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Old Time Detectives

Boston Blackie - The Brandon Jewel Robbery

14 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the Brandon Jewel Robbery about?

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64.848 - 69.574 Mary Wesley

Blackie, you're a creature of habit. We have eaten in this restaurant every Tuesday for weeks, do you know that?

69.614 - 74.601 Boston Blackie

I've got another habit, Mary. I pay the check when we're through eating, like now. Let's go, hon.

75.161 - 75.542 Mary Wesley

I'm ready.

75.922 - 79.046 Boston Blackie

All right, better take you straight home if you want to be there before your cousin arrives.

79.066 - 80.889 Mary Wesley

Oh, well, she'll wait for me, I hope.

Chapter 2: How does Blackie get involved in the mystery?

245.941 - 261.008 Boston Blackie

But I couldn't take the money from Mr. Peterkin. Maybe you can't take it from Mr. Peterkin, but you can take it from me. And take it from me, you're taking that $90. Here. And do me a favor, will you? Believe my name is Boston Blackie. Do you understand?

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261.048 - 268.161 Inspector Faraday

Of course I understand. Your name is Boston Blackie, Mr. Peterkin.

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274.638 - 294.228 Mary Wesley

Oh, Mary, the watch is beautiful. You shouldn't have done it. You really like it, Trudy? Like it? It's the most beautiful watch I've ever seen. You've certainly spent a lot of money on just an ordinary cousin. I haven't spent it yet. Blackie got it, and I haven't paid him for it. And besides, you're not just an ordinary cousin. Oh, it's lovely, Mary.

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294.449 - 310.498 Mary Wesley

Oh, oh, I told Blackie not to have it engraved for you. Until after you'd seen it, that is. Now, now, be honest with me, Trudy. Is it really the kind of watch you like? Oh, who wouldn't like a watch like this? Well, all right, then. You can have it engraved this evening. Frankie said he got it at Brandon's. That's not far from here. We can run right over.

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310.518 - 328.496 Mary Wesley

Oh, I'd like to, Mary, but my train leaves at midnight, and there are some things I have to do downtown before train time. Oh, I see. I'll have it engraved when I get back. Well, all right. I guess that... Wait a minute. I can take it over to Brandon's for you. I can have it engraved and send it to you. Well, Mary, would you take it over to the jeweler's for me? That'd be wonderful. Well, sure.

328.536 - 364.675 Mary Wesley

Let's see. It's eight o'clock now. I can take the watch to Brandon's right away, call for it tomorrow, and send it to you then. You're sure it won't be too much trouble? Trouble? This, Trudy, promises to be the least troublesome night of my life. Knock on wood. Oh, Blackie, please be home. Please. Oh, Blackie, please, please. Hello? Oh, oh, Blackie, this is Mary.

365.837 - 366.758 Boston Blackie

Hello, Mary. How'd your cousin like the watch?

366.778 - 376.873 Mary Wesley

Never mind about the watch. Come down to Brandon's jewelry store and right away. What's the matter? Plenty. Mr. Brandon... Oh, Blackie. Mr. Brandon's dead.

377.193 - 377.934 Boston Blackie

Brandon's dead?

Chapter 3: What clues lead to the discovery of the murder?

444.825 - 446.988 Boston Blackie

You were just about to send for one of your gang.

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447.248 - 454.959 Inspector Faraday

I have a lock to this store a few minutes ago sent for me. I forgot to throw the alarm switch and we got a signal at our headquarters. What's the matter down here?

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455.62 - 470.802 Boston Blackie

Do you know the owner of the store? Sure, Sam Brandon. Would you know him if you saw him dead? Huh? Dead? Where? Turn your flashlight over there, at the aisle between the two counters. Like this? I don't see him. Is that Sam Brandon?

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471.423 - 477.148 Inspector Faraday

He sure is. Don't move, either of you. You're both taking a little ride to police headquarters.

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484.614 - 487.857 Robert Winston

Frankie, you're here at police headquarters so much, you'll remain a sergeant soon.

488.309 - 491.573 Inspector Faraday

I'm not surprised to find you here. But, Miss Wesley, you're something new.

492.034 - 495.237 Mary Wesley

Inspector Faraday, you don't think we killed Mr. Brandon, do you?

495.498 - 506.091 Inspector Faraday

Of course he does, Mary. Doesn't he always? I most certainly don't think you killed him. Faraday... But I'm plenty sore at you, Blackie. And disappointed in you, Miss Wesley. Don't either of you know better than to get mixed up in these things?

506.211 - 508.454 Mary Wesley

Well, when I found the body, I didn't know what to do.

Chapter 4: Who are the key suspects in the robbery and murder?

682.108 - 704.606 Inspector Faraday

It was such a shame, a terrible thing. The papers say it was murder. Is that so? Yes, I'm afraid it was. Did you deliver any of the pieces of jewelry here on my list to Brandon? Let me see. Yes. Okay. How many of those pieces did you deliver, Mr. Jackson? Why, why, all of them. I was afraid of that. Afraid? How do you mean, sir?

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704.726 - 719.949 Inspector Faraday

Brandon insured them against theft with us, and they're all missing $100,000 worth. Good heavens, Mr. Winston. I gave those jewels to Mr. Brandon on consignment. Am I to lose all that money? No, no, of course not. My company will pay every cent Brandon owes. But if I'm not paid, I will be ruined. Don't worry, Mr. Jackson. You'll get paid.

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719.989 - 744.178 Inspector Faraday

But first, I'm going to see Inspector Faraday and get him to charge Boston Blackie and Mary Wesley with murder and robbery. Look, Inspector Faraday, here's a list of the stuff that's missing from Brandon's store. Look at the size of it. I see the size of it, Winston. Then why did you let Blackie and the Wesley girl go? Because I know they didn't rob Brandon's store. Or kill Brandon. Look.

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744.458 - 760.966 Inspector Faraday

Did you do your job at least up to the point of searching Blackie and the Wesley woman before you let them go? Sure, but that was just routine. Do you have a list of what you found on them? Right here on my desk. All they had on them were their own personal possessions. Let me see the list. Help yourself to it. Like he had a pocket knife, small coins, various bills.

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762.007 - 781.911 Inspector Faraday

And, but the usual stuff you always find in a man's pocket. And now will you be happy? Yeah, let's see the list of Miss Wesley's things. Yeah, what a list it is. Why do women carry all that junk? She had a silver comb, silver wristwatch, lipstick powder, various bills, small coins. Gold Ajax wristwatch. Well, so what? So look on this list.

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How can I help? It's a question I ask my patients every day. It's a question I ask myself. One thing I've learned is that I can help even more when I can easily connect with physios, pediatricians, specialists, nurses, who are all working with me in a healthcare network that takes a wider view of your health. That's VHI, where healthcare connects. So let me rephrase the question. How can we help?

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VHI. Because your health means everything.

811.769 - 817.657 Inspector Faraday

The items taken from Brandon's store. One gold Ajax wristwatch. Did you see that gold wristwatch yourself?

817.838 - 818.378 Robert Winston

Yeah, I did.

Chapter 5: What role does the insurance agent play in the investigation?

930.837 - 933.3 Inspector Faraday

That gold wristwatch you had in your bag.

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933.48 - 936.936 Mary Wesley

Oh, that. It was bought at Brandon's by Boston Blackie.

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936.956 - 943.582 Inspector Faraday

I had it in my purse... Never mind how you got it, Miss Wesley. Do you lie to somebody else? This watch is stolen property. Get your hat and coat. You're under arrest.

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943.602 - 947.366 Mary Wesley

Now, just a minute, Mr. Winston. Blackie, are you still there?

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947.386 - 949.047 Boston Blackie

Yes, Mary, I'm here. I heard everything.

949.328 - 950.028 Mary Wesley

What do I do now?

950.489 - 979.054 Boston Blackie

Go to headquarters with Winston. He won't be there long. Somehow I feel Mr. Petikin is mixed up in this, and I'm going to find out how before I get mixed up entirely. Closing my favorite restaurant rather early tonight, aren't you? Oh, you. Yes, Mr. Petikin, remember?

979.114 - 981.438 Inspector Faraday

What's the idea of the gun?

982.2 - 983.883 Boston Blackie

What was the idea of calling me Mr. Petikin?

Chapter 6: How does Blackie uncover the truth behind the robbery?

1125.504 - 1125.985 Robert Winston

Hello? Hello?

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1132.782 - 1146.158 Inspector Faraday

Blackie, I've been looking everywhere for you. Well, I haven't been everywhere, Faraday. Maybe that's why you didn't find me. Look, Winston made me put Miss Wesley in jail, and he wants you. I know that. Well, I hope you know something else. I'm going to arrest you, but I don't want it.

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1146.539 - 1160.656 Boston Blackie

Oh, go ahead and arrest me, Faraday. I won't mind. If you book me under the name Peterkin. Peterkin? What are you talking about? A little plot to make it look as if I robbed Brandon's jewelry store. It's a crazy story, Faraday.

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1161.183 - 1180.598 Boston Blackie

Brandon paid a restaurant cashier and a cab driver to call me Mr. Peterkin and refuse to take money from me. Why? So that when I walked into his store an hour later, and he called me Mr. Peterkin and refused to take money for his watch, I'd walk out without a sales slip. That's all he needed to make it appear that the watch was stolen, which he was going to claim later.

1181.099 - 1185.908 Robert Winston

When you said that was a crazy story, you were making an understatement. I can't believe a thing like that, Blackie.

1186.268 - 1204.737 Boston Blackie

Look, Faraday, of all the stuff stolen from Brandon, what's turned up? Only the watch found on Miss Wesley. That backs up my story, because all Brandon needed to establish the fact that his store had been robbed was to have the police find one missing article. He wanted to establish the fact that his store had been robbed? Blackie, that sounds as if Brandon robbed his own place.

1205.157 - 1211.507 Boston Blackie

I think he was in on the deal, Faraday. And the merchandise supposedly stolen is just hidden somewhere.

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of the missing property? Sure, right here. Look at the length of it. But Blackie, if Brandon robbed his own store, why was he killed?

Chapter 7: What surprising twist occurs during the investigation?

1418.711 - 1440.747 Boston Blackie

Mr. Jackson is everything, my friend. Hurry, we'll be waiting for you. You should have seen Jackson's face when Faraday walked in, Mary. It was wonderful.

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1440.767 - 1443.27 Mary Wesley

How long did it take Jackson to confess to Brandon's murder?

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1443.39 - 1444.13 Boston Blackie

About five minutes.

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1445.372 - 1446.553 Mary Wesley

Why did he kill him?

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1446.573 - 1448.254 Boston Blackie

To keep from splitting the insurance money with him.

1448.675 - 1451.938 Mary Wesley

And he killed Brandon just after you left with the watch you bought for me.

1454.84 - 1468.11 Boston Blackie

When I left Brandon's store without a sales slip for that watch, Jackson was in the back and Brandon told him the plan had worked. And then all Brandon had to do was to call the police and tell them his store had been robbed. That was the moment Jackson was waiting for.

1468.531 - 1472.123 Mary Wesley

I'm surprised you got away posing as Mr. Blackburn when you talked to Jackson.

1472.143 - 1474.471 Boston Blackie

Oh, I am a wonderful actor.

Chapter 8: How does the story conclude for Blackie and Mary?

1525.7 - 1527.002 Bill Jackson

Mr. Peterkin.

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