Boston Blackie (Volume 1)

"Enemy to those who make him an enemy...friend to those who have no friend." That's Boston Blackie, safecracker turned crime fighter and a long-running favorite with fans of straight-ahead detective fiction. Beginning in 1945, Broadway actor Richard Kollmar starred in a series of 220 syndicated episodes of this popular series, costarring Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Faraday and Jan Minor as girlfriend Mary Wesley. There's no tormented noir drama here, no deep layers of introspection, just good old-fashioned crime solving fun. And you can enjoy the clean, crisp sound of twenty fully restored episodes in this collection from Radio Archives - ten full hours of light-hearted detective action and adventure, transferred directly from original transcription disks. Programs include: Uncle Frank Murdered by Joe Parker - July 2, 1946 / The Skating Rink Murders - July 9, 1946 / The Murdered Truck Driver - July 16, 1946 / The Murdering Cuckoo Clock - July 23, 1946 / Mutiny Leads to Murder Aboard the Freighter Swan - July 30, 1946 / Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case - August 6, 1946 / The Diamond Smugglers - August 13, 1946 / Jealous Partners and Arson - August 20, 1946 / The Rockwell Diamond - August 27, 1946 / The Stolen Rare Book - September 3, 1946 / The Backstage Murder - September 10, 1946 / The Apartment Swindler - September 17, 1946 / The Abbott Painting - September 24, 1946 / The Undersea Murder - October 1, 1946 / The Murdered Show Dog Owner - October 8, 1946 / Murder at the Rodeo - October 15, 1946 / Faraday Shot - October 22, 1946 / Granny's Witchcraft - October 29, 1946 / A New Face for Joe Harvey - November 5, 1946 / Only One Way Out For Me - November 12, 1946