Tag: gangster

EP2904: Boston Blackie: Joe Gatling Murdered Over Marked Money

Richard Kollmar

A man’s father dies and he expects to collect a fortune from a wealthy gangster in exchange for a dollar bill.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1948

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EP2819: Rocky Jordan: The Loomis Affair

Jack Moyles
Rocky is accused of murder when a gangster he had a quarrel with is murdered while both men were in different areas of a bank vault and both men were opening their safe deposit boxes.

Original Air Date: January 15, 1950
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EP2787: Pete Kelly’s Blues: The Veda Brand Story (Listener’s Choice Short Division #5)

Jack Webb

A gangster tries to force Pete to marry the gangster’s girlfriend.

Original Air Date: July 11, 1951

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EP2682: Boston Blackie: Where Oh Where Has My Mary Gone

Richard Kollmar

Blackie goes to Mary’s apartment after sending her to spy on a gangster and finds another woman living there who claims not to know who Mary is.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1947

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EP2676: Boston Blackie: The Wrong Henry Williams Killed

Richard Kollmar

A philanthropist named Henry Williams is killed and a gangster named Henry Williams suspects that he was the actual target and turns to Blackie for help.

Original Air Date: December 3, 1947

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EP2409: Night Beat: The Smell of Peaches

Frank Lovejoy

Randy meets a recently paroled old-time gangster who suffered a nervous breakdown who swears he’s being followed by two men who want to kill him for $100,000.

Original Air Date: July 17, 1952

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EP2382: Boston Blackie: The Carl Brown Murder

Richard Kollmar

A gangster threatens a man’s life if he doesn’t pay protection money. The man is murdered by his best friend after asking Boston Blackie’s help.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1946

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