Tom Evers Murder With An Alibi: Boston Blackie (March 5, 1946)

“Tom Evers Murder With An Alibi” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 5, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Boston Blackie receives a visit from John Blake, who boasts that he will murder a man named Thomas Evers and challenges Blackie to prove he did it. When Evers is found shot dead shortly after, Blackie must determine whether Blake is truly responsible and how he managed to commit the crime with such a bold announcement beforehand.

Boston Blackie's apartment, Thomas Evers' home, and various locations around the city

Characters: Boston Blackie, John Blake, Mary Wesley, Inspector Faraday, Thomas Evers, Bill Johnson, Evers' brother

Listen for: A clever murderer's challenge, a phone conversation interrupted by gunshots, and the discovery of a murder weapon hidden in leaves

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.