Pudgy And The Stolen Tire Racket: Boston Blackie (June 1, 1949)

“Pudgy And The Stolen Tire Racket” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 1, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie discovers a ring of car and tire thieves operating from a garage. After following the gang's courier Pudgy and getting run off the road, Blackie ends up in the hospital but hatches a plan to infiltrate the operation by posing as a tire deliverer to catch Cyclone, the gang's boss, red-handed with evidence of the theft racket.

A hospital and a garage used as a front for a stolen car and tire ring in the city

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Inspector

Listen for: The clever scheme Blackie devises to catch the criminals, and whether he can pull it off despite his injuries and the gang's suspicions.

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.