Blackie Kidnapped: Boston Blackie (November 22, 1945)

“Blackie Kidnapped” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 22, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is kidnapped from his apartment by a group of criminals who force him to write a note claiming he's gone to Chicago on a case. While his friends search for him, Inspector Faraday investigates a connection to Carolyn Johnson, a woman in jail who may know the location of stolen money from the Eggetsville Bank. Blackie's captors keep him imprisoned and try to extract information from him about the money.

Boston; Blackie's apartment, police station, and jail

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Shortie, Tony, Mary Wesley, Sergeant Rowan, Carolyn Johnson, Pete

Listen for: The kidnapping of Blackie and the mystery surrounding stolen bank money and Carolyn Johnson's connection to it

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.