Whether he is fighting the police or the criminal underworld, Boston Blackie always stands up for what's rightSure, Boston Blackie is a jewel thief and a safecracker, but he's a criminal with code. He ensures that the worst villains get what's coming to them while the honorable ones stay out on the street—where, like Blackie, they do more good than harm.In this classic collection of adventures, with his dependable wife and getaway driver, Mary, by his side, B...

"Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friends."Author Jack Boyle created the engaging ex-con Boston Blackie in 1914, but it was Richard Kollmar who brought him to life on radio in 1945. As a private detective, Blackie gets mixed up with plenty of murders, missing jewels and misunderstandings. But, his clients can capitalize on his underworld connections and street-wise ways .As a former criminal - and often a prime suspect in the cases he investigates - Blackie...

Boston Blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by Jack Boyle (1881-1928). Blackie, an ex-con with a college education, is a jewel thief based in San Francisco, who outwits the cops with the help of his wife Mary. The character was altered for a later series of popular films and radio shows to become a “reformed” jewel thief turned private eye. (Summary by Winston Tharp)

As originally created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a safecracker—a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective, Boston Blackie was ""an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."" This collection contains episodes of Boston Blackie that premiered between 1945 and 1946.

Arthur Burke woke up this morning in a strange office with a lump on his head and he has no idea where he’s been for the last three weeks. Burke has read the story of the murder of George Digby in the morning paper and is afraid that he had something to do with it. Burke calls Blackie to help him find out.

Peggy Williams' pearl necklace has gone missing from her safe and Boston Blackie was at the scene of the crime, so of course in Faraday’s book he’s the prime suspect. But the insurance company thinks it may be staged for a false insurance claim.

Falling for his friend's girl, he fails to reckon with an unusual roommate. The young man was tall tanned and impressive. There wasn’t a guest at Mrs. Parkford-Smith’s cocktail party who would deny that his presence had livened the affair considerably. The hostess especially appreciated Mr. Derek Marlow, his gentle flattery and his absurdly amusing stories…

Boston Blackie had his birth in the imagination of a self confessed “opium eater.” Jack Boyle was a San Francisco newspaper man who became dependent upon the drug to make his deadlines, lost his job, and turned to crime to support his habit. He served several prison terms and while incarcerated in Colorado began writing a series of short stories for the American Magazine based on his experiences. Boston Blackie was a much darker character in these early stories than he became in later inca...

A movie star is shot while in a trunk, but no bullet went through the trunk and the bullet wasn't inside the trunk either. The commercials for Champagne Velver beer heard on this program and the others following were not part of the original network broadcast, nor even an integral part of the Ziv syndication discs. The commercials were found on separate discs, intended for use during SOME of the Boston Blackie programs in SOME of the areas in which the program was heard. There is no indica...

There's a dead body in Blackie's apartment. After Blackie is lured out with a decoy telephone call, the body disappears. Then, stolen pearls find their way into Blackie's safe! Mary and Blackie return home early from the pictures to find a corpse in the dining room. While Blackie tries to explain to Mary that he knows nothing about the body, Charlie Kingston phones to say he needs to see Blackie urgently and asks him to come to his apartment. However, Blackie arrives only to be advised tha...

Shorty’s been arrested by Inspector Friday for sticking up a gas station and even though he told them it was a guy named Donald Bolton Shorty has ended up in Jail. Inspector Friday informs Mary to tell Blackie that Shorty’s guilty and he’s to keep his nose out of this case.

A man about to expose a criminal on Television is poisoned by a glass of water. Three other people, however, drank the water without ill effects! Boston Blackie and Mary Wesley seem to be settling in to watch a TV show with Inspector Faraday. As the set warms up they see Inspector Faraday and three other men seated around a table. Mary comments that the Inspector seems a little nervous as he keeps hitting the water pitcher, and so does another member of the panel. But Blackie explains it p...