Boston Blackie| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Mystery Dramas

Boston Blackie: The Carl Brown Murder

21 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: December 14, 2017A gangster threatens a man’s life if he doesn’t pay protection money. The man is murdered by his best frie...

Boston Blackie: The Harry Perkins Murder

18 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: December 7, 2017A woman in the country asks Blackie to find her brother. Blackie discovers he’s tied to a mysterious car left...

Boston Blackie: Blackie's Framed By An Impersonator

14 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: November 30, 2017A gangster hires an impersonator to pretend to be Blackie and finger a rival mobster. When the rival gangster...

Boston Blackie: Mary's Patient Commits Suicide

11 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: November 23, 2017Mary is hired to serve as a nurse for a bed-ridden man and then is immediately dismissed after giving him a s...

Boston Blackie: Blackie Jailed for $100,000 Diamond Theft

07 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: November 16, 2017Blackie is sentenced for stealing $100,000 in jewels. Original Air Date: December 3, 1946Support the show mont...

Boston Blackie: The Lennie Powell Murder

04 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: November 9, 2017A wealthy businessman is killed and $25,000 is stolen from him while waiting for a flight in a private plane. ...

Boston Blackie: Mary Steals A Stolen Diamond Necklace

31 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: November 2, 2017Two thieves steal a $50,000 necklace at the request of the owner. When they find that he double-crossed them, t...

Boston Blackie: The Frank Burton Suicide

27 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: October 26, 2017A friend of Blackie’s asks Blackie to find why a man who owed him money committed suicide. Original Air Date:...

Boston Blackie: Joe Harvey Gets the Wrong Face

24 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: October 19, 2017An embezzler plans to escape by getting an underground doctor to change his face, but finds the doctor gave him...

Boston Blackie: The Granny's Witchcraft Murder

21 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: October 12, 2017A strange woman shows up at Mary’s Halloween party prophesying doom for Boston Blackie. Original Air Date: Oc...

Boston Blackie: Inspector Farraday Gunned Down

17 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: October 5, 2017Boston Blackie sets out to find out who shot Inspector Farraday. Original Air Date: October 22, 1946Support the ...

Boston Blackie: The Abbott Painting Frame

14 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: September 7, 2017To stop a blackmailer from framing his friend Shorty for murder, Blackie agrees to steal a painting no one bel...

Boston Blackie: Hazel Henry's Rodeo Murder

10 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: September 28, 2017Someone plants a spur under a trick horse rider’s saddle at the rodeo and Blackie comes in to investigate. ...

Boston Blackie: The Kennel Club Murder

07 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: September 21, 2017The breeder of two prize-winning dogs is murdered and one of her nieces asks Blackie to investigate. Original...

Boston Blackie: The Undersea Murder

03 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: September 14, 2017A diver in a treasure hunting expedition is nearly murdered by his partner after discovering millions in sun...

Boston Blackie: The Apartment Swindle Racket

26 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: August 31, 2017A soldier asks for Blackie’s help when he realizes he’s been swindled by promoters of an apartment building...

Boston Blackie: The Backstage Murder

23 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: August 24, 2017Blackie takes on a part in The Makato for charity but finds himself investigating a murder. Original Air Date: ...

Boston Blackie: The Stolen Radway's Faust

19 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: August 17, 2017A guard passes out and in the confusion, someone steals a valuable copy of Faust. Original Air Date: September ...

Boston Blackie: The Rockwell Diamond

16 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: August 10, 2017A woman accuses Blackie of stealing a diamond in order to obtain his help in finding it. Original Air Date: Oct...

Boston Blackie: The Arson Triangle Murder

12 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: August 3, 2017A man comes to Blackie desperate for money to satisfy his demanding wife and then his building is burned down and...

Boston Blackie: The Smuggled Diamonds Murder

09 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: July 27, 2017Blackie goes to help his friend Charlie Kingston purchase some diamonds. When the man selling them dies, Charlie a...

Boston Blackie: The Witness-Tampering Murders

05 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: July 20, 2017Jerry Willaims always gets away with whatever he’s charged with. However, this time, the chief witness against ...

Boston Blackie: Murder Aboard the Swan

02 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: July 13, 2017The only passenger on board a ship is murdered. Original Air Date: July 30, 1946Support the show monthly at patr...

Boston Blackie: The Murdering Cuckoo Clock

29 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: July 6, 2017A young clockmaker is shot at a party by a cuckoo clock. Original Air Date: July 23, 1946Support the show monthly a...

Boston Blackie: The Green Line Trucking Murder

26 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: June 29, 2017After re-assuring a woman her truck driver husband is fine, Blackie sets out to solve his murder when he turns up...

Boston Blackie: The Skating Rink Murders

22 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: June 22, 2017A woman is found murdered in a skating rink with a $50,000 ring on her finger. Original Air Date: July 9, 1946Sup...

Boston Blackie: The Uncle Frank Wilson Murder

19 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: June 15, 2017A man murders his uncle for his money and then uses Blackie’s aunt as his alibi. Original Air Date: July 2, 194...

Boston Blackie: The Joe Garland Murder

15 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: June 8, 2017A wealthy gambler is murdered while Blackie is in the other room. The murderer leaves behind a fortune in jewels in...

Boston Blackie: The Masked Gang Protection Racket

12 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: June 1, 2017A masked gang of blackmailers threaten to murder a candy store owner’s wife if he doesn’t give them $5,000. Th...

Boston Blackie: The Case of The Disappearing Plane

08 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 25, 2017Blackie is expected on a plane from Boston after obtaining a murderer’s weapon but then his plane disappears in ...

Boston Blackie: The Old Man Graham Murder

05 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 18, 2017A woman asks Blackie to prove her uncle’s unlikable employee killed him. Original Air Date: June 4, 1946Support ...

Boston Blackie: Mike Harlan Escapes from Prison

01 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 11, 2017A man Blackie sent to prison escapes and heads for Blackie’s apartment. Original Air Date: May 28, 1946Support t...

Boston Blackie: The Paul Blaine Murder

29 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: May 4, 2017A pawnbroker asks Blackie for help with returning a stolen diamond and is then murdered. Original Air Date: May 21,...

Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder

25 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 27, 2017Blackie and Mary find the dead body of a wealthy horseman riding on a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round at 2 a.m....

Boston Blackie: The Winthrop Jewelry Company Thefts

22 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 20, 2017Three men work as diamond cutters. One is stealing a diamond each day, but how are they doing it? They’re sear...

Boston Blackie: The Frances Fielding Murder

18 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 13, 2017A psychiatrist friend of Blackie’s finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman and a target ...

Boston Blackie: The Stolen Car Ring

15 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 6, 2017Mary’s car is stolen. Original Air Date: April 23, 1946Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netS...

Boston Blackie: The Baseball Player Murder

11 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: March 30, 2017A baseball player tries to call Blackie before a game, and is then murdered in the middle of the game. Original A...

Boston Blackie: Murder On 111 Cedar Street

08 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: March 23, 2017Boston Blackie is lured to a house by a young woman who tells him she’s going to be murdered. Blackie arrives t...

Boston Blackie: Murder On the Flying Trapeze

04 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: March 16, 2017An old school friend of Mary’s who is a trapeze artist tells Mary that if anything happens to her it would be ...

Boston Blackie: Pierre the Designer

01 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: March 9, 2017Farraday thinks Blackie robbed a safe in a deal with a fashion designer. Then the fashion designer turns up murder...

Boston Blackie: The Worthington Ghost Murder

27 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: March 2, 2017A woman flees to Blackie’s house saying she’s been haunted by a ghost. Original Air Date: March 19, 1946 Suppo...

Boston Blackie: The Li Chow Murder

24 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: February 23, 2017Blackie is urged to stay away from a Chinese restaurant, only to show up and find the owner murdered. Origina...

Boston Blackie: The Thomas Evers Murder

20 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: February 16, 2017A man comes to Blackie’s apartment and promises to murder Thomas Evers and get away with it. Evers is then m...

Boston Blackie: The Auctioned Vase Mystery

17 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: February 9, 2017Blackie buys a vase for Mary at an auction and the losing bidder is willing to commit murder to get possession ...

Boston Blackie: The Benson Murder

13 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: February 2, 2017A man who murdered his wife is acquitted in court. At the request of his brother, Blackie sets out to prove hi...

Boston Blackie: The Condon Ransom

10 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: January 26, 2017The father of a kidnapped woman asks Blackie to deliver his daughter’s ransom. Original Air Date: February 1...

Boston Blackie: The Brandon Murder

06 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: January 19, 2017Several people call Blackie “Mr. Peterkin” and refuse to let him pay for a meal, a cab ride, and a gold wa...

Boston Blackie: The Williams Inheritance Case

03 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: January 12, 2017A witness changes his story on the witness stand and accuses Faraday of making him say he witnessed a murder. ...

Boston Blackie: The Disappearing Body

30 May 2025

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Original Release Date: January 5, 2017Blackie tells Mary not to look in his kitchen. When she does she finds a body. Original Air Date: January 22, 1...

Boston Blackie: The Murdered Sword Swallower

27 May 2025

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Original Release Date: December 29, 2016Blackie and Mary attend a carnival and witness the murder of a sword swallower. Original Air Date: January 3,...

Boston Blackie: Blackie, Santa Claus and The Stolen Rings

23 May 2025

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Original Release Date: December 22, 2016Blackie catches an accused thief but finds the rings he stole have disappeared. Original Air Date: December 1...

Boston Blackie: The Masters Diamond Case

20 May 2025

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Original Release Date: December 15, 2016Blackie is attending a party and the host’s mother is killed and the family’s valuable necklace is stolen...

Boston Blackie: The Television Roundtable Murder

16 May 2025

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Original Release Date: December 8, 2016Blackie and Mary are watching on television as a man is murdered on a roundtable forum where Farraday is a pan...

Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies

13 May 2025

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Original Release Date: December 1, 2016Blackie agrees to be a technical adviser on a crime film and then has to solve a murder. Original Air Date: De...

Boston Blackie: Robert Atkins, Jewel Thief

09 May 2025

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Original Release Date: November 24, 2016A fired servant boasts of stealing $50,000 in jewels from a doctor’s family but no one can find the necklac...

Boston Blackie: The Simmons Construction Company Murder

06 May 2025

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Original Release Date: November 17, 2016Blackie tries to solve the unexplained murder of a construction worker while laid up suffering from laryngiti...

Boston Blackie: Blackie is Kidnapped

02 May 2025

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Original Release Date: November 10, 2016Blackie is kidnapped for his knowledge where stolen loot is and it’s a race against time for Mary, Shorty, ...

Boston Blackie: Murder in the Music Room

29 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: November 3, 2016The melody-writing member of a feuding song-writing duo is murdered and Blackie is near the scene of the crime...

Boston Blackie: Amnesia Victim

24 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: October 27, 2016A man who had a case of amnesia asks Blackie determined whether he killed a man during the period he can’t r...

Boston Blackie: Mary Disappears

22 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: October 20, 2016Mary has to go undercover on a farm 200 miles from the city when Shorty is arrested for a crime committed by a...

Boston Blackie: The Richards Murder

18 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: October 13, 2016A friend of Blackie’s is murdered after Blackie examined a diamond he purchased and Farraday tags Blackie as...

Boston Blackie: The Murdered Boxer

15 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: October 6, 2016A champion boxer who was expected to throw a fight doesn’t and then is murdered and Blackie is arrested. Orig...

Boston Blackie: Imitation Diamond Bracelet

11 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: September 29, 2016A jeweler friend of Blackie’s finds an expensive diamond has been replaced with a copy. Original Air Date: ...

Boston Blackie: Charlie Kingston's Unlucky at Cards

07 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: September 22, 2016A friend of Blackie’s loses a valuable diamond he left in a card game but when he arrives at Blackie’s a...

Boston Blackie: Blood on Blackie Sleeve

04 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: September 15, 2016A man promised to kill Blackie within 24 hours of being released from prison. Blackie faces blackmail when t...

Boston Blackie: Bill Crane, Attorney

01 Apr 2025

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Original Release Date: September 8, 2016An attorney asks for Blackie’s help to clear a client facing a perjury charge after the one person who coul...

Boston Blackie: Blackie Steals a Necklace for Charity

28 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: September 1, 2016An elderly woman asks Blackie to steal an ugly family heirloom from her safe and give the money to charity. O...

Boston Blackie: The Evelyn Jones Murder

25 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: August 25, 2016Boston Blackie helps a woman deal with a troublesome blackmailer, murder results, but when Blackie brings the p...

Boston Blackie: The Hypnotic Murder

21 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: August 18, 2016Blackie gets in hot water with Farraday when he takes the gun of a friend of Mary Wesley’s who has confessed ...

Boston Blackie: Mary All at Sea

18 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: August 11, 2016Blackie goes on a boat to see Mary off and finds a body in her cabin and is accused of murder. Original Air Dat...

Boston Blackie: The Case of the Three-Way Split

14 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: August 4, 2016Boston Blackie visits an apartment and finds a dead body, and Farraday gives Blackie 24 hours to clear up the cas...

Boston Blackie: Blackie's Car Kills a Woman

11 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: July 28, 2016Someone stole Blackie’s car and used it to commit murder. Blackie sets out to discover who did it. Original Air...

Boston Blackie: The Worthington Pearls

07 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: July 21, 2016Just as he’s about to be searched by Farraday over another theft he hasn’t committed, Blackie learns the stol...

Boston Blackie: Blackie Jilts Mary

04 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: July 14, 2016After two weeks of not seeing her, Blackie shows up to tell Mary he wants nothing to do with her and Mary wants t...

Boston Blackie: The Larry Brown Case

28 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: July 7, 2016Larry Brown owes Boston Blackie $100 and tells Blackie to go to a hotel to pick it up, Blackie sends a man who wan...

Boston Blackie: Sam Bellows is Dead

25 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: June 30, 2016Boston Blackie needs to see a man who won’t answer the door. Blackie tells Farraday he killed the man in order ...

Boston Blackie: Oscar Wolfe, Troublemaker

21 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: June 23, 2016Blackie threatens Oscar Wolfe to get him to stop harassing a woman and a friend of Blackie. Wolfe is found dead ...

Boston Blackie: Mrs. Boston Blackie

18 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: June 16, 2016A friend of Blackie’s is blackmailed by a woman named Mrs. Boston Blackie. Original Air Date: June 4, 1945Suppor...

Boston Blackie: Bill Blaine's Legacy

14 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: June 9, 2016A wealthy man blackmails Boston Blackie into protecting him from his family, one of whom he’s convinced will try ...

Boston Blackie: Blackie Covers for Mary

07 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: June 2, 2016Mary confronts an ex-boyfriend with Blackie’s gun. When she returns the gun with a spent shell and Blackie finds ...

Boston Blackie: The Murder of John Walters

31 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: May 26, 2016Blackie goes for a pleasant walk in the park and discovers a dead body. Original Air Date: May 2, 1945Support the s...

Boston Blackie: The Wentworth Diamonds

24 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: May 19, 2016A crook plans to steal a collection of valuable diamonds and frame Blackie for the crime. Original Air Date: April ...

Boston Blackie: The Missing String of Pearls

17 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: May 12, 2016Boston Blackie is accused of stealing a pearl necklace from a jewelry store he frequents, and he discovers behind i...

Boston Blackie: Alice Manletter, Dead or Alive

10 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: May 5, 2016Boston Blackie is supposed to show a friend’s niece around New York City, but another man picks her up, and Blacki...

Boston Blackie: The Devon Caretaker Murder

27 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: April 28, 2016Boston Blackie is arrested coming out of a restaurant and accused of murdering a caretaker at an estate. Original...

Boston Blackie: Black Market Blackie

20 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: April 21, 2016Boston Blackie helps out a woman who owns a ranch and cattle shipping company who is being coerced by black marke...

Boston Blackie: Star of the Nile

13 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: April 14, 2016Boston Blackie is accused of stealing a jewel on a train. He’s cleared but quickly drawn into a web of intrigue...

Boston Blackie: 50 Hunter Street

06 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: April 7, 2016A friend’s business faces foreclosure unless Blackie visits a mysterious house on Hunter Street.Original Air Dat...

Boston Blackie: The Jonathan Diamond

29 Nov 2024

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Original Release Date: March 31, 2016Boston Blackie is arrested when a woman falsely accuses him of stealing $10,000 so she can get his help in recove...

Boston Blackie: The Professor and Rufus Blow a Safe

20 Feb 2020

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Original Release Date: February 20, 2020A scientific criminal blows a safe inside a bank at the same a construction crew is doing demolition. Original...

Boston Blackie: The Ma Vie Perfume Company Murders

13 Feb 2020

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Original Release Date: February 13, 2020A perfume company salesman is killed so that an imposter can sell fake perfume to the company’s suppliers. O...

Boston Blackie: Pudgy and the Stolen Car and Tire Racket

06 Feb 2020

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Original Release Date: February 6, 2020Blackie is injured after commandeering a motorcycle to chase down a robber. Original Air Date: June 1, 1949Supp...

Boston Blackie: Blackie, Mary, and The Canyon Resort Murders

30 Jan 2020

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Original Release Date: January 30, 2020Following a tip, Blackie and Mary go undercover at a dude ranch. Original Air Date: May 25, 1949Support the sho...

Boston Blackie: The Imperial Oil Company Racket

23 Jan 2020

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Original Release Date: January 23, 2020A racketeer hires a high-priced hit woman to kill Boston Blackie as he fears Blackie is wise to his racket. Ori...

Boston Blackie: Nobody at the Door

16 Jan 2020

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Original Release Date: January 16, 2020In quick succession, there’s a knock at the Blackie’s door with no one there, a telephone call with no on o...

Boston Blackie: Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Bus

09 Jan 2020

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Original Release Date: January 9, 2020A man is murdered on a tour bus in broad daylight. Original Air Date: May 4, 1949Support the show monthly at p...

Boston Blackie: The Construction Contractor Murders

26 Dec 2019

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Original Release Date: December 26, 2019A feud between two contractors turns murderous. Original Air Date: April 27, 1949Support the show monthly at ...

Boston Blackie: Blackie, Santa Claus and The Stolen Rings

19 Dec 2019

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Original Release Date: December 19, 2019Blackie chases a jewel robber on Christmas Eve, but when he catches him the rings the robber has stolen are go...

Boston Blackie: Madame Zina Murdered in a Monkey Costume

12 Dec 2019

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Original Release Date: December 12, 2019A carnival fortune teller tells Blackie death is in his future, and then Blackie finds her dead. Original Air ...