10th Street Gym And Stolen Car Ring: Boston Blackie (March 11, 1947)

“10th Street Gym And Stolen Car Ring” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 11, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie discovers that boys have stopped attending the 10th Street Gymnasium, lured away by Joe Easton, an ex-convict who has recently been released from jail and is throwing money around. When Blackie learns from the police commissioner that over 200 cars have been stolen in the past month, he suspects Easton is running a car theft ring and recruiting neighborhood boys to help him.

The 10th Street Gymnasium and various locations around the city including a car garage

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary, Tom Alison, Bobby Barton, Joe Easton, Farrity, Police Commissioner, Harry

Listen for: The scheme to steal automobiles and recruit young boys into the criminal operation; Blackie's determination to stop Easton and protect the youth of the city.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.