The Record Collector: Boston Blackie (January 28, 1948)

“The Record Collector” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 28, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When Boston Blackie visits Inspector Faraday at the police station, the Inspector reveals a series of robberies timed to requests played on disc jockey Jack Lascoulay's popular radio show. Someone calling himself a record collector has been phoning in song requests that coincide with holdups, using the radio program as a signal for a gang's next job. Blackie and the Inspector decide to monitor Lascoulay's broadcast to catch the criminal.

Boston, including the police station, Lascoulay's radio station studio, and various crime scenes around the city.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Jack Lascoulay, The Record Collector, Guy Lombardo, Larry, Henry, Tony

Listen for: The mysterious phone calls from the record collector requesting specific songs, which are actually signals for the robbery gang. Listen for clues about which song request will signal the next crime.

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.