Boston Blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. As originally created by author Jack Boyle, he was a safecracker -- a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective Boston Blackie was "an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend".

The Boston Blackie radio series, starring Chester Morris, began June 23, 1944, on NBC as a summer replacement for The Amos 'n' Andy Show. Sponsored by Rinso, the series continued until September 15 of that year. Unlike the concurrent films, Blackie had a steady romantic interest in the radio show -- Lesley Woods appeared as Blackie's girlfriend Mary Wesley. Harlow Wilcox was the show's announcer.

On April 11, 1945, Richard Kollmar took over the title role in a radio series syndicated by Frederic W. Ziv to Mutual and other network outlets. Over 200 episodes of this series were produced between 1944 and October 25, 1950. Other sponsors included Lifebuoy Soap, Champagne Velvet beer, and R&H beer. While investigating mysteries, Blackie invaribly encountered harebrained Police Inspector Farraday (Maurice Tarplin) and always solved the mystery to Farraday's amazement.

Initially, friction surfaced in the relationship between Blackie and Farraday, but as the series continued, Farraday recognized Blackie's talents and requested assistance. Blackie dated Mary Wesley (Jan Miner), and for the first half of the series, his best pal Shorty was always on hand. The humorless Farraday was on the receiving end of Blackie's bad puns and word play.

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1 Boston Blackie 44-06-23 (001) The Jonathan Diamond (aka-The Rockwell Diamond) - 29:46

2 Boston Blackie 44-06-30 (002) The Manletter Bank Case (aka-Fifty Hunter Street) - 29:29

3 Boston Blackie 44-07-14 (004) Star of the Nile - 28:24

4 Boston Blackie 44-07-21 (005) Black Market Blackie (aka-Black Market Meat Ring) - 28:35

5 Boston Blackie 44-07-28 (006) The Devon Caretaker Murder (aka-The Caretaker Of Devon Estate) - 29:31

6 Boston Blackie 44-08-04 (007) Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive) - 29:47

7 Boston Blackie 44-08-11 (008) The Missing String of Pearls (aka-Old Lady Forced To Steal) - 28:38

8 Boston Blackie 45-04-25 (016) The Wentworth Diamonds - 27:03

9 Boston Blackie 45-05-02 (017) Murder Of John Walters - 24:22

10 Boston Blackie 45-05-09 (018) Cover up for Mary - 26:52

11 Boston Blackie 45-05-16 (019) Uncle Bill Blaine's Legacy - 26:35

12 Boston Blackie 45-06-06 (022) Mrs Boston Blackie - 27:07

13 Boston Blackie 45-06-11 (023) Oscar Wolfe, Troublemaker - 25:53

14 Boston Blackie 45-06-18 (024) Sam Bellows Is Dead - 26:45

15 Boston Blackie 45-06-25 (025) The Larry Brown Case - 25:27

16 Boston Blackie 45-07-02 (026) Blackie Jilts Mary - 26:44

17 Boston Blackie 45-07-09 (027) The Worthington Pearls - 26:52

18 Boston Blackie 45-07-16 (028) Blackie's Car Kills a Woman - 26:28

19 Boston Blackie 45-07-23 (029) The Case of the Three-Way Split - 25:49

20 Boston Blackie 45-07-30 (030) Mary at Sea - 25:38

21 Boston Blackie 45-08-06 (031) Hypnotic Murder - 26:51

22 Boston Blackie 45-08-13 (032) Evelyn Jones Murder - 26:26

23 Boston Blackie 45-08-20 (033) Blackie Steals Necklace for Charity - 27:22

24 Boston Blackie 45-09-13 (036) Bill Crane, Attorney - 26:20

25 Boston Blackie 45-09-20 (037) Blood on Blackie's Sleeve - 27:23

26 Boston Blackie 45-10-04 (038) Kingston Unlucky At Cards - 26:27

27 Boston Blackie 45-10-11 (039) Copy of The Diamond Bracelet - 25:37

28 Boston Blackie 45-10-18 (040) Boxer's Murder Case - 26:48

29 Boston Blackie 45-10-25 (041) Richard's Diamond Case - 25:32

30 Boston Blackie 45-11-01 (042) Mary Disappears - 27:56

31 Boston Blackie 45-11-08 (043) Amnesia Victim - 26:41

32 Boston Blackie 45-11-15 (044) Murder in the Music Room - 25:48

33 Boston Blackie 45-11-22 (045) Blackie Kidnapped - 26:28

34 Boston Blackie 45-11-29 (046) Simmons Construction Murder - 28:43

35 Boston Blackie 45-12-06 (047) Atkins, Jewel Thief - 27:56

36 Boston Blackie 45-12-13 (048) Murder at the Movies - 26:48

37 Boston Blackie 45-12-20 (049) TV Poisoning - 26:18

38 Boston Blackie 45-12-27 (050) The Masters Diamond - 24:05

39 Boston Blackie 46-01-03 (051) The Murdered Sword Swallower - 23:11

40 Boston Blackie 46-01-22 (054) The Disappearing Body - 23:56

41 Boston Blackie 46-01-29 (055) The Jim Williams Inheritance Case - 24:21

42 Boston Blackie 46-02-05 (056) The Brandon Jewel Robbery - 27:08

43 Boston Blackie 46-02-12 (057) The Condon Ransom - 27:02

44 Boston Blackie 46-02-19 (058) Harry Benson Murders His Wife - 27:07

45 Boston Blackie 46-02-26 (059) A Vase Leads to Murder - 26:52

46 Boston Blackie 46-03-05 (060) Tom Evers Murder with an Alibi - 27:00

47 Boston Blackie 46-03-12 (061) Lee Chow Murdered - 26:41

48 Boston Blackie 46-03-19 (062) The Worthington Ghost - 26:29

49 Boston Blackie 46-03-26 (063) Pierre, the Designer - 25:45

50 Boston Blackie 46-04-02 (064) Murder on the Trapeze - 27:27

51 Boston Blackie 46-04-09 (065) Murder on Cedar Street - 26:09

52 Boston Blackie 46-04-16 (066) The Baseball Player Murder - 28:29

53 Boston Blackie 46-04-23 (067) The Stolen Car Ring - 27:24

54 Boston Blackie 46-04-30 (068) The Frances Fielding Murder - 27:25

55 Boston Blackie 46-05-07 (069) The Winthrop Jewel Robberies - 27:16

56 Boston Blackie 46-05-14 (070) The Merry-Go-Round Murder - 26:25

57 Boston Blackie 46-05-21 (071) The Blaine Brothers Pawn Shop Murder - 28:27

58 Boston Blackie 46-05-28 (072) The Escaped Prisoner - 28:32

59 Boston Blackie 46-06-04 (073) Old Man Graham's Wife - 27:25

60 Boston Blackie 46-06-11 (074) The Disappearing Plane - 25:52

61 Boston Blackie 46-06-18 (075) The Hooded Gang Protection Racket - 28:18

62 Boston Blackie 46-06-25 (076) Gambler Joe Garland Killed - 26:18

63 Boston Blackie 46-07-02 (077) Uncle Frank Murdered by Joe Parker - 26:44

64 Boston Blackie 46-07-09 (078) The Skating Rink Murders - 29:47

65 Boston Blackie 46-07-16 (079) The Murdered Truck Driver - 30:01

66 Boston Blackie 46-07-23 (080) The Murdering Cuckoo Clock - 26:18

67 Boston Blackie 46-07-30 (081) Murder Aboard Ship - 24:38

68 Boston Blackie 46-08-06 (082) Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case - 28:36

69 Boston Blackie 46-08-13 (083) The Diamond Smugglers - 29:16

70 Boston Blackie 46-08-20 (084) Jealous Partners and Arson - 27:56

71 Boston Blackie 46-08-27 (085) The Rockwell Diamond - 26:20

72 Boston Blackie 46-09-03 (086) The Stolen Rare Book - 26:49

73 Boston Blackie 46-09-10 (087) The Backstage Murder - 27:47

74 Boston Blackie 46-09-17 (088) The Apartment Swindler - 27:53

75 Boston Blackie 46-09-24 (089) The Abbott Painting - 27:07

76 Boston Blackie 46-10-01 (090) The Undersea Murder - 27:39

77 Boston Blackie 46-10-08 (091) Murdered Show Dog Owner - 27:26

78 Boston Blackie 46-10-15 (092) Murder at the Rodeo - 27:44

79 Boston Blackie 46-10-22 (093) Farady Shot - 26:50

80 Boston Blackie 46-10-29 (094) Granny's Witchcraft - 26:04

81 Boston Blackie 46-11-05 (095) A New Face for Joe Harvey - 25:16

82 Boston Blackie 46-11-12 (096) Only One Way out for Me - 27:55

83 Boston Blackie 46-11-19 (097) 50,000 Dollar Necklace - 27:26

84 Boston Blackie 46-11-26 (098) The Lenny Powell Murder - 27:32

85 Boston Blackie 46-12-03 (099) Blackie Goes to Jail for Diamond Theft - 27:18

86 Boston Blackie 46-12-10 (100) Mary, Registered Nurse - 27:31

87 Boston Blackie 46-12-17 (101) Voice Impersonator - 27:49

88 Boston Blackie 46-12-24 (102) The Derailed Gold Train - 28:06

89 Boston Blackie 46-12-31 (103) Carl Browning Cleaning Shop - 27:52

90 Boston Blackie 47-01-07 (104) Jack Small Alias Bill Bigelow - 26:34

91 Boston Blackie 47-01-14 (105) Blackie and the Fur Thefts - 26:45

92 Boston Blackie 47-01-21 (106) The Search for Jim Gary - 26:15

93 Boston Blackie 47-01-28 (107) Jacques Pierre and the Diamonds - 27:43

94 Boston Blackie 47-02-04 (108) The Peters Mix-Up - 27:12

95 Boston Blackie 47-02-11 (109) Jailbirds Murdoch and Dawson - 27:39

96 Boston Blackie 47-02-18 (110) 7 Years Bad Luck for Florence Wells - 26:56

97 Boston Blackie 47-02-25 (111) Joe Delivers the Goods - 27:28

98 Boston Blackie 47-03-04 (112) Larry the Kid vs Savinni - 27:09

99 Boston Blackie 47-03-11 (113) 10th Street Gym and Stolen Car Ring - 27:20

100 Boston Blackie 47-03-18 (114) Sam Fisher's Past - 27:12

101 Boston Blackie 47-03-25 (115) Horseroom Thefts - 27:51

102 Boston Blackie 47-04-01 (116) The Bus to Valley Junction - 27:55

103 Boston Blackie 47-04-08 (117) Aggie Rogers Murder - 27:58

104 Boston Blackie 47-04-15 (118) Phonograph Murder - 27:40

105 Boston Blackie 47-04-22 (119) Millicent Bromley Kidnapped - 27:38

106 Boston Blackie 47-04-29 (120) Baseball and Gambling - 27:45

107 Boston Blackie 47-05-07 (121) Mrs Peterson's Insurance Policy - 26:30

108 Boston Blackie 47-05-14 (122) Joe Adams Drowned - 26:58

109 Boston Blackie 47-05-21 (123) Blackie Breaks into Prison - 26:43

110 Boston Blackie 47-05-28 (124) The Ghost of Florence Newton - 28:10

111 Boston Blackie 47-06-04 (125) Eva Cronin Is Stalked - 26:18

112 Boston Blackie 47-06-11 (126) Blackie Shoots a Watchman - 27:39

113 Boston Blackie 47-06-18 (127) Crooked Carver Brother - 27:43

114 Boston Blackie 47-06-25 (128) Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme - 27:06

115 Boston Blackie 47-07-02 (129) Johnny Burns' Imported Wool - 26:23

116 Boston Blackie 47-07-09 (130) Death Comes to the Harmonica Man - 27:49

117 Boston Blackie 47-07-16 (131) The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery - 27:23

118 Boston Blackie 47-07-23 (132) Blackie's Body in Wax - 26:45

119 Boston Blackie 47-07-30 (133) Poetry in My Soul - 27:45

120 Boston Blackie 47-08-06 (134) The Butcher Boy Gang - 27:14

121 Boston Blackie 47-08-13 (135) Burning His House Behind Him - 27:26

122 Boston Blackie 47-08-20 (136) Murder of John Austin - 27:21

123 Boston Blackie 47-08-27 (137) Buckley Protection Agency - 28:03

124 Boston Blackie 47-09-03 (138) Fifty Dollar Shoeshine - 26:11

125 Boston Blackie 47-09-10 (139) Lighthouse Ghost - 27:27

126 Boston Blackie 47-09-17 (140) Case of the Exploding Car - 25:47

127 Boston Blackie 47-09-24 (141) Old 86 Is Missing - 25:47

128 Boston Blackie 47-10-01 (142) Death Wish - 26:33

129 Boston Blackie 47-10-08 (143) Dead Aunt Sarah - 24:12

130 Boston Blackie 47-10-15 (144) Joe Crain, Hired Killer - 26:17

131 Boston Blackie 47-10-22 (145) Mid-Air Diamond Theft - 25:40

132 Boston Blackie 47-10-29 (146) Framed By A Film - 26:12

133 Boston Blackie 47-11-05 (147) The Old Shoe Clue - 26:35

134 Boston Blackie 47-11-12 (148) Murder Incorporated - 26:00

135 Boston Blackie 47-11-19 (149) The Armored Car Murder Case - 26:24

136 Boston Blackie 47-11-26 (150) The Murdock Gang Strikes - 23:19

137 Boston Blackie 47-12-03 (151) Open Season on Henry Williams - 23:28

138 Boston Blackie 47-12-17 (153) Steal or Be Killed - 25:51

139 Boston Blackie 47-12-24 (154) Where Oh Where Has My Mary Gone - 26:05

140 Boston Blackie 47-12-31 (155) The Valuable Door Buzzer - 25:29

141 Boston Blackie 48-01-07 (156) Riding Stable - 26:31

142 Boston Blackie 48-01-14 (157) Invention Worth Killing For - 22:07

143 Boston Blackie 48-01-21 (158) Kid's Killing - 24:21

144 Boston Blackie 48-01-28 (159) The Record Collector - 25:32

145 Boston Blackie 48-02-04 (160) Blackie Loves Helen - 25:32

146 Boston Blackie 48-02-11 (161) Wind Blows West - 25:47

147 Boston Blackie 48-02-18 (162) Five Bullets in Don Anderson - 25:31

148 Boston Blackie 48-02-25 (163) The Twin Murders - 23:40

149 Boston Blackie 48-03-03 (164) Cobb's Trucking Company - 22:36

150 Boston Blackie 48-03-10 (165) 50,000 Dollars for Blackie - 26:48

151 Boston Blackie 48-03-17 (166) The William Larson Extortion Murder Case - 25:16

152 Boston Blackie 48-03-24 (167) Wrestling Ring Murder - 24:50

153 Boston Blackie 48-03-31 (168) Tom Walton Escapes - 26:21

154 Boston Blackie 48-04-07 (169) Clyde Winston, Photographer - 26:38

155 Boston Blackie 48-04-14 (170) Murder at the Circus - 26:57

156 Boston Blackie 48-04-21 (171) Insurance and Wrecked Cars - 26:34

157 Boston Blackie 48-04-28 (172) The Bombing of Joe Ingalls - 26:36

158 Boston Blackie 48-05-05 (173) Jackie Meer's Prison Break - 26:26

159 Boston Blackie 48-06-23 (180) Harry Walker Murdered - 28:48

160 Boston Blackie 48-06-30 (181) Professor Beasley Is Murdered - 29:02

161 Boston Blackie 48-07-07 (182) Diamonds Stolen from Kingston - 27:19

162 Boston Blackie 48-07-14 (183) Blackie Framed for Killing John Cummings - 27:47

163 Boston Blackie 48-07-21 (184) Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket - 26:35

164 Boston Blackie 48-07-28 (185) Richard Allistar Disappears in Vacant Lot - 56:42

165 Boston Blackie 48-08-04 (186) Alibi Time - 26:22

166 Boston Blackie 48-08-11 (187) Bobby Rogers to Be Executed - 28:57

167 Boston Blackie 48-08-18 (188) Mrs George Trilling's Maid Is Murdered - 29:47

168 Boston Blackie 48-08-25 (189) Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly over the Telephone - 29:47

169 Boston Blackie 48-09-01 (190) Reynolds and the Stolen Goods - 22:52

170 Boston Blackie 48-09-08 (191) Kingston and the 15-Story Disappearing Office Building - 24:28

171 Boston Blackie 48-09-29 (194) Carl Grady, Golf Instructor - 27:10

172 Boston Blackie 48-10-06 (195) Marked Money - 26:44

173 Boston Blackie 48-12-08 (204) Killer Lightning - 24:55

174 Boston Blackie 48-12-22 (206) Stolen Rings At Christmas - 27:53

175 Boston Blackie 49-01-05 (208) Disappearing Fourth Floor - 24:44

176 Boston Blackie 49-01-12 (209) Broken Clock Murder - 24:45

177 Boston Blackie 49-01-19 (210) A Boat In The Street - 25:31

178 Boston Blackie 49-01-26 (211) John Frawley Reads That He Is Dead - 25:53

179 Boston Blackie 49-02-02 (212) Murder in the Piano Room - 29:19

180 Boston Blackie 49-02-09 (213) 50,000 Dollars in Bonds to Be Divided - 01:00:18

181 Boston Blackie 49-02-16 (214) Fred Palmer's Dock Racket - 29:02

182 Boston Blackie 49-02-23 (215) Archie Grant's Club 77 - 30:09

183 Boston Blackie 49-03-02 (216) Fake Accident Racket - 30:39

184 Boston Blackie 49-03-09 (217) Dolly Preston Calls for Help - 25:53

185 Boston Blackie 49-03-16 (218) Kidnapped Murderer - 29:31

186 Boston Blackie 49-03-23 (219) Charity Gambling Ring - 25:56

187 Boston Blackie 49-03-30 (220) Amadon Pearls - 29:47

188 Boston Blackie 49-04-06 (221) Duke Murders Jo Jo - 28:30

189 Boston Blackie 49-04-13 (222) Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed for a Watch - 25:08

190 Boston Blackie 49-04-20 (223) Madame Zina, Fortune Teller - 30:03

191 Boston Blackie 49-04-27 (224) Dynamite Thompson and Jack Morgan, Contractors - 27:24

192 Boston Blackie 49-05-04 (225) Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Tour - 28:17

193 Boston Blackie 49-05-11 (226) Nobody At The Door - 29:27

194 Boston Blackie 49-05-18 (227) Imperial Oil Company Racket - 29:47

195 Boston Blackie 49-05-25 (228) Blackie and Mary Go to Canyon Dude Ranch - 59:44

196 Boston Blackie 49-06-01 (229) Pudgy and the Stolen Tire Racket - 28:59

197 Boston Blackie 49-06-08 (230) Ma Vie Perfume - 29:20

198 Boston Blackie 49-06-15 (231) The Professor and Rufus Rob the Bank Safe - 26:06

199 Boston Blackie xx-xx-xx (xxx) Who Killed John Davis - 27:25