The Misplaced Laundry Case - Richard Diamond | 09/06/1950 (Ep063)
Summary
Richard Diamond investigates a murder after a laundry mix-up leads to a late-night confrontation with a gunman. He and his partner, Walt, decode a message hidden in a shirt collar to track a narcotics ring operating through a cleaning plant. The investigation culminates in the arrest of the mastermind, Arthur Levin, who attempts to destroy evidence but is caught with a hidden cache of drugs.
Topics discussed
Sponsorship intro: Rexall and Richard Diamond
Diamond's argument with Helen over laundry
Dinner at Helen's mother's and Monopoly
Return home and encounter with cat
Laundry man arrives with a gun
Diamond trades bundles and dismisses threat
Phone call from Mr. Green about danger
Arrival at Green's apartment and discovery of body
Examining the crime scene and calling police
Interview with Walt and description of suspect
Confrontation at Blue Bell Laundry over warrant
Entering the laundry and initial search
Analyzing the laundry ticket mix-up
Decoding the upside-down ticket number
Finding the code on the shirt collar
Next morning: realizing the shirt was the target
Decoding the collar numbers to a location
Mid-break: Rexall MI-31 advertisement
Stakeout at 46th and Lexington
Confrontation with Jones and the drug deal
Moving to Superior Cleaning and Dye Works
Infiltrating the laundry and catching Charlie Usher
Stakeout at Levin's house
Interrogating Levin about the box
Levin confesses and reveals narcotics
Outro: Rexall ad and cast credits
Stag shaving cream advertisement
NBC station promotion
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