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Pudgy_and_the_Stolen_Tire_Racket

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The Duchess admits she wanted to kill Blackie at the garage and says Cyclone killed Pudgy.

1. Boston Blackie and the Pudgy-and-the-stolen-tire racket episode centers on a car-theft crew moving truck tires through a garage and a hospital detour. 2. Dick Calmer voices Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday visits Blackie in the hospital, and Mary Wesley keeps the two-way radio connection that drives the setup. 3. The episode asks whether Blackie can turn a tire shipment into evidence before Cyclone's gang gets rid of the cargo. 4. Blackie tells Mary he heard a garage phone call through an open window and learned that Cyclone's men were expecting a shipment. 5. Faraday says he is chasing thugs who have been stealing cars and reselling them, while Blackie focuses on the tire side of the racket. 6. Pudgy throws tacks on the road, Blackie gets a flat, and the crash sends him to the hospital with possible internal injuries. 7. Pudgy reports to Cyclone that Blackie was following him, which convinces Cyclone that Blackie is now a serious problem. 8. Blackie returns to the hospital bed and tells Mary to wait by the two-way radio while he goes after the shipment with a disguise. 9. Blackie plans to get Cyclone to sign a receipt for the tires so the police have proof against the gang. 10. The garage crew starts hiding the body situation by stuffing Pudgy into a large tire and rolling him away from the scene. 11. Cyclone notices the new car in the garage, orders the boys to strip and repaint it, and keeps the business moving while the shipment is delayed. 12. Blackie arrives pretending to be a delivery man, and a woman's voice over the radio gives away that the plan is not as private as he hoped. 13. Cyclone becomes suspicious, hears the radio again, and realizes that somebody outside the garage knows too much about the shipment. 14. Later, Faraday gets a report that a body found in the swamps has been identified as Pudgy Williams. 15. The Duchess tells Blackie she wanted to kill him at the garage and then admits Cyclone killed Pudgy. 16. Blackie says the Duchess can testify to the murder, and Faraday pushes for enough evidence to break the rackets apart. 17. The episode keeps a fast, screwball pace with chase dialogue, threats, and comic insults between Blackie and Faraday. 18. It also uses garage banter and tough-guy exchanges, including Blackie's talk of receipts, radios, and the line about being "indestructible." 19. Listeners who like 1940s detective serials, garage schemes, and radio-era crime stories will fit this episode. 20. Listeners who want quiet pacing, minimal comedy, or no serial crime plotting may skip it.

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Blackie is dragged from a flat tire into a garage scheme where the delivery, the radio, and the banter all turn suspect.

Blackie starts with a flat tire and ends up pulled into a garage scheme with Pudgy, Dutchess, Cyclone, and a delivery that never quite stops looking suspicious.

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You want a tire racket, a radio voice, and a garage that won't stay clean.

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