The Manletter Bank Caseaka-fifty Hunter Street: Boston Blackie (June 30, 1944)

“The Manletter Bank Caseaka-fifty Hunter Street” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 30, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a mysterious letter promises to stop a bank foreclosure if Boston Blackie visits a house on Hunter Street, he goes to investigate. But he's ambushed, knocked unconscious, and his gun is stolen—only to be found at the scene of a murder. Inspector Faraday arrests Blackie for killing private detective Fred Viswell, convinced the evidence is ironclad.

Boston, present day; Hunter Street, the bank, and Blackie's apartment

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Jean, Arthur Manletter, Shorty, John Partridge, Fred Viswell

Listen for: The mysterious setup and the frame that lands Blackie under arrest for a murder he didn't commit; Shorty's comic relief as Blackie's sidekick.

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.