50000Dollars For Blackie: Boston Blackie (March 10, 1948)

“50000Dollars For Blackie” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 10, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Joe Saunders contacts Boston Blackie to store $50,000 in Blackie's safe overnight after a business deal. On his way to Blackie's apartment, Saunders is robbed and murdered by criminals working for Roland Harvey, who runs a criminal smuggling operation that helps hunted fugitives escape the country. When Blackie discovers the murder and Harvey's scheme, he goes undercover to infiltrate the operation.

A city with a waterfront, including Blackie's apartment, police headquarters, Harvey's office, and the Morton Hotel.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Joe Saunders, Roland Harvey, Inspector Faraday, Sergeant Matthews, Mary, Sam, Phiney

Listen for: The clever phone trick Blackie uses to trap Harvey, and the revelation of Harvey's criminal smuggling network that moves wanted criminals out of the country through multiple city managers.

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.