Boston Blackie – Retro Radio Podcast

Blackie butts into a murder investigation that Farraday is working on. There even seems to be some gangsters who would like to figure this one out. Blackie checks out the…

A particular thug in town is giving people trouble. His name is Oscar Wolfe, and even Shorty and a gang of his friends want to have a piece of the…

Also called the Manletter Bank Case, or Hunter Street. A secretary is worried that her boss is in trouble, and she goes to get help from Boston Blackie. Is her…

Down on the waterfront a mobster runs the dock, and people who don’t have his approval end up dead. Blackie had been planning a cruise, but as Farraday sees him…

Valuable jewels, beautiful dames, and Boston Blackie are all on a train. A formula for something big to happen. Of course, the jewel comes up missing, and Farraday blames Blackie.…

A racketeer who is recently released from prison draws the attention of Boston Blackie. The racketeer is back to his old tricks of stealing cars, but when Blackie tries to…

A group of jailbirds plan a prison break. Once on the outside, they don’t waste time getting back to work in their old ways. Blackie has a personal reason to…

A couple of gangsters enjoy a vacation to the great outdoors. It’s the perfect time to bump off a rival thug. It’s all about a charity event. Meanwhile Blackie, Mary,…

A scene in deepest darkest Africa, around a native camp fire, a man on safari glimpses at a newspaper to learn that he is dead. Back in civilization, a lady…

Blackie and Farraday are on the phone to talk about having lunch together. For people who seem to hate each other so much, they sure hang out together a lot.…

You may be asking, “Didn’t you already post this one?” It’s very similar to an episode involving a missing office building, but a little different. It does involve Blackie’s friend…

Thugs do a job to kill a man by tossing a bomb into his window. Boston Blackie shows up at the crime scene to do his own investigating. Blackie finds…

Mary talks with her old boyfriend. She tries to break up, and he thinks she is jilting him for Boston Blackie. When he tries to get rough, she pulls a…

A thunderstorm is rolling into town. It seems to be an ideal setting to dump a body. A doctor approaches Boston Blackie about the body that was found, and apparently…

Listen in and witness as the cops break in on Barton, in an attempt to take him back to prison. It leads to Barton’s escape, and the cops being gunned…

Blackie and Mary are hot on the heals of a thief when their car breaks down. Dropping Mary off at a gas station, Blackie commandeers a motorcycle,only to crash it…

The show opens to a murder scene, when a man proposes to marry his yung gal, her mom puts an end to it by killing the suitor. I guess the…

A gang of thugs have had enough of Boston Blackie, and decide to pull out their secret weapon to use against him. The not so bright crooks on the street…

Blackie, Mary, and Farraday are on the town on Christmas Eve. Their holiday fun is disturbed when a burglar flees from a jewelry store. When he’s caught, the four gold…

The phone rings in Boston Blackies office, but nobody is there. Then theire’s a knock at the door, but nobody’s there. Only an envelope, but it’s empty too. What’s going…

A sightseeing tour bus takes a group through Chinatown, and a murdered body is found. At an auction house, the bossis being blackmailed by the killer, but the killer becomes…

Police Inspector Farraday is about to go off duty when a strange case of murder falls onto his lap. Of course, he immediately sends for Boston Blackie to see what…

Two thugs plan on stealing a set of famous pearls. They must be some popular gems, because elsewhere, other gangsters make similar plans. When safe crackers attack, the worried butler…

Blackie shops for jewelry, but it’s all way too expensive. The clerk has a special deal. A necklace worth $10000 that he’ll let go for just 10 cents. Hey, it’s…

A couple of thugs have a bank robbery planned. Rufus is the henchman, and the professor has the plan organized to the minute. Their crime isn’t even noticed until the…

Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. Boston Blackie spends some casual time with Mary when their friend Shorty arrives with news.…

As we listen to a married couple bicker, we learn the husband is hiding out from the mob, but it doesn’t work. Boston Blackie, the enemy of those who make…

Larry is a boxer who is approached to take a dive. The mob prefers their man, Savini, but will the boxer go through with it? Where can he turn? With…

Blackie has a friend named Joe Joe, and he needs the help that only Blackie can give. As a go between, Blackie goes to Farraday to warn of a planned…

As Faraday is in the middle of interrogating a suspect, Boston Blackie enters, and takes the man away. What is he, nuts? No, just certain that Farraday has the wrong…

Mary approaches Boston Blackie about talking to a publisher friend. She wants him to plug a song that her cousin wrote. Blackie actually plays piano and sings a few bars.…

Having some fun at a carnival, Blackie and Mary decide to try out a fortune telling machine. The madam in the machine promises to foretell Blackie’s future, and impending death.…

A man and a woman who seem to be anything but a pair of thugs, enter a jewelry store to steal a watch, and kill the store owner. The reason…

At the scene of a murder, Faraday finds evidence to indicate that his favorite target, Boston Blackie, was on the scene. Though Blackie doesn’t deny the connection that was uncovered,…

On a cruise ship, Boston Blackie helps Mary get settled in, but find that she has a body for a bunkmate. Farraday immediately suspects that Blackie somehow did it. Who…

A letter arrives for Blackie from an old flame. Will the news make Mary jealous? Why is Ann asking for $5000? The story unfolds, and it sounds very familiar to…

When Blackie takes his car to his mechanic, he learns the hard way that the automobile was used in a hit and run that killed a woman the night before.…

Valuable pearls are missing, and Inspector Farraday thinks his favorite suspect did it. He’s out to prove that Blackie did it with a vengeance. If Blackie didn’t steal the pearls,…

Is Blackie on the outs with his gal Mary? Even Shorty seems to hold secrets from Mary. The break up has to do with some nasty racketeers who Blackie is…

Before leaving town, Larry Brown pays off a debt he owes to Boston Blackie. Shorty is sent to the bank, but manages to get sidetracked. He has to let Blackie…

Political scandal threatens a candidate to drop out of the race. A woman claiming to be Mrs Boston Blackie is behind the blackmail scam. The story is that the man…

Bill Blain writes a will that in the event of his murder, none of his relatives inherit a thing. Elsewhere, Boston Blackie is dining out with Mary, when their meal…

A gang of thugs meet to develop their evil plans, but how does Boston Blackie fit in? As Blackie and Mary enjoy a quiet moments, Shorty rushes in to spill…

Tossing darts together, Boston Blackie tries to get his pal, Inspector Faraday to investigat a murder. A crippled man, Sam Bellows is dead, and of course, Faraday pins it on…

A little band of convicts have just been released, and are now getting back together to find their hidden loot. When a problem develops, the female gang member goes to…

A gangster calls on another to extort some cash from him, concerning a single dollar bill. What can be so valuable about the dollar? It’s big enough to lead to…

When Blackie takes his car to his mechanic, he learns the hard way that the automobile was used in a hit and run that killed a woman the night before.…