The Case Of The Three-way Split: Boston Blackie (July 23, 1945)

“The Case Of The Three-way Split” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 23, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie receives a lavender-scented letter from Anne Martin, widow of a deceased gangster, asking him to help find $50,000 her husband hid before dying in prison. When three of Harry Martin's old cellmates are released from jail and return to town, Anne fears they'll locate the money first. Blackie investigates the connection between Anne and the three ex-convicts, but his inquiries lead him into a dangerous situation involving a mysterious body.

Boston city streets and Blackie's apartment, present day

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary, Anne Martin, Jack Winters, Bob Talmadge, Esther Brown, Inspector Faraday

Listen for: The mysterious disappearance of a body from Blackie's apartment and what connection it has to the hidden $50,000 and the three released convicts.

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.