Oscar Wolfe Troublemaker: Boston Blackie (June 11, 1945)

“Oscar Wolfe Troublemaker” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 11, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie discovers a desperate woman fleeing from Oscar Wolfe, a troublemaker who preys on people. Blackie confronts Wolfe in his office with threats to stop his criminal activities, but when Wolfe is found dead the next morning, Blackie becomes the prime suspect based on a recording of his threatening words.

Boston Blackie's apartment and Oscar Wolfe's office in a hollow building downtown

Characters: Boston Blackie, Oscar Wolfe, Mrs. Lawson, Mary, Tony, Charlie

Listen for: A woman's desperate plea for help; Blackie's confrontation with the criminal Wolfe; the discovery of Wolfe's murder and the recorded evidence against Blackie

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.