Private detective Richard Diamond is hired by wealthy Fred Sears to follow his wife Mary, who is romantically involved with nightclub owner Lorne Oliver. After a confrontation at the Stork Club between Sears, Oliver, and gossip columnist Jimmy Cello, Diamond discovers that Sears has been murdered in his office. With multiple suspects and conflicting alibis, Diamond races to uncover the real killer before the police make an arrest.With Richard Diamond, private detective, Fred Sears, wealthy import expert, Mary Sears, Fred's wife, Lorne Oliver, nightclub owner, Jimmy Cello, gossip columnist, Helen Asher, Diamond's date, Walt, police sergeant, Herman Sharp, Oliver's employee.Listen for: The clever banter between Diamond and various characters, the escalating tension at the Stork Club, and Diamond's investigation unraveling contradictions in the suspects' stories about their whereabouts the night of the murderFirst aired on June 19, 1949 on NBC, ABC, CBS.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every week: Richard Diamond, Private Detective on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.