Professor Beasley Is Murdered: Boston Blackie (June 30, 1948)

“Professor Beasley Is Murdered” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 30, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Professor Beasley, who has never been late to class in 30 years, fails to arrive for his morning lecture at Daniel College. When Professor Stevens addresses the waiting students, he announces that Beasley has been murdered—and suggests the killer is among them. Boston Blackie arrives at the college to investigate the case, discovering that several people had reason to want the professor dead.

Daniel College campus, a classroom, and the Dean's office

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Professor Beasley, Professor Stevens, Ross Hunter, Sally, Tom, Dean Emerson

Listen for: Boston Blackie investigating a murder at his old college, with multiple suspects including a student athlete facing an important exam and a professor who benefits from Beasley's death.

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.