Old Man Grahams Wife: Boston Blackie (June 4, 1946)

“Old Man Grahams Wife” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 4, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Linda Graham believes her grandfather was murdered by Joe Reed, the family secretary who stood to lose his $50,000 inheritance. Dr. Austin insists the old man died of natural heart failure in the hospital. When Boston Blackie investigates, he uncovers a connection between three seemingly unrelated murder victims—all killed with kitchen knives—and discovers they may have witnessed Graham's secret second will that cut Reed out entirely.

A city hospital, police headquarters, a dental office, and city streets; the action involves murders at the waterfront, a millionaire's home, and Green Meadows.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Linda Graham, Dr. Austin, Joe Reed, Inspector Faraday, Mary, Dr. Parker, Ernest Brown

Listen for: Boston Blackie's clever deduction that three murder victims all visited Dr. Parker's office on the same day and likely witnessed Graham's second will; the confrontation where Blackie and Inspector Faraday trap Joe Reed into confessing his murders.

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.