Stolen Rings At Christmas: Boston Blackie (December 22, 1948)

“Stolen Rings At Christmas” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 22, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On Christmas Eve, a man named Martin is accused of stealing rings from a jewelry store. Boston Blackie investigates and discovers Martin threw the rings into a Salvation Army Santa Claus's collection bucket while fleeing. Blackie and Inspector Faraday track down the Santa Claus, but find evidence that someone else may have gotten to him first.

Christmas Eve in the city, including a jewelry store, police headquarters, a ship's gangplank, and various street locations

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Joe Martin, Clark, Zabi, Henry James

Listen for: The mystery of whether the Santa Claus still has the rings, and what has happened to him when Blackie and Faraday finally locate him

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.