The Worthington Pearls: Boston Blackie (July 9, 1945)

“The Worthington Pearls” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 9, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When the stolen Worthington pearls turn up in Boston Blackie's raincoat pocket during a police search, Blackie must figure out how they got there and who really stole them before both Inspector Faraday and the dangerous Duke track him down demanding the jewels.

Boston Blackie's apartment and surrounding locations in the city

Characters: Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Shorty, Mary Wesley, Duke, Johnny

Listen for: The clever banter between Blackie and Inspector Faraday as Blackie talks his way out of suspicion, and the escalating danger when Duke confronts Blackie over the missing pearls.

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.