Alibi Time: Boston Blackie (August 4, 1948)

“Alibi Time” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 4, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is asked to provide an alibi for Jack Davis, a criminal who claims he couldn't have murdered the Barrows brothers because Blackie was with him at 9:25, five minutes before the shooting. Inspector Faraday investigates Davis's claim, examining whether Davis could have traveled the five miles to commit the crime in that time window.

City streets and police precinct, during a nighttime murder investigation

Characters: Boston Blackie, Jack Davis, Inspector Faraday, Mary, Mike, Tony, Blondie

Listen for: The clever details about Davis's alibi—the exact time, the five-mile distance, and the crucial question of how Davis could have reached the crime scene without a car stopping at the house.

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.