The Rockwell Diamond: Boston Blackie (August 27, 1946)

“The Rockwell Diamond” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 27, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie is detained on a transcontinental flight when a young woman named Marie accuses him of stealing her grandfather's diamond. She later reveals the truth: she fabricated the theft accusation to reach Blackie, and now desperately needs his help to recover the Rockwell diamond, a valuable gem that was stolen from her apartment and must be returned before her fiancé George Atwater arrives back in town tomorrow night.

An airplane, a police station, Chicago, and the Atwater house

Characters: Boston Blackie, Marie, Inspector Farraday, George Atwater, Sergeant Rollins, Tony, Shorty

Listen for: Blackie's clever escape from custody and his investigation into who really stole the Rockwell diamond

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.