Hypnotic Murder: Boston Blackie (August 6, 1945)

“Hypnotic Murder” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When cigarette girl Joan Thompson is found with a murdered man and blood in her car, she's arrested for killing Henry Bryson. But Boston Blackie suspects she's covering for someone else and investigates at the Boulevard Club where she works, discovering that hypnosis may hold the key to the real killer's identity.

The Boulevard Club nightclub and surrounding locations in the city.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Joan Thompson, Mary, Flaky Frankie, Dr. James Harris, Mr. Williams

Listen for: The mystery of who really killed Henry Bryson and what role hypnosis plays in the crime. Pay attention to what Boston Blackie learns about Dr. James Harris and the hypnotist's act at the club.

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.