947 The Case of the Two-Faced Firemaster Listen (MP3)
A botched robbery leaves one young crook dead and another caught, but what troubles Nick is the professional filing serial numbers off guns for the underworld.
September 28, 1947 The Case of the Bobby Sox Racketeer
October 5, 1947 The Case of the Curious Countess
October 12, 1947 The Case of the Hermit Thrush Listen (MP3)
A retired concert singer who has shut himself indoors for fifteen years suddenly vanishes -- leaving a corpse in the house behind him.
October 19, 1947 The Case of the Perfect Alibi Listen (MP3)
A nervous man buys Nick as his $10,000 alibi for the night, certain he'll be framed for a murder -- which happens anyway.
October 26, 1947 The Case of the Halloween Broom
November 2, 1947 The Case of the Gangster's Ghost
November 9, 1947 The Case of the Phantom Car
November 16, 1947 The Case of the Man Who Wouldn't Die
November 23, 1947 The Case of the Barefoot Banker Listen (MP3)
A distinguished Park Avenue banker announces he'll walk home barefoot, then remembers none of it -- and even his own psychiatrist fears he's losing his mind.
November 30, 1947 The Case of the Jewelled Queen Listen (MP3)
Hard men lean on the last surviving member of a long-shuttered chess club to sell his worthless share for $1,000, and Nick wonders what an Elizabethan fortune has to do with it.
December 7, 1947 The Case of the Explored Alibi Listen (MP3)
Passing the museum at three in the morning, Nick sees the lights on, stops, and finds a night watchman murdered and a scarab stolen -- by a man with an airtight alibi.
December 14, 1947 The Case of the Priceless Prose Listen (MP3)
A robbery at a famous writer's ancestral home leaves one great-granddaughter dead, and a rare-book dealer's timely call pulls Nick into a case of stolen manuscripts and murder.
December 21, 1947 The Case of the Policy Makers Listen (MP3)
A state-senate candidate is framed as a hit-and-run killer by a gang that traffics in dead bodies and blackmail.
December 28, 1947 The Case of the Missing Street Listen (MP3)
A bogus policeman steals a list of twenty thousand ex-GIs' names for a shakedown, and a young contractor's imaginary street helps Nick spring the trap.

1948

January 4, 1948 The Case of the Devil's Left Eye Listen (MP3)
A suave gambling-house boss who always collects his debts becomes tangled up with a genuine 'evil eye' said to kill.
January 11, 1948 The Case of the Graveyard Gunman Listen (MP3)
A jewel thief Nick jailed three years back escapes, and Nick walks into his ransacked office to find a corpse on the floor and the man's file missing.
January 18, 1948 The Case of the Man Who Died Twice Listen (MP3)
January 25, 1948 The Case of the Invisible Treasure Listen (MP3)
A sudden run on a perfume called 'Heavenly Sin,' with a gang scrambling to buy every last bottle, makes Nick wonder what is really inside.
February 1, 1948 The Case of the Classical Clue Listen (MP3)
A wealthy recluse who plays only classical music is murdered, and a caller's claim to have heard a novelty tune on the radio tells Nick exactly when -- and by whom.
February 8, 1948 The Case of the 22 Papers
February 15, 1948 The Case of the Wandering Corpse Listen (MP3)
A seventeen-year-old hoodlum is accused of killing a policeman -- but did he do it, and where has the body gone?
February 22, 1948 The Case of the Kwong-Le Dagger
February 29, 1948 The Case of the Boy Who Got Lost Listen (MP3)
A sixteen-year-old named Billy lands square in the middle of a robbery and a murder, and it only gets worse from there.
March 7, 1948 The Case of the Absent Clue Listen (MP3)
A racketeer kidnaps the one witness who can prove he murdered her husband.
March 14, 1948 The Case of the Last Old Timer Listen (MP3)
A tip about a body in a hillside cottage's basement turns personal when Nick finds the victim is his own old friend Waldo McGlinn.
March 21, 1948 The Case of the Magic Rope Listen (MP3)
A world-famous magician is stabbed to death on the eve of a competition, his celebrated rope trick missing.
March 28, 1948 The Case of the Martyred Rat Listen (MP3)
Nick and Patsy stop to help a bleeding man on the highway and are pulled into a pair of $30,000 truck hijackings and a murder.
April 4, 1948 The Case of the Star of Evil Listen (MP3)
A 'Maharajah' holed up on two floors of a hotel with a priceless diamond proves to be as phony as his jewel.
April 11, 1948 The Case of the Henpecked Husband Listen (MP3)
A mild professor says he has cracked roulette, backs it up with a $90,000 win, and is dead soon after.
April 18, 1948 The Case of the Black-Magic Murder
April 25, 1948 The Case of the Fatal Redhead Listen (MP3)
May 2, 1948 The Case of the Super-Charged Corpse
May 9, 1948 The Case of the Nameless Blonde Listen (MP3)
A blonde is found poisoned in Nick's own office, and someone is willing to kill again to keep her name a secret.
May 16, 1948 The Case of the Salesman of Death Listen (MP3)
A frightened woman begs Nick's help after a temple's high priest warns that someone means to pray her to death.
May 23, 1948 The Case of the Tattooed Cobra Listen (MP3)
A body pulled from the East River, marked by a cobra tattoo, was a 'lost heir' to a $3 million fortune -- and not the only claimant murder is stalking.
May 30, 1948 The Case of the Littlest Gangster Listen (MP3)
A twelve-year-old who still chews bubble gum leaves a very grown-up corpse behind him.
June 6, 1948 The Case of the Saltwater Fence
June 13, 1948 The Case of the Unexpected Corpse Listen (MP3)
Down in Texas, Nick unmasks a killer who 'hanged himself' with nothing but a scrap of adhesive tape.
June 20, 1948 The Case of the Flowery Farewell Listen (MP3)
A young millionaire's suicide, complete with an eloquent farewell note, simply does not smell right to Nick.
June 27, 1948 The Case of the King's Apology Listen (MP3)
A dying man seems to phone Nick after being strangled -- but a broken neck means he died instantly, so who really made the call?
July 4, 1948 The Case of the Frightened Fingers
July 11, 1948 The Case of the Doctor's Last Call
July 18, 1948 The Case of the Blackbeard's Map
July 25, 1948 The Case of the Deadly Passer
August 1, 1948 The Case of the Midway Murders Listen (MP3)
An escaped convict, a corpse on a roller coaster, and an enraged ape.
August 8, 1948 The Case of the Curtained Corpse
August 15, 1948 The Case of the Professional Beggar Listen (MP3)
A boy who witnessed a machine-gun murder is marked for death, and a stray begging letter sets Nick on the trail.
August 22, 1948 The Case of the Red Arrow Listen (MP3)
A locked-room killing echoes a murder in the same room back in 1815, with every clue pointing to an Indian chief dead a century and a half.
August 29, 1948 The Case of the Failing Eyes Listen (MP3)
A pair of con artists work an old 'cataract' swindle so ruthless it has already killed three, the only lead a sudden run on new eyeglasses.
September 5, 1948 The Case of the Quiet Room-Mate Listen (MP3)
A woman who claims to know who is stealing a department store's fashion designs is murdered in her own bedroom before she can tell Nick.
September 12, 1948 The Case of the Great Impersonation Listen (MP3)
Trailing a gangster in another city, Nick and Patsy are met by a welcoming party with machine guns -- and a cabdriver's phone call saves Patsy's life.
September 19, 1948 The Case of the Homely Bride Listen (MP3)
A plain young woman who finally lands a husband promptly shoots him, and Nick, feeling sorry for her, sets out to find the real killer.
September 26, 1948 The Case of the Candidate's Corpse Listen (MP3)
A politician finds an exotic dancer dead in his bathtub, and it is her uneven suntan that unravels the whole case.
October 3, 1948 The Case of the Substitute Slayer Listen (MP3)
October 10, 1948 The Case of the Unwanted Wife Listen (MP3)
A man kidnaps his wife to commit her to an asylum and keep her money, and a peroxide blonde plus a discarded cigarette pack give Nick the truth.
October 17, 1948 The Case of the Double Frame Listen (MP3)
A young man freshly out of prison after being framed finds himself set up all over again -- but his one ambition now is to kill.
October 24, 1948 The Case of the Bull and the Bear Listen (MP3)
Nick traces five dollars of toy money to prove a man never committed the murder he's blamed for -- and to find who did.
October 31, 1948 The Case of the Wrong Mr. Wright Listen (MP3)
A wheelchair-bound old lady flatly refuses to be murdered, and helps Nick decide which of two brothers spiked her chocolates.
November 7, 1948 The Case of the Forgetful Killer Listen (MP3)
A man plagued by memory blackouts is alibied by his best friend after the blackmailer who was bleeding him turns up dead.
November 14, 1948 The Case of the Clue Called X Listen (MP3)
An ex-convict Nick once helped -- and stood up for at his wedding -- is charged with killing a jewelry salesman and making off with an odd diamond ring.
November 21, 1948 The Case of the Red Thumb
November 28, 1948 The Case of the Frightened Grandfather
December 5, 1948 The Case of the Bloodstained Alibi
December 12, 1948 The Case of the Counterfeit Corpse
December 19, 1948 The Case of the 500 Witnesses
December 26, 1948 The Case of the Disappearing Bandit

1949

January 2, 1949 The Case of the Dying Stamps
January 9, 1949 The Case of the Disappearing Doctor
January 16, 1949 The Case of the Corpse Named Smith
January 23, 1949 The Case of the Bad Samaritan
January 30, 1949 The Case of the Blind Witness
February 6, 1949 The Case of the Man Who Married Murder
February 13, 1949 The Case of the Perfect Crime Listen (MP3)
February 20, 1949 The Case of the Killer in the Dark
February 27, 1949 The Case of the Deadly Torch Bearer
March 6, 1949 The Case of the Would-Be Crook
March 13, 1949 The Case of the Living Corpse
March 20, 1949 The Case of the Bronze Dragon
March 27, 1949 The Case of the Genial Gambler
April 3, 1949 The Case of the Lady Arsenal
April 10, 1949 The Case of Death in the Dark
April 17, 1949 The Case of the Cupid Killer
April 24, 1949 The Case of Marvelous Mabel
May 1, 1949 The Case of the Seven Sinister Steps
May 8, 1949 The Case of the Troubled Bridegroom
May 15, 1949 The Case of the Unlucky Corpses
May 22, 1949 The Case of the Green Flame
May 29, 1949 The Case of the Kidnapped Corpse
June 5, 1949 The Case of the Coffee Killers
June 12, 1949 The Case of the Guilty Bystanders
June 19, 1949 The Case of the Perfect Alibi Listen (MP3)
A year to the day after his brother went to the chair, a crook murders the prosecutor who sent him there -- seemingly while chatting with the police chief a hundred and fifty miles away.
June 26, 1949 The Case of the Custom-Made Corpse
July 3, 1949 The Case of the Brick Oven Corpse
July 10, 1949 The Case of the Dead Survivors
July 17, 1949 The Case of the Poisonous Grape Wine
July 24, 1949 The Case of the Laughing Skull
July 31, 1949 The Case of the Green Diamond Murders
August 7, 1949 The Case of the Phantom Policeman
August 14, 1949 The Case of the Vital Three Hours
August 21, 1949 The Case of the Unlucky Seven
August 28, 1949 The Case of the Screaming Corpse
September 4, 1949 The Case of the Rainbow Dream
September 11, 1949 The Case of the Man Who Died Later
September 18, 1949 The Case of the Vanishing Weapon Listen (MP3)
A killer who relies on dry ice to leave no trace is tripped up when Nick fakes prints on a gun that never existed.
September 25, 1949 The Case of the Purloined Penicillin
October 2, 1949 The Case of the Obsolete Broker
October 9, 1949 The Case of the Orange Lady
October 16, 1949 The Case of the Columbus Log
October 23, 1949 The Case of the Deadly Carnation
October 30, 1949 The Case of the Careful Killer
November 6, 1949 The Case of the Deadly Toy Soldier
November 13, 1949 The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
November 20, 1949 The Case of the Killers on Parade
November 27, 1949 The Case of the Mistaken Murder
December 4, 1949 The Case of the Music Box Murder
December 11, 1949 The Case of the Festival of Death
December 18, 1949 The Case of the Sighing House
December 25, 1949 The Case of the Phantom Shoplifters Listen (MP3)
Three-thousand-dollar fur coats keep vanishing from a swank department store, and the trail to a known shoplifter ends with her strangled by her own stocking.

1950

January 1, 1950 The Case of the Perfect Penman
January 8, 1950 The Case of the Flaming Crime
January 15, 1950 The Case of the Forgotten Murder
January 22, 1950 The Case of the Murder Without a Corpse
January 29, 1950 The Case of the Chinese Motto Murder
February 5, 1950 The Case of the Corpse Who Came Back
February 12, 1950 The Case of the Son's Confession
February 19, 1950 The Case of the Unimportant Murder
February 26, 1950 The Case of the Painted Heel
March 5, 1950 The Case of the Thirteenth Clue
March 12, 1950 The Case of the Short Blonde Hair
March 19, 1950 The Case of the Hot Rod Murder
March 26, 1950 The Case of the Begger's League
April 2, 1950 The Case of the Reluctant Witness
April 9, 1950 The Case of the Big Key
April 16, 1950 The Case of the Guilty Corpse
April 23, 1950 The Case of the Murderers' Haven
April 30, 1950 The Case of the Purple Tiger
May 7, 1950 The Case of the Murder for Charity
May 14, 1950 The Case of the Greedy Ghost
May 21, 1950 The Case of the Hypnotic Hostess
May 28, 1950 The Case of the Hole in the Wall
June 4, 1950 The Case of the Purloined Arrow
June 11, 1950 The Case of the Dead Client
June 18, 1950 The Case of the Kindergarten Murders
June 25, 1950 The Case of the Purple Clue
July 2, 1950 The Case of the Penny Arcade Murder
July 9, 1950 The Case of the Corpse Who Changed His Mind
July 16, 1950 The Case of the Murder Dreamer
July 23, 1950 The Case of the Sleeper Murders
July 30, 1950 The Case of the Restless Corpse
August 6, 1950 The Case of the Twice-Murdered Man
August 13, 1950 The Case of the Jealous Pitcher
August 20, 1950 The Case of the Greedy Thieves
August 27, 1950 The Case of the Murder Frame
September 3, 1950 The Case of the Misled Skeletons
September 10, 1950 The Case of the Broken Glasses
September 17, 1950 The Case of the Little Grey Man
September 24, 1950 The Case of the High Note Murder
October 1, 1950 The Case of the Waiting Murder
October 8, 1950 The Case of the Olgari Curse
October 15, 1950 The Case of the Deadly Diamonds
October 22, 1950 The Case of the Phantom Fortune
October 29, 1950 The Case of the Careful Killer
November 5, 1950 The Case of the Foolproof Murder
November 12, 1950 The Case of the Murder Marathon
November 19, 1950 The Case of the Peculiar Penthouse
November 26, 1950 The Case of the Baffling Bullets
December 3, 1950 The Case of the Dead Dummy
December 10, 1950 The Case of the Lovelorn Letter
December 17, 1950 The Case of the Last Survivor
December 24, 1950 The Case of the Sinister Santa Claus
December 31, 1950 The Case of the Wrong Murder

1951

January 7, 1951 The Case of the Vanished Loot
January 14, 1951 The Case of the Million Dollar Motive
January 21, 1951 The Case of the Necessary Corpse
January 28, 1951 The Case of the Pock-Marked Thumbnail
February 4, 1951 The Case of the Bewildered Beauty
February 11, 1951 The Case of the Hick-Hike Killer
February 18, 1951 The Case of the Old Man's Darling
February 25, 1951 The Case of the Vanished Villan
March 4, 1951 The Case of the Horror Hotel
March 11, 1951 The Case of the Innocent Killer
March 18, 1951 The Case of the Confused Bystander
March 25, 1951 The Case of the Gangster's Bride
April 1, 1951 The Case of the Misunderstood Merchant
April 8, 1951 The Case of the Golden Hand
April 15, 1951 The Case of the Wealthy Widow
April 22, 1951 The Case of the Triple Identity
April 29, 1951 The Case of the Fabulous Fraud
May 6, 1951 The Case of the Terrified Swami
May 13, 1951 The Case of the Murder Mansion
May 20, 1951 The Case of the Punch-Board Murder
May 27, 1951 The Case of the Gentile Killers
June 3, 1951 The Case of the Innocent Lifer
June 10, 1951 The Case of the Peculiar Puzzle
June 17, 1951 The Case of the Unmarked Snow
June 24, 1951 The Case of the Fraudulent Fires
July 1, 1951 The Case of the Frightened Ghost
July 8, 1951 The Case of the Generous Crook
July 15, 1951 The Case of the Portrait of Death
July 22, 1951 The Case of the Hot Briefcase
July 29, 1951 The Case of the Baffled Bride
August 5, 1951 The Case of the Mother Goose Murders
August 12, 1951 The Case of the Hot Ice
August 19, 1951 The Case of the Desparate Diver
August 26, 1951 The Case of the Murder Memory
September 2, 1951 The Case of the Merry-Go-Round Murder
September 9, 1951 The Case of the Warehouse Murder
September 16, 1951 The Case of the Impossible Crime
September 23, 1951 The Case of the Browbeaten Brain
September 30, 1951 The Case of Murder on the Mound
October 7, 1951 The Case of the Vengeful Gangster
October 14, 1951 The Case of the Blindman's Bluff
October 21, 1951 The Case of the 500 Suspects
October 28, 1951 The Case of the Kidnapped Train
November 4, 1951 The Case of the Baffling Bell
November 11, 1951 The Case of the Skid Row Murders
November 18, 1951 The Case of the Kidnapped Bus
November 25, 1951 The Case of the Wounded Clock
December 2, 1951 The Case of the Vanishing Roadhouse
December 9, 1951 The Case of the Murdering Caper
December 16, 1951 The Case of the Borrowed Timers
December 23, 1951 The Case of the Invisible Star
December 30, 1951 The Case of the Twin Murders

1952

January 6, 1952 The Case of the Bootleg Dog
January 13, 1952 The Case of the Red Moon
January 20, 1952 The Case of the Suspicious Silversmith
January 27, 1952 The Case of the Folsom Point
February 3, 1952 The Case of the Mathmatical Clock
February 10, 1952 The Case of the Three Times Murder
February 17, 1952 The Case of the Murder by the Dozen
February 24, 1952 The Case of the Champlain-Twelve
March 2, 1952 The Case of the Fifteen-Story Murder
March 9, 1952 The Case of the Bloodstained Alibi
March 16, 1952 The Case of the Cautious Colonel
March 23, 1952 The Case of the Frosted Window
March 30, 1952 The Case of the Malacca Cane
April 6, 1952 The Case of the Mysterious Mr. X
April 13, 1952 The Case of the Impulsive Killer
April 20, 1952 The Case of the Lost Star
April 27, 1952 The Case of the Freeze-Out
May 4, 1952 The Case of the Deadly Diamonds
May 11, 1952 The Case of the Blue Madonna
May 18, 1952 The Case of Mana Joe, Junk Dealer
May 25, 1952 The Case of the Red Dragon
June 1, 1952 The Case of Mr. Bluebeard
June 8, 1952 The Case of the Beautiful Corpse
June 15, 1952 The Case of the Oxford Needles
June 22, 1952 The Case of the Forty Fishermen
June 29, 1952 The Case of the Phantom Fortune
July 6, 1952 The Case of the Recipe for Murder
July 13, 1952 The Case of the Curious Cat
July 20, 1952 The Case of the Lying Corpse
July 27, 1952 The Case of the Lying Widow
August 3, 1952 The Case of the Ironclad Alibi
August 10, 1952 The Case of the Death Assignment
August 17, 1952 The Case of the Vanishing Gun
August 24, 1952 The Case of the Tired Bullet
August 31, 1952 The Case of the Caribbean Cruise
September 7, 1952 The Case of the Man Who Paid Twice
September 14, 1952 The Case of the Devil's Dish-Pan
September 21, 1952 The Case of the Mailbox Murder
September 28, 1952 The Case of the Murder Museum
October 5, 1952 The Case of the Rehearsal for Death
October 12, 1952 The Case of the Unwelcome Guest
October 19, 1952 The Case of the Reformed Deliquent
October 26, 1952 The Case of the Decoy Story
November 2, 1952 The Case of the Merry Little Men
November 9, 1952 The Case of the Box of Rouge
November 16, 1952 The Case of the Counterfeit Face
November 23, 1952 The Case of the King-Sized Frame
November 30, 1952 The Case of the Little Black Book
December 7, 1952 The Case of the Murder Memoirs
December 14, 1952 The Case of the Whistling Ghost
December 21, 1952 The Case of the Blazing Diamonds
December 28, 1952 The Case of the Wrong Spot

1953

January 4, 1953 Prescription for Death
January 11, 1953 The Case of the Invisible Man
January 18, 1953 The Case of the Nightmare That Came True
January 25, 1953 The Case of the Anonymous Corpse
February 1, 1953 The Case of the Green Corduroy Bandit
February 8, 1953 The Case of the Firebug Murder
February 15, 1953 The Case of the Golden Gods
February 22, 1953 The Case of the Style-Show Sapphires
March 1, 1953 The Case of the Purloined Pussycat
March 8, 1953 The Case of the Jalopy Jinx
March 15, 1953 The Case of the Echoing Clue
March 22, 1953 The Case of the Golden Cow
March 29, 1953 The Case of the Unlikely Grave
April 5, 1953 The Case of the Impossible Murder
April 12, 1953 The Case of the Body in the Well
April 19, 1953 The Case of the Useless Engagement Ring
April 26, 1953 The Case of the Dangerous Alibi
May 3, 1953 The Case of the Red-Headed Herring
May 10, 1953 The Case of the Fly-Leaf Murder
May 17, 1953 The Case of the Visiting Vampire
May 24, 1953 The Case of the Murderous Booby-Traps
May 31, 1953 The Case of the Short Snorter
June 7, 1953 The Case of the Unlikely Horeshoe
June 14, 1953 The Case of the Desert Drowning
June 21, 1953 The Case of the Man Who Got Away with Murder
June 28, 1953 The Case of the Diamond Trail
July 5, 1953 The Case of the Phantom Accident
July 12, 1953 The Case of the Walking Corpse
July 19, 1953 The Case of the Elusive Juggler
July 26, 1953 The Case of the Wheel Chair Murder
August 2, 1953 The Case of the Well-Dressed Scarecrow
August 9, 1953 The Case of the Fabulous Fiddle
August 16, 1953 The Case of the Green Feather Clue
August 23, 1953 The Case of the Would-Be Ghost
August 30, 1953 The Case of the Rodeo Murders
September 6, 1953 The Case of the Stolen Elephant
September 13, 1953 The Case of the Right Mistake
September 20, 1953 The Case of the Curious Bullet Holes
October 4, 1953 The Case of the Murder by Proxy
October 11, 1953 The Case of the Rodeo Murders
October 18, 1953 The Case of the Lead-Pipe Cinch
October 25, 1953 The Case of the Deadly Doll-House
November 1, 1953 The Case of the Voluntary Victim
November 8, 1953 The Case of the Comedian's Contract
November 15, 1953 The Case of the Dead Client
November 22, 1953 The Case of the Quiet Murder
November 29, 1953 The Case of the Hit-And-Run Ghost
December 6, 1953 The Case of the Clever Old Lady
December 13, 1953 The Case of the Old Servant's Ghost
December 20, 1953 The Case of the Tinted Target
December 27, 1953 The Case of the Cuff-Link Murder

1954

January 3, 1954 The Case of the Come-Back Kid
January 10, 1954 The Case of the Well-Planned Murder
January 17, 1954 The Case of Death on Display
January 24, 1954 The Case of the Stage-Struck Actress
January 31, 1954 The Case of the Professional Widow
February 7, 1954 The Case of the Smiling Corpse
February 14, 1954 The Case of the Ski Lodge Murders
February 21, 1954 The Case of Death in Lovers Lane
February 28, 1954 The Case of the Deadly Double
March 7, 1954 The Case of the Dangerous Flirt
March 14, 1954 The Case of the Frogman Murder
March 21, 1954 The Case of the Practical Joker
March 28, 1954 The Case of the Auction Murder
April 4, 1954 The Case of the Baby-Faced Killer
April 11, 1954 The Case of the Dangerous Memory
April 18, 1954 The Case of the Waldo's Widow
April 25, 1954 The Case of the Talking Clock
May 2, 1954 The Case of the Death in Deep Water
May 9, 1954 The Case of the Guilty Heart
May 16, 1954 The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave Listen (MP3)
May 23, 1954 The Case of the Accusing Blood
May 30, 1954 The Case of the Jealous Witch
June 6, 1954 The Case of the Million Dollar Motive
June 13, 1954 The Case of the Deadly Lifegard
June 20, 1954 The Case of the Eager Witness
June 27, 1954 The Case of the Rod and Reel Murder
July 4, 1954 The Case of the Friendly Bullet
July 11, 1954 The Case of Waldo the Witness
July 18, 1954 The Case of the Blue Orchid
July 25, 1954 The Case of the Corpse at the Carnival
August 1, 1954 The Case of the Bad-Tempered Twin
August 8, 1954 The Case of Death in a Straw Hat
August 15, 1954 The Case of the Murder Diary
August 22, 1954 The Case of the Lovelorn Corpse
August 29, 1954 The Case of the Crimson Clue
September 5, 1954 The Case of the Crossword Puzzle Clue
September 12, 1954 The Case of the Stray Bullet Murder
September 19, 1954 The Case of the Forgotten Murder
September 26, 1954 The Case of the Preview for Murder
October 3, 1954 The Case of the Panama Lady
October 10, 1954 The Case of the Freight Train
October 17, 1954 The Case of the Murder in a Convertible
October 31, 1954 The Case of the Girl on the Loose
November 7, 1954 The Case of Murder by Reflection
November 14, 1954 The Case of the Ghost Train
November 21, 1954 The Case of Charlie Mahoney
November 28, 1954 The Case of the Man Who Wasn't There
December 5, 1954 The Case of the Framing of Dixie Schultz
December 12, 1954 The Case of the Frustrated Ego
December 19, 1954 The Case of the Man from Suez
December 26, 1954 The Case of the Little Man Who Cried

1955

January 2, 1955 The Case of the Perilous Switch
January 9, 1955 The Case of the Hijackers
January 16, 1955 The Case of the Pact with the Devil
January 23, 1955 The Case of the Girl on the Run
January 30, 1955 The Case of the Man with the Dark Eyes
February 6, 1955 The Case of the Option on a Wife
February 13, 1955 The Case of the Righteous Hoodlum
February 20, 1955 The Case of the Constant Telephone
February 27, 1955 The Case of the Corpse That Moved
March 6, 1955 The Case of the Man Without a Face
March 13, 1955 The Case of the Mountain Secret
March 20, 1955 The Case of the Bootleg Ivory Hunter
March 27, 1955 The Case of the Three-Headed Lama
April 3, 1955 The Case of Marty Jones
April 10, 1955 The Case of Lupo Moreno
April 17, 1955 The Case of Baron Leopold
April 24, 1955 The Case of the Circus Fire
May 1, 1955 The Case of the Missing Code Book
May 8, 1955 The Case of the Three-Sided Knife
May 15, 1955 The Case of the Roads That Crossed
May 22, 1955 The Case of the John Ignatius Pilgrim
May 29, 1955 The Case of the Voodoo Drums
June 5, 1955 The Case of the Framing of Nick Carter
June 12, 1955 The Case of the Missing Bride
June 19, 1955 The Case of the Jungle Doctor
June 26, 1955 The Case of the Diamond Smugglers
July 3, 1955 The Case of Ruby Thompson
July 10, 1955 The Case of the Trial by Tempest
July 17, 1955 The Case of the Would-Be Citizen
July 24, 1955 The Case of Madame Yaznik
July 31, 1955 The Case of the Spectre of Brunheim Castle
August 7, 1955 The Case of the Moonlight Swim
August 14, 1955 The Case of Sarasan's Return
August 21, 1955 The Case of the Man Who Was There Too Late
August 28, 1955 The Case of the Dragon Society
September 4, 1955 The Case of the Guilty Victim
September 11, 1955 The Case of the Slave Runners
September 18, 1955 The Case of the Pagan Gods
September 25, 1955 The Case of the Counterfeit Passports
The Story

Mutual's long-running mystery (1943-1955) brought Street & Smith's century-old dime-novel sleuth to radio, and every single episode of the twelve-year run starred Lon Clark as the brilliant private investigator who cracks the cases the police cannot. The show is unmistakable from its first seconds: a frantic pounding at the door -- "What's the matter? What is it?" -- answered, "Another case for Nick Carter, Master Detective!" Clark's Nick works alongside assistant Patsy Bowen (Helen Choate, then Charlotte Manson), reporter pal Scubby Wilson (John Kane), and his inside man at headquarters, Sgt. Mathison (Ed Latimer), over a lean organ score from Hank Sylvern, Lew White, and George Wright. Behind the microphone sat a remarkable writers' room: head writer Walter B. Gibson -- the creator of The Shadow for the same publisher -- ran the scripts until he asked for a raise in 1946 and was summarily fired, and the bench included Alfred Bester, who would soon win the very first Hugo Award for The Demolished Man. The character was a true pop-culture marathon man, running in print from 1886 all the way to the last paperback in 1990, and the radio hit spun off the kids' weekday serial Chick Carter, Boy Detective. One of the longest single-actor title-role tenures in all of old-time radio.

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