Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder 05/14/1946
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
26 min
5 speakers
4 chapters
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Oh, Blackie, this is the life. Alone with you in a handsome cab at 2 a.m. Who could want anything better?
The horse, maybe. He may be smart and prefer his bed to the
park. Don't
you know it was 2 a.m.?
I can tell by the stars. In the position of the moon... And besides, I just looked at my watch.
Well, at least you impressed our driver. Listen to him
chuckle. Well, I ain't impressed with her telling time of the moon and stars, son. I'm impressed because you're Boston Blackie. You see? You are, ain't you?
Yes, but don't tell your horse. He might
quit. And you must be Miss Wesley, ain't you, lady? My main fault is I'm curious.
Yes, driver, I'm Miss Wesley. That's my main fault, too.
In as much as it's two o'clock, Mary, I think we'd better head for the nearest exit to town. Let's get out of the park, driver. All
right, Mr. Blackie. Oh, and I was just beginning to enjoy this.
Wait a minute. I hear an organ somewhere.
It's the merry-go-round over there. Oh, yes, it is. See the light shining through the trees?
Yes, I do. The merry-go-round running wide open at two o'clock in the morning? This is crazy. Hold it, driver.
Sure, sure. Hold. Hold down. Hold down. Hold up there.
Wait here a minute, driver. Come on, Mary. Let's have a look.
Oh, but I...
The carousel shouldn't be running at this time of night. It should be closed up tight by sundown. Come on.
All right.
You'll wait for us, driver?
How do Blackie and Mary first discover the mysterious midnight carousel?
Sure thing, Mr. Blackie. Sure thing.
Here's a path through the hedge, Mary.
Yeah, I see it. Thanks.
Hey,
look at the carousel.
It's turning.
Yeah, isn't that funny?
I'll say. I wonder where the operator
is. I don't know. There doesn't seem to be anybody.
Mary, there's not a soul here. Nobody in sight.
No, there doesn't seem to be. Now, I can't understand that, Blackie. The lights are on, the organ's playing, and the carousel is turning. And yet...
Yet there isn't anyone around. Mary, I've got an idea that this merry-go-round in front of us has a mystery in back of it.
And now, back to Dick Calmer as Boston Blackie. Enemy to those who make him an enemy. Friend to those who have no friend.
Blackie,
I don't get this at all. I don't either,
Mary. But it gets me. Nobody's on any of the
horses. Look, look. There is a man on one of the horses. There, you see? Coming around from the back.
Oh, I see him.
He'll be right in front of us in a minute.
Hey, you!
He's asleep.
I'll jump on and wake him up.
Careful, darling. Oh, don't
worry. I used to hop only freight trains when I was a kid.
Is the man on the horse asleep? Wait till I come around again and
I'll tell
you. Well, Blackie, what about the man?
He's asleep.
He reads permanently. The guy riding this wooden horse has a bullet in his head.
Hello?
Good morning, Inspector Faraday. Good morning, Inspector. This is Blackie.
Morning, Blackie. Hey, what's the idea? It's dark out.
But it's still morning, pal. Three o'clock in the morning.
Look, you. Can't I even get a good night's sleep?
Oh, can you with a conscience as guilty as yours? But look, Faraday, I've got a little job for you.
Well, save it for morning.
By morning, I'll have it finished myself.
What are you raving about, Blackie?
Murder, Faraday. There's a body with a bullet in its head riding a wooden horse on the merry-go-round in the park. A body dressed in a riding habit.
Blackie, you feel all right?
Just fine, Faraday.
What clue does Blackie find on the carousel that hints at a murder?
Nothing's the matter with you at all?
Not a thing.
Then stop that nonsense and start talking sense.
I don't blame you, Inspector Old Man. It sounds ridiculous even to me. And it'll sound more ridiculous when I tell you who the corpse is. Or was.
Well?
John Van Dorn, the millionaire sportsman.
The best-known horseman in New York, and he's found dead on a wooden horse on a merry-go-round? Well, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Seems silly to me, too, Faraday, but believe me, I'm serious. He's going around and around and around. Blackie,
you're not kidding.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What introduction does Choice Classic Radio give before the story begins?
0:00–2:05
2
How do Blackie and Mary first discover the mysterious midnight carousel?
2:05–4:32
3
What clue does Blackie find on the carousel that hints at a murder?
4:32–6:18
4
How does Inspector Faraday become involved in the Merry‑Go‑Round Murder?
6:18–26:23
Speakers
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