Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed For A Watch: Boston Blackie (April 13, 1949)

“Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed For A Watch” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 13, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A jewelry store owner is found dead in his shop with no apparent motive—nothing was stolen. Boston Blackie becomes entangled in the case when his own gun and wristwatch, left at the jeweler for repair, turn up next to the body of a man named Danny Chico. Inspector Faraday suspects Blackie of both murders.

A city jewelry store and Boston Blackie's apartment, late evening into night.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Danny Chico, The Jeweler (Mr. Stone), Christine Nelson (Cora Neal), Mary

Listen for: The mystery of why Mr. Stone was killed when nothing was stolen, and why Blackie's personal effects connect him to Danny Chico's death.

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.