Sam Fishers Past: Boston Blackie (March 18, 1947)

“Sam Fishers Past” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 18, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sam Fisher, a successful businessman plagued by amnesia from an accident ten years ago, approaches Boston Blackie seeking help to discover his true identity and past. When Fisher learns that his friend Roger may have uncovered something damning about him—possibly a murder—he disappears after leaving his club. Police investigating his vanishing discover a taxi driver dead at the waterfront, connecting Fisher to a homicide case.

A city with a billiards club and waterfront, ten years after Sam Fisher's mysterious accident in Kansas City.

Characters: Sam Fisher, Boston Blackie, Rita Fisher, Roger Ainsley, Lieutenant Martin, Inspector Faraday

Listen for: The revelation of what Roger discovered about Sam Fisher's past, why the taxi driver was killed, and whether Sam Fisher is truly responsible for the crimes coming to light.

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.