Amnesia Victim: Boston Blackie (November 8, 1945)

“Amnesia Victim” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 8, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie encounters Arthur Burke, a man suffering from amnesia who was knocked unconscious three weeks ago and found with a murder weapon in the office of reformer George Dibby. Burke fears he may have killed Dibby and seeks Blackie's help to discover the truth before turning himself in to police. When a mysterious woman named Janet calls to claim she knows the killer's identity, Blackie finds himself caught between helping Burke, dealing with gangster Tom Roach, and unraveling the real circumstances of Dibby's death.

Boston, spanning Blackie's apartment, Dibby's office, the police station, the Ocean Hotel, and Tom Roach's establishment.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Arthur Burke, Inspector Faraday, George Dibby, Tom Roach, Janet Carrie, Peggy

Listen for: The key details of Arthur Burke's amnesia and his discovery with the murder weapon; the mysterious woman Janet's promise to reveal the killer's identity; Boston Blackie's plan to prove Tom Roach committed the murder.

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.