Broadway Is My Beat: The Grace Cullen Murder Case 11/22/1952
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
28 min
5 speakers
5 chapters
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Broadway's my beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle. The gaudiest, the most violent... The lonesomest mile in the world.
Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.
The night that begins to curtain Broadway in late November is a thing of gauze, gray stuff that touches autumn to December. And the moon pocks the shadows with a frosty light. The time of the three-coffee dinner, of the sweater and the vest under the coat. But the plucked birds hang high, and there, stocks of corn and wheat. And in shop windows, tableau of settlers and friendly redskins biting dusty pumpkins. Holiday time. Everywhere, everybody will be eating turkey, it says. And uptown, far uptown where I was, only night wind and the near pattern of campus lights in back of the student union building and Detective McGovern and the woman dead. Nate Watchman was making his rounds, caught her in his flash, phoned it in.
Identification? Yeah, handbag. Here. Grace Cullen, 19... Mrs., it says. Yeah, thank you very much. 1903 West, 160. That check with your observations, Muggan? Okay, okay. Shot from up close.
She looks a little oldish, huh? Oldish? For what? Well, college campus, nighttime. Still kind of pretty. About 37 to 40, I'd say.
Well... You stick around for technical, Muggerman. See you later.
Who is it? What do you want?
Police. Open up.
The length of the latch chain and the tip of my nose are the slit. It's as far as I get with late dates. Joey, you're a policeman. Yeah, see? You're dealing with a sleepy child, and I'd better turn the porch light on so I'll know it's not just a recurrent dream. True badge. And you've waken me and you've proven your point. What next, policeman?
It's about Mrs. Grace Cullen.
She... Normally, other nights, Grace would have opened the door to you. But as Grace is not at home and she's heaven knows where... She's dead.
Murdered.
That did it.
What crime scene does Detective Danny Clover first investigate on campus?
I'm awake now. You can come in. I'll turn the lights on in the parlor. It's where Grace and I receive our dates. You're going to come in and tell me about it, or are you just going to stand there in the hall?
You're related to Mrs. Cullen?
Oh, that's it. You thought I was her daughter or something like that? No. No tie of blood between Grace and me. Then... Grace ran an ad in the college paper. Room and board for girl student in return for light housekeeping. Look how nice I keep it. You can try for dust anywhere you choose. Maureen Hill, sophomore in light housekeeping. Now, what's this about Grace?
We found her on the campus a little while ago.
Grace is a widow. She's 41. A widow 12 years. She told me she was 37. I scouted around. I found out she was 41. Anyway you look at it, she's a widow.
I know, you told me.
And there was a rapport between her and football players. She understood their sorrows and problems. Observe the footballs lining the mantel.
She have a date with one of them tonight?
Boy was here earlier tonight. Left end type boy. His eyes were glazy and his manner was hazy. Big game today and we lost and the boy was drunk and came calling. Who was the boy? Left end, weight 197, 6'3". Like a swift dream on the playing field and in the headlines his name was Lloyd Keeler. He was here for a while and he went away.
And after that?
After that I wouldn't know. I said goodnight to Grace. It curled up in my downy. Reminds me it's where I should be now. Nighty night, policeman.
So leave there. And outside, the streets have given up to midnight. Stone facades against darkness, bolted doors, and only here and there the pencil line of light beneath drawn shades. Section of city asleep, properly, respectively. So home now, not your own. Two key type. One key for the front door, the other for the rented room and bath and kitchenette. And sleep, the rented sleep. And morning, new day, so get ready for it. Then call headquarters and give your route for the day. Ride uptown, the college, inquire at the registrar.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:29
2
What crime scene does Detective Danny Clover first investigate on campus?
3:29–8:01
3
Who is Maureen Hill and what does she tell the police about Grace Cullen?
8:01–11:05
4
What details emerge about Grace Cullen’s relationship with college football players?
11:05–12:51
5
Why is Lloyd Keeler considered a person of interest and where is he last seen?
12:51–28:14
Speakers
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