Insurance And Wrecked Cars: Boston Blackie (April 21, 1948)

“Insurance And Wrecked Cars” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 21, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When Carl Pettit calls Boston Blackie for help with a scheme involving insurance fraud and a wrecked car, Blackie heads to meet him. But he arrives to find Pettit murdered, and the police suspect Blackie of involvement. Blackie begins investigating the insurance scheme that seems connected to the killing.

A city apartment building and surrounding areas; a mountain road where a car went over a cliff

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector, Carl Pettit, Frankie, Johnny, Charlie, Wilson, Harry

Listen for: A clever insurance fraud scheme involving a wrecked car; Blackie's investigation into Pettit's murder; confrontations with the criminals involved in the racket

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.