Cover Up For Mary: Boston Blackie (May 9, 1945)

“Cover Up For Mary” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A man named John Richards is found dead in his house, which has been set on fire. Boston Blackie is discovered to have written a threatening letter to Richards, and Inspector Faraday believes Blackie murdered him and set the fire to cover it up. Blackie insists he wrote the letter to protect his friend Mary Wesley, who had also threatened Richards after he refused to leave her alone.

A city with police headquarters and the burned house of John Richards at 571 Munden Street.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Mary Wesley, John Richards, The Rook, Shorty

Listen for: The confrontation between Boston Blackie and Inspector Faraday as Faraday pieces together what he believes happened, and Blackie's explanation of why he covered up for Mary.

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.