50000Dollar Necklace: Boston Blackie (November 19, 1946)

“50000Dollar Necklace” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 19, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A man named Otis hires the Reese brothers to steal his wife's $50,000 diamond necklace so he can collect insurance money. The brothers carry out the theft at a nightclub, but then realize they've been set up for a double-cross and hand the necklace off to Boston Blackie to handle. Blackie must now figure out what's really going on and return the necklace to its rightful owner.

A nightclub and various locations around the city, late evening and following morning.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Bill Reese, Harry Reese, Mr. Otis, Mrs. Otis, Inspector Faraday, Mary Wesley

Listen for: The Reese brothers' suspicion that they've been double-crossed, Blackie's mysterious phone call about the necklace, and the tangled scheme involving the stolen diamond necklace.

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.