Open Season On Henry Williams: Boston Blackie (December 3, 1947)

“Open Season On Henry Williams” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 3, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is called by a man named Henry Williams who claims he's the real target of a murderer—another Henry Williams, a philanthropist, was killed by mistake that morning. Williams says he's a legitimate businessman expanding into territory controlled by the dangerous racketeer Joe Carter, who has threatened him and apparently hired someone to kill him. Blackie agrees to help track down Carter and stop him.

Boston; various locations including Henry Williams's office, Blackie's place, and a newspaper office

Characters: Boston Blackie, Henry Williams, Inspector Faraday, Joe Carter, Mary, Jim

Listen for: The mix-up between two men with the same name, and Blackie's determination to catch Joe Carter and prove that the philanthropist's death was a case of mistaken identity.

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.