The Armored Car Murder Case: Boston Blackie (November 19, 1947)

“The Armored Car Murder Case” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 19, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

An armored truck carrying $100,000 crashes off a road, and the money disappears. Guard Jack Brewster, who should have been on the truck, surfaces alive and contacts Boston Blackie, asking for help to prove his innocence in the robbery. Blackie agrees to meet Brewster at his apartment, but danger lurks as mysterious criminals plan their own visit to the same location.

A city with streets, apartments, and an armored truck route; Blackie's home and Jack Brewster's apartment at 824 East 40th Street.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Jack Brewster, Doris Brewster, Mary, Inspector Faraday, Harry, Bob, Tom

Listen for: The confrontation at Brewster's apartment as multiple parties converge with different intentions; Blackie's investigation into the armored car robbery and Brewster's innocence.

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.