A Vase Leads To Murder: Boston Blackie (February 26, 1946)

“A Vase Leads To Murder” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 26, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie investigates when a messenger boy is murdered at Mary Wesley's apartment after delivering a vase she purchased at auction. A man in a green hat had desperately wanted the vase and even threatened Mary with a gun to buy it, but the real mystery deepens when an x-ray examination reveals the vase appears to be empty.

Boston; Mary Wesley's apartment, an auction house, and an x-ray laboratory

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Inspector Faraday, The man in the green hat, A messenger boy, Mr. Danny

Listen for: The puzzle of why a man would commit murder over what appears to be a worthless factory-made vase with nothing inside it; Boston Blackie's clever use of modern x-ray technology to investigate the crime

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.