Boston Blackie – Retro Radio Podcast

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…

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…

Blackie gets a phone call from an old friend about a 15-story office building he just bought. Then overnight, it just disappeared, and all that remains is a vacant lot.…

A radio message arrives in the cockpit of an airplane. The pilot is informed that a wanted criminal is aboard, Boston Blackie. A woman is certain that Blackie stole from…

Mr. Manletter, a big city businessman is called with a notice to pay off on his loan, or be forced to be foreclosed on. He refuses to call Boston Blackie,…

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…