Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly Over The Telephone: Boston Blackie (August 25, 1948)

“Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly Over The Telephone” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 25, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When Beverly Robertson is found dead with poison in her system and the telephone still in her hand, Inspector Faraday rules it a suicide. But Boston Blackie suspects murder and begins investigating her husband Tom Robertson, a man with secrets and a suspicious alibi.

A small town with a drug store, a business office, and the Robertson home

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Tom Robertson, Beverly Robertson, Miss Martin, Miss Garber, pharmacist

Listen for: The chilling opening scene where a husband poisons his wife over the telephone; Boston Blackie's investigation into whether the death was truly suicide or carefully staged murder; the revelation of Tom Robertson's criminal connections.

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.