Blackie Shoots A Watchman: Boston Blackie (June 11, 1947)

“Blackie Shoots A Watchman” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 11, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie approaches a criminal named Fredericks with an offer to join his robbery gang, claiming he needs money. Fredericks agrees to let Blackie participate in a job that night as a trial. Meanwhile, Mary Wesley has hired a detective agency to follow Blackie's every move, and Blackie himself has arranged for Inspector Faraday to be informed of the job so he can arrest Fredericks and his gang.

A city with criminal underworld operations and police detective agencies; various locations including an office, streets, and a building used for a robbery.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Fredericks, Tommy, Bill, Inspector Faraday, Dick Colmer

Listen for: Blackie infiltrating a criminal gang while secretly working with the police; tense moments during a nighttime robbery where Blackie must shoot a watchman to maintain his cover.

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.