Nobody At The Door: Boston Blackie (May 11, 1949)

“Nobody At The Door” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 11, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie finds a mysterious empty envelope slipped under his door, which sets off a chain of events involving a crooked senator named James Martin. A small-time criminal named Johnny steals incriminating papers from his boss Charlie Evans and attempts to frame the senator by placing evidence under Blackie's door, but the plan goes dangerously wrong when Johnny demands a position in the senator's organization.

A city apartment building and surrounding urban locations including the senator's office.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary, Mike Faraday, Senator James Martin, Charlie Evans, Johnny, Ginger, Dallas

Listen for: A mysterious empty envelope, stolen evidence against a corrupt senator, and Blackie's involvement in uncovering a criminal conspiracy.

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.