Mrs Boston Blackie: Boston Blackie (June 6, 1945)

“Mrs Boston Blackie” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 6, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie receives a visit from a woman claiming to be his wife, who blackmails him for ten thousand dollars over a scandal from his past. When Lester Allen arrives looking for his own wife, confusion erupts as a second woman appears claiming to be Blackie's wife, and a call to Springfield confirms a Boston Blackie was recently married there. Blackie must unravel who these women are and why they're impersonating his spouse.

Boston Blackie's apartment and surrounding city locations

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mrs. Boston Blackie (Joan Blake), Lester Allen, Mary

Listen for: A tangled case of mistaken identities and blackmail involving multiple women claiming to be Mrs. Boston Blackie, with a marriage certificate from Springfield adding to the mystery.

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.