Larry The Kid Vs Savinni: Boston Blackie (March 4, 1947)

“Larry The Kid Vs Savinni” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 4, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young boxer named Larry the Kid is approached by a man offering him ten thousand dollars to throw an upcoming fight against Savini. When Larry refuses, Boston Blackie advises him to go to the police. Blackie works with the authorities to trap the fixer and protect the honest fighter.

Boston, including Blackie's apartment, a police station, and a boxing gym.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Larry the Kid, Savini, Larson, Inspector Faraday, Mary, Charlie Kingston, Bernie

Listen for: The confrontation between Larson and his mysterious boss, where Larson is pressured to take the fall for the fight-fixing scheme; Inspector Faraday's interrogation of Larson; Boston Blackie's advice to the kid to trust the police.

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.