Cobbs Trucking Company: Boston Blackie (March 3, 1948)

“Cobbs Trucking Company” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 3, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a murdered body is found in Johnny Vail's car trunk, he's arrested for killing his partner Erwin Cobb. But Boston Blackie believes Vail is innocent and investigates the trucking company office to find the real killer before Vail takes the fall for a crime he didn't commit.

A city with a trucking company office; police headquarters

Characters: Boston Blackie, Johnny Vail, Inspector Farthe, Mary, Mr. Roberts, Frankie, Joe, Harry

Listen for: Boston Blackie's investigation into a murder framed on an innocent truck driver, with Roberts emerging as a suspicious character with a motive.

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.