The Disappearing Plane: Boston Blackie (June 11, 1946)

“The Disappearing Plane” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 11, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is expected to arrive on Flight 68 into Boston, but the plane goes missing four hours overdue with no crash reports. Inspector Faraday suspects the worst, but Blackie mysteriously calls from his plane, which appears to have landed elsewhere without official notification. The disappearance of the aircraft raises questions about what really happened.

Boston airport and surrounding areas, 1946

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Shorty, Mary Wesley, Joe, Johnny, Seamus Wesley

Listen for: The mystery of the vanished airplane and Blackie's unexpected phone call revealing he is safe but the plane's location remains unknown.

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.