Eva Cronin Is Stalked: Boston Blackie (June 4, 1947)

“Eva Cronin Is Stalked” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 4, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Eva Cronin has been stalked for two weeks by a mysterious man who appears everywhere she goes, staring at her from windows and across streets. Boston Blackie learns from Inspector Faraday that this stalker may be a serial killer who watches his victims before striking, and he takes on the case to catch him before Eva becomes his next victim.

Boston, including Eva Cronin's apartment building on Elm Street, a restaurant, police headquarters, and a house on Eastern Road

Characters: Eva Cronin, Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Mary, Bob, Eva's father, Officers Eddie and Marty, William

Listen for: Eva's growing fear as the stalker continues to appear; Boston Blackie's explanation of the killer's psychology; the police stakeout and Blackie's arrival at the house where Eva is waiting

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.