Boston Blackie Radio · Jack Boyle

Boston Blackie - The Sword Swallower

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Boston Blackie discovers every carnival game is rigged, with winners being planted stooges from a 'stooge's union'.
Boston Blackie and his companion Mary investigate a double murder at a carnival, where a sword swallower and an electrician have been killed. They uncover a web of deception involving a bearded lady who is actually an escaped convict, rigged carnival games, and a criminal syndicate, ultimately exposing the carnival owner as the true murderer.

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A brisk carnival mystery where the banter keeps outrunning the guesses.

Boston Blackie - The Sword Swallower runs a murder through a carnival and keeps the case moving with quick banter. Blackie and Mary trade quips, Inspector Faraday keeps showing up with the wrong theory at the right moment, and every fresh guess gets knocked aside before it can…

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You want a carnival murder case with sharp banter and zero wasted breath.

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