Riding Stable: Boston Blackie (January 7, 1948)

“Riding Stable” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 7, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie arrives at a riding stable where a man named Jim Leslie has been killed by a horse that he habitually teased. Inspector Faraday initially rules it an accident, but Blackie suspects murder and begins investigating the relationships and quarrels surrounding the stable.

A riding stable and surrounding locations in the city, late at night

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Mary Wesley, Johnny, Jim Leslie, David Hanley, Miss Baker, Leslie's maid

Listen for: Blackie's investigation into who really killed Jim Leslie and his discovery of various suspects with motives, including conflicts over a woman and financial troubles

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.