The Undersea Murder: Boston Blackie (October 1, 1946)

“The Undersea Murder” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 1, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Deep-sea divers discover a fortune in gold aboard a sunken ship, but the discovery turns deadly when one partner attempts to murder the other underwater. When the supposedly dead diver surfaces alive and vows revenge, his sister seeks out Boston Blackie to prevent a murder before it happens.

Boston, including an office, a waterfront house, and diving operations at a sunken ship called the Argus

Characters: Boston Blackie, Sarah Bronson, Bill Bronson, Larry Matthews, Charlie Kingston, Walter

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Sarah and her brother Bill after his near-fatal diving accident; Blackie's investigation into the dangerous triangle of the two divers and their valuable discovery; the mounting danger as Larry Matthews becomes the target of revenge.

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.