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Boston Blackie presents “Larry the Kid Vs Savinni,” originally broadcast March 4, 1947. Episode 112 stars Richard Kollmar as Boston Blackie and is also known as “The $10,000 Dive.”

Prizefighter Larry Dawes, “The Kid,” is offered $10,000 to throw his upcoming bout with Savinni. When Larry refuses and seeks Blackie’s help, the detective is drawn into a dangerous fight-fixing scheme involving gambling money, intimidation, and powerful pressure to keep the boxer out of the ring.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
27:54 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Broken Clock Murder,” originally broadcast January 12, 1949, is episode 209 of the detective series. Richard Kollmar stars as Boston Blackie in this Mutual Broadcasting System presentation.

Harry Baker pays Blackie $5,000 for the unusual privilege of spending a night in his apartment. By morning, every clock and watch has been smashed, the radio and telephone are disabled, and Baker is desperate to learn the time. When he flees into danger, Blackie and Inspector Farraday follow the trail to Club Simpson. The episode also features newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, Kollmar’s real-life wife.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
25:31 Closing

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Boston Blackie presents “Joe Nelson’s Pet Shop Gambling Scheme,” episode 128, originally broadcast June 25, 1947. In this Richard Kollmar-era installment, Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with Jan Miner as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

Ex-con Joe Nelson is trying to run an honest pet shop when pressure mounts to turn its back room into a gambling operation. After Nelson turns to Blackie for help, the detective is drawn into a dangerous case that leads from his own apartment back to the pet shop and the racket surrounding it.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
27:49 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “The Devon Caretaker Murder,” originally broadcast July 28, 1944, is episode 6 of the 1944 NBC summer series. Chester Morris stars as Blackie, with Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday.

When the caretaker of the Devon Estate is murdered, evidence points toward Blackie. Determined to clear his name, he follows a trail from the Savoy Café to a recently sold country estate, where ransacked rooms and a concealed gun collection suggest that more is at stake than a single killing. The program was sponsored by Rinso.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
30:08 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Tv Poisoning,” originally broadcast December 20, 1945, is episode 49. Richard Kollmar stars as Blackie, with Jan Minor as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

Blackie and Mary borrow an apartment with an early television set to watch Inspector Farraday appear on a live civic forum. When a prominent civic leader suddenly collapses during the broadcast, Blackie investigates an apparently impossible poisoning amid a bitter city-contracts dispute.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
27:07 Closing

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Boston Blackie presents “Dead Aunt Sarah,” episode 143, originally broadcast October 8, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful detective, with Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

When wealthy Aunt Sarah’s apparent suicide raises troubling questions, Blackie follows a trail of suspicious family connections and a carefully arranged alibi purchased for $1,000. As the story’s conflicting accounts deepen, he must determine what really lies behind Aunt Sarah’s death.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
25:01 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Blackie Kidnapped,” originally broadcast November 22, 1945, is episode 45 of the classic crime-detective series. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with Jan Miner as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

After Blackie learns a vital clue connected to the Egersville Bank robbery, the Johnson mob decides he knows too much. As his friends Mary, Shorty, and Inspector Farraday search for him, Blackie faces a dangerous race against time in this brisk 1945 mystery from the Richard Kollmar-era syndicated series.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
27:06 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “The Murdered Truck Driver” (Episode 79), originally broadcast July 16, 1946. This Richard Kollmar-era syndicated mystery features Kollmar as Boston Blackie and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

After truck driver Mark Crane is killed in the hijacking of his vehicle, his widow turns to Blackie for help. As Inspector Farraday questions the trucking company’s owner and its foreman-dispatcher, Blackie tackles the case’s most baffling detail: the hijacked truck was empty. Also known as “The Linda Crane Case” and “Empty Truck Hijacked.”

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
30:43 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Sam Bellows Is Dead,” originally broadcast June 18, 1945, is episode 24 of the detective series starring Richard Kollmar as Blackie. Maurice Tarplin co-stars as Inspector Faraday in this 1945 New York-produced revival, recorded for syndication.

Blackie needs to reach Sam Bellows, but when he tries to draw Inspector Faraday to Bellows’s home, he finds himself caught up in a murder investigation. With suspicion falling on Blackie, the trail leads through Bellows’s household, including a caretaker, nephew, and financial adviser.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
27:25 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “The Old Shoe Clue,” originally broadcast November 5, 1947, is episode 147. In this clue-driven detective adventure, Boston Blackie and Inspector Farraday confront a puzzling delivery tied to a murder case that has remained unsolved for a decade.

A messenger arrives with a supposedly valuable package containing only a worn old shoe—and $1,000 intended to guarantee its delivery to the police. When the shoe appears connected to a preserved footprint from the old Richards murder, Blackie follows the unusual lead and begins searching for answers.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
27:20 Closing

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