Wind Blows West: Boston Blackie (February 11, 1948)

“Wind Blows West” is an episode of Boston Blackie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 11, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

Listen to Boston Blackie free, live around the clock: every episode, in the order it first aired. No sign-up.

What happens

Three men are murdered, each connected to the bestselling book "The Wind Blows West" by author John Gaylord. Boston Blackie investigates the mysterious killings and seeks to discover the author's real identity, suspecting the answer holds the key to stopping a fourth murder.

A city bookshop, a publisher's office, and various locations around town in the present day.

Characters: Boston Blackie, Mary, John Gaylord, Alfred Copeland, Joe Park, Ginny, Coco

Listen for: Boston Blackie's investigation into why readers of a bestselling book are being systematically murdered, and his efforts to uncover the true identity of the mysterious author.

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.