Blackie Loves Helen: Boston Blackie (February 4, 1948)

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

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What happens

Boston Blackie falls in love with Helen Carver and breaks up with his longtime girlfriend Mary Wesley. When Helen asks Blackie to prove his devotion by opening a safe for her, his loyalties and judgment are put to the test as mysterious complications emerge.

Boston, various indoor locations including Blackie's place and Johnson's residence

Characters: Boston Blackie, Helen Carver, Mary Wesley, Joe (the tail), Inspector, Johnson, King

Listen for: Romantic tension between Blackie and Helen, the surprise introduction of Helen to Mary, a mysterious safe containing valuable papers, and blackmail involving fifty thousand dollars.

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.