The Missing String Of Pearlsaka-old Lady Forced To Steal: Boston Blackie (August 11, 1944)

“The Missing String Of Pearlsaka-old Lady Forced To Steal” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 11, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Inspector Faraday suspects Boston Blackie of stealing a string of pearls from Gordon's jewelry shop, but Blackie discovers that elderly Mrs. Phillips, a longtime shop clerk, actually took them. Mrs. Phillips confesses she was forced to steal the pearls by someone who is now blackmailing her and demanding she obtain a valuable ruby as well. Blackie decides to help the desperate woman by retrieving the ruby himself, even as Faraday lays a trap to catch him in the act.

Boston, primarily at Gordon's jewelry shop and Mrs. Phillips' apartment

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Mrs. Phillips, Shorty, Mr. Gordon

Listen for: Blackie's plan to outwit both the blackmailer and Inspector Faraday's trap using a hollowed-out cigar

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.