Horseroom Thefts: Boston Blackie (March 25, 1947)

“Horseroom Thefts” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 25, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A gunman robs a horseroom of $18,000, claiming to work for a boss who doesn't want Boston Blackie interfering with his gambling operations. Later, a polite thief breaks into Blackie's apartment and steals $20,000 in charity money that Blackie was holding for a children's home, leaving Blackie furious but unable to stop him.

Boston, including a horseroom, Blackie's apartment, and the city streets

Characters: Boston Blackie, Jeff Lawson, Mrs. Clara Martin, Mary Wesley, The thief, Jane, Becky

Listen for: The contrast between the gunman's crude robbery and the thief's unfailingly polite demeanor as he steals from Blackie; Blackie's struggle when the charity money is taken

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.