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Boston Blackie - "The Murdered Sword Swallower" (1946)
Boston Blackie, “The Murdered Sword Swallower,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946, episode 51. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with Jan Miner as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.
Blackie and Mary take in a carnival sideshow, where the featured sword swallower is found murdered onstage. Amid the midway’s performers, patrons, and management, Blackie follows a dangerous trail of clues while Inspector Farraday joins the investigation.
Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short…
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