Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case: Boston Blackie (August 6, 1946)

“Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jerry Williams walks free from court after witnesses fail to appear against him in a murder trial, thanks to intimidation by his gang. Boston Blackie is set to testify against Williams in an upcoming trial, but the gang visits Blackie with threats involving an innocent woman named Mary Wesley, forcing Blackie to make a dangerous deal with Detective Faraday.

A courthouse and Boston city streets; later Boston Blackie's office and apartment

Characters: Boston Blackie, Jerry Williams, Judge, Detective Faraday, Mary Wesley, Bozo, Mac, Buzz

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Blackie and the Williams gang as they threaten an innocent woman to keep him silent; the clever negotiation between Blackie and Detective Faraday as they work out a risky plan

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.