Category: Syndicated

EP2628: Boston Blackie: Aunt Sarah’s Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man hires another man to act as his alibi in the event his wealthy Aunt Sarah is murdered.

Original Air Date: October 8, 1947

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EP2626: That Strong Guy: Trapeze Artist

A trapeze artist fears she’s going to be murdered by one of her trapeze partners or her husband and hires Steve to protect her.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2622: Boston Blackie: Jim Wells’ Death Wish

Richard Kollmar

Boston Blackie is able to find a man who is targeted for death in time to save his life, but the man doesn’t want saved.

Original Air Date: October 1, 1947

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EP2620: That Strong Guy: Fighter

The sister of a prize fighter hires Strong because she fears a promoter has gotten her brother into a fight that will get him killed.

Original: Sometime in the mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2616: Boston Blackie: The Old ‘Eight-Six’ Disappears

Richard Kollmar

A train disappears and its crew is found murdered.

Original Air Date: September 24, 1947

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EP2614: That Strong Guy: Bottle of Death

A pharmacist turns to Steve Strong to find a bottle of cyanide that was inadvertently sold as a bottle of aspirin.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2610: Boston Blackie: The Car Bomb Murder

Richard Kollmar

After the owner of a munitions factory threatens to murder a business rival, the rival’s friend is killed with a car bomb.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1947

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EP2608: That Strong Guy: The Temple of Horror

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Steve Strong stumbles into a murder in the country and is then tied up and held in hopes he can’t give evidence at the trial.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2604: Boston Blackie: The Ghost of Rocky Island Lighthouse

Richard Kollmar

Four of Charlie Kingston’s ships crash near a lighthouse. He calls in Boston Blackie to investigate.

Original Air Date: September 10, 1947

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EP2598: Boston Blackie: The Fifty Dollar Shoeshine Murder

Richard Kollmar

To solve a gang murder, Blackie has to unravel a counterfeiting case

Original Air Date: September 3, 1947

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EP2592: Boston Blackie:The Buckley Shakedown Racket

Richard Kollmar

A new protection racket is in town and they threaten that if Blackie exposes them, they’ll accuse Mary of killing a man in her car while driving upstate.

Original Air Date: August 27, 1947

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EP2586: Boston Blackie: The John Austin Murder

Richard Kollmar

A wealthy man is murdered in an open field with no apparent clue has to how anyone could have committed the murder.

Original Air Date: August 20, 1947

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EP2574: Boston Blackie: The Butcher Mob

Richard Kollmar

Blackie sends an underworld figure to Farraday to provide a tip on the activities of the butcher mob. The figure is caught by the mob and sells Blackie out.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1947

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EP2568: Boston Blackie: Mayor Bob Rogers Assassinated

Richard Kollmar

Blackie and Farraday try to find out who murdered the mayor.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1947

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EP2562: Boston Blackie: Boston Blackie In Wax

Richard Kollmar

An artist makes a perfect wax statue of Boston Blackie, which plays into a plot of two local mobsters to protect their turf from a mob boss from the midwest.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1947

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