The Butcher Boy Gang: Boston Blackie (August 6, 1947)

“The Butcher Boy Gang” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Inspector Faraday learns from an informant named Sammy about a planned armored truck robbery by the Butcher Boys gang. However, Sammy is captured by the gang's ruthless leader Van Alastair, who forces him to reveal what he told the police. Van Alastair changes plans and targets a shipment of automobiles instead, while ordering the elimination of both Sammy and Boston Blackie.

Boston, involving police headquarters, Van Alastair's residence, and the countryside where the gang operates.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Sammy (the informant), Van Alastair (Butcher Boys gang boss), John Butcher, Ted Butcher, James (Van Alastair's servant)

Listen for: The tension between Boston Blackie's independent investigation and Inspector Faraday's official police work, Van Alastair's cold calculation as he shifts the gang's criminal target, and Sammy's tragic fate as a caught informant caught between the mob and the law.

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.