Blood On Blackies Sleeve: Boston Blackie (September 20, 1945)

“Blood On Blackies Sleeve” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 20, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is warned by Carol Williams that Fred Olin, just released from prison, intends to kill him as revenge for sending him to jail. When Blackie learns that Fred has been murdered at a hotel, Inspector Faraday suspects Blackie of the crime. As Blackie investigates, he discovers that multiple people—including Fred's brother John, Fred's business associate Bill Andrews, and Carol Williams herself—had motives and opportunity to kill Fred.

A city hotel and surrounding locations

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Carol Williams, Fred Olin (deceased), John Olin, Bill Andrews, Suzanne

Listen for: A mystery with multiple suspects, each with strong reasons to want Fred Olin dead, and Blackie working to uncover the truth while under suspicion himself.

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.