Madame Zina Fortune Teller: Boston Blackie (April 20, 1949)

“Madame Zina Fortune Teller” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 20, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

At a carnival, fortune teller Madame Zina predicts that Boston Blackie will soon be involved in a death. When a woman in a monkey suit is found shot dead, Blackie investigates to discover that the killing was no accident and that the carnival's owner may not be who he claims to be.

A traveling carnival with various attractions, tents, and midway games

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Madame Zina, Pop, Rhoda, Cooper, Inspector Faraday, Flint

Listen for: A fortune teller's cryptic prediction that sets events in motion; the revelation of a false identity; Boston Blackie's deduction based on geography and Australian knowledge

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.