Murdered Show Dog Owner: Boston Blackie (October 8, 1946)

“Murdered Show Dog Owner” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 8, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie finds two champion show dogs that have run away from the Lawrence estate and calls their owner, Linda Lawrence. When Linda and her sister Beatrice arrive to collect the dogs, Blackie learns that their aunt, Marilyn Lawrence, was murdered the night before. Intrigued, Blackie offers to help find the killer, setting events in motion at the Lawrence household.

Boston; the Lawrence estate; Boston Blackie's home

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary, Linda Lawrence, Beatrice Lawrence, Marilyn Lawrence (deceased), Mr. Wellington, Mrs. Lawrence

Listen for: The champion show dogs Angel and Spartan; the mystery of Marilyn Lawrence's murder; Beatrice's strange hostility and sudden takeover of household control.

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.