Boston Blackie Podcast; Master Detective · Humphrey Productions

Amnesia_Victim

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Blackie explains that Peggy faked Janet Carey’s screams while Janet was already dead.

1. Boston Blackie; Master Detective centers on Arthur Burke’s amnesia, George Digby’s murder, and the question of who killed Janet Carey. 2. Arthur Burke, Boston Blackie, Mary Wesley, Inspector Faraday, Tom Roach, Peggy, Dr. Martin, and Janet Carey each drive the case by supplying clues, suspicion, or alibis. 3. The episode asks whether Burke’s three-week memory gap hides a murder, or whether Tom Roach used the amnesia to frame him. 4. Burke tells Blackie he woke up in a strange office with a lump on his head and no memory of the last three weeks. 5. Burke says he found a .38 automatic near George Digby’s body and came to Blackie because he wanted to know whether he killed Digby. 6. Janet Carey phones Blackie from the Ocean Hotel and says she will name Digby’s murderer. 7. Inspector Faraday tells Blackie that Tom Roach runs a cabaret and gambling joint and that Digby had been trying to close it. 8. Roach brings Blackie to his apartment and offers $10,000 for help avoiding arrest. 9. Blackie calls Janet Carey at the Ocean Hotel and then asks Faraday to meet him at room 928. 10. Blackie and Faraday hear a struggle at Janet Carey’s door, force it open, and find her strangled. 11. Blackie later checks Roach’s location by phone and uses the timing to test whether Roach could have killed Janet Carey. 12. Mary Wesley points out that Janet Carey used to be Tom Roach’s sweetheart, which changes the motive calculation. 13. Blackie tells Dr. Martin that amnesia can be triggered by a bump on the head and that it may also be faked. 14. Dr. Martin confirms that Arthur Burke was an attorney and says he did not examine Burke while the amnesia was active. 15. Blackie deduces that Burke may have taken a job in George Digby’s law office while under the influence of amnesia. 16. Blackie argues that Peggy imitated Janet Carey’s distress from behind the locked door while Janet was already dead. 17. The tone stays brisk and argumentative, with Blackie trading jokes with Faraday, Roach, and Peggy while building the case. 18. The format mixes hardboiled detective banter, phone calls, and a final room confrontation around one murder chain. 19. Listeners who like fast-moving vintage detective stories with double-crosses will enjoy it. 20. Listeners who want slow character drama or modern realism will probably skip it.

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Arthur Burke's missing three weeks and a hotel-room murder keep Boston Blackie moving.

Arthur Burke shows up with three blank weeks behind him, a lump on his head, and a nagging fear that the lost time hides George Digby's murder.

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If your clue is a blackout, this one keeps the room moving.

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