Boston Blackie
Ever wonder what Boston Blackie's real name was? For your information it is HORATIO BLACK. Writer Jack Boyle's Boston Blackie has been around for some 85 years. There were books, movies (silent and sound), radio shows and TV programs. Blackie led a colorful life - from bad to good. He started out as a thief, burglar and all-around bad guy. He was jailed and before turning straight he had a terrible prison experience. He decided that enough was enough and became the Blackie we all know and love - a pillar of society, a sort of person who solved crimes wuth the able assistance of his companion, Mary Wesley. Sort of like the Shadow's Lamont Cranston and Margo, Nick and Nora Charles and Mr. and Mrs. North. There was a serious side of Blackie and a whimsical one also. There was the inept police Inspector Farraday who always needed help. There were two parts of the radio-based Boston Blackie. First there was Chester Morris' version. This was a 13 week cycle that replaced The Amos'n'Andy Show during the summer of 1944. After this and for the remainder of the program, Dick Kollmar took over the role. Mr. Kollmar portrayed Blackie from Apr 11, 1945 until Oct 25, 1950. There were a total of 233 episodes of the series spread out over the years 1944 to 1950. There were 302 broadcast dates including original shows plus repeats.
44/06/23 1 The Rockwell Diamond 44/06/30 2 Fifty Hunter Street 44/07/14 4 The Star of the Nile 44/07/21 5 Black Market Meat Ring 44/07/28 6 The Caretaker Of Devon Estate 44/08/04 7 Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive 44/08/11 8 Old Lady Forced To Steal 45/04/25 16 The Wentworth Diamonds 45/05/02 17 Murder Of John Walters 45/05/09 18 Cover up for Mary 45/05/16 19 Uncle Bill Blaine's Legacy 45/06/06 22 Mrs Boston Blackie 45/06/11 23 Oscar Wolfe, Troublemaker 45/06/18 24 Sam Bellows Is Dead
45/06/25 25 The Larry Brown Case
45/07/02 26 Blackie Jilts Mary
45/07/09 27 The Worthington Pearls
45/07/16 28 Blackie's Car Kills a Woman
45/07/23 29 The Case of the Three-Way Split
45/07/30 30 Mary at Sea
45/08/06 31 Hypnotic Murder
45/08/13 32 Evelyn Jones Murder
45/08/20 33 Blackie Steals Necklace for Charity 
45/09/13 36 Bill Crane, Attorney
45/09/20 37 Blood on Blackie's Sleeve
45/10/04 38 Kingston Unlucky At Cards
45/10/11 39 Copy of The Diamond Bracelet
45/10/18 40 Boxer's Murder Case
45/10/25 41 Richard's Diamond Case
45/11/01 42 Mary Disappears
45/11/08 43 Amnesia Victim
45/11/15 44 Murder in the Music Room
45/11/22 45 Blackie Kidnapped
45/11/29 46 Simmons Construction Murder
45/12/06 47 Atkins, Jewel Theif
45/12/13 48 Murder at the Movies
45/12/20 49 TV Poisoning
45/12/27 50 The Masters Diamond
46/01/03 51 The Murdered Sword Swallower 
46/01/22 54 The Disappearing Body
46/01/29 55 The Jim Williams Inheritance Case
46/02/05 56 The Brandon Jewel Robbery
46/02/12 57 The Congdon Ransom
46/02/19 58 Harry Benson Murders His Wife
46/02/26 59 A Vase Leads to Murder
46/03/05 60 Tom Everett - Murder with an Alibi
46/03/12 61 Lin Chow Murdered
46/03/19 62 The Worthington Ghost
46/03/26 63 Pierre, the Designer
46/04/16 66 The Baseball Player Murder
46/04/23 67 The Stolen Car Ring
46/04/30 68 The Frances Fielding Murder
46/05/07 69 The Winthrop Jewel Robberies
46/05/14 70 The Merry-Go-Round Murder
46/05/21 71 The Blaine Brothers Pawn Shop Murder
46/05/28 72 The Escaped Prisoner
46/06/04 73 Old Man Graham's Wife
46/06/11 74 The Disappearing Plane
46/06/18 75 The Hooded Gang Protection Racket
46/06/25 76 Gambler Joe Garland Killed
46/07/02 77 Uncle Frank Murdered by Joe Parker
46/07/09 78 The Skating Rink Murders
46/07/16 79 The Murdered Truck Driver
46/07/23 80 The Murdering Coo-Coo Clock
46/07/30 81 Murder Aboard Ship
46/08/06 82 Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case
46/08/13 83 The Diamond Smugglers
46/08/20 84 Jealous Partners and Arson
46/08/27 85 The Rockwell Diamond
46/09/03 86 The Stolen Rare Book
46/09/10 87 The Backstage Murder
46/09/17 88 The Apartment Swindler
46/09/24 89 The Abbott Painting
46/10/01 90 The Undersea Murder
46/10/08 91 Murdered Show Dog Owner
46/10/15 92 Murder at the Rodeo
46/10/22 93 Farady Shot
46/10/29 94 Granny's Witchcraft
46/11/05 95 A New Face for Joe Harvey
46/11/12 96 Only One Way out for Me
46/11/19 97 50,000 Dollar Necklace
46/11/26 98 The Lenny Powell Murder
46/12/03 99 Blackie Goes to Jail for Diamond Theft
46/12/10 100 Mary, Registered Nurse
46/12/17 101 Police Impersonator
46/12/24 102 The Derailed Gold Train
46/12/31 103 Carl Browning Cleaning Shop
47/01/07 104 Jack Small Alias Bill Bigelow
47/01/14 105 Blackie and the Fur Thefts
47/01/21 106 The Search for Jim Gary
47/01/28 107 Jacque Pierre and the Diamonds
47/02/04 108 The Peters Mix-Up
47/02/11 109 Jailbirds Murdoch and Dawson
47/02/18 110 7 Years Bad Luck for Florence Wells
47/02/25 111 Joe Delivers the Goods
47/03/04 112 Larry the Kid vs Savinni
47/03/11 113 10th Street Gym and and Stolen Car Ring
47/03/18 114 Sam Fisher's Past
47/03/25 115 Horseroom Thefts
47/04/01 116 The Bus to Valley Junction
47/04/08 117 Aggie Rogers Murder
47/04/15 118 Phonograph Murder
47/04/22 119 Millicent Bromley Kidnapped
47/04/29 120 Baseball and Gambling
47/05/07 121 Mrs Peterson's Insurance Policy
47/05/14 122 Joe Adams Drowned
47/05/21 123 Blackie Breaks into Prison
47/05/28 124 The Ghost of Florence Newton
47/06/04 125 Eva Cronin Is Stalked
47/06/11 126 Blackie Shoots a Watchman
47/06/18 127 Crooked Carter Brother
47/06/25 128 Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme
47/07/02 129 Johnny Burns' Imported Wool
47/07/09 130 Death Comes to the Harmonica Man
47/07/16 131 The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery
47/07/23 132 Blackie's Body in Wax
47/07/30 133 Poetry in My Soul
47/08/06 134 The Butcher Boy Gang
47/08/13 135 Burning His House Behind Him
47/08/20 136 Murder of John Austin
47/08/27 137 Buckley Protection Agency
47/09/03 138 Fifty Dollar Shoeshine
47/09/10 139 Lighthouse Ghost
47/09/17 140 Case of the Exploding Car
47/09/24 141 Old 86 Is Missing
47/10/01 142 Death Wish
47/10/08 143 Dead Aunt Sarah
47/10/15 144 Joe Crain, Hired Killer
47/10/22 145 Mid-Air Diamond Theft
47/10/29 146 Framed By A Film
47/11/05 147 The Old Shoe Clue
47/11/26 150 The Murdock Gang Gang Strikes
47/12/03 151 Open Season on Henry Williams
47/12/17 153 Steal or Be Killed
47/12/24 154 Where Oh Where Has My Mary Gone
47/12/31 155 The Valuable Door Buzzer
48/01/07 156 Riding Stable
48/01/14 157 Invention Worth Killing For
48/01/21 158 Kid's Killing
48/01/28 159 The Record Collector
48/02/04 160 Blackie Loves Helen
48/02/11 161 Wind Blows West
48/02/18 162 Five Bullets in Don Anderson
48/02/25 163 The Twin Murders
48/03/03 164 Cobb's Trucking Company
48/03/10 165 50000 Dollars for Blackie
48/03/17 166 The William Larson Extortion Murder Case
48/03/24 167 Wrestling Ring Murder
48/03/31 168 Tom Walton Escapes
48/04/07 169 Clyde Winston Photographer
48/04/14 170 Murder at the Circus
48/04/21 171 Insurance and Wrecked Cars
48/04/28 172 The Bombing of Joe Ingalls
48/05/05 173 Jackie Meers Prison Break
48/06/23 180 Henry Walker Murdered
48/06/30 181 Professor Beasley Is Murdered
48/07/07 182 Diamonds Stolen from Kingston
48/07/14 183 Blackie Framed for Killing John Cummings
48/07/21 184 Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket
48/07/28 185 Richard Allistar Disappears in Vacant Lot
48/08/04 186 Alibi Time
48/08/11 187 Bobby Rogers to Be Executed
48/08/18 188 Mrs George Trilling's Maid Is Murdered
48/08/25 189 Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly over the Telephone
48/09/01 190 Reynolds and the Stolen Goods
48/09/08 191 Kingston and the 15-Story Disappearing Office Building
48/09/29 194 Carl Grady, Golf Instructor
48/10/06 195 Marked Money
48/12/08 204 Killer Lightning
48/12/22 206 Stolen Rings At Christmas
49/01/05 208 Disappearing Fourth Floor
49/01/12 209 Broken Clock Murder
49/01/19 210 A Boat Is on Montegomery Street with a Body in It
49/01/26 211 John Frawley, While in Africa, Reads That He Is Dead
49/02/02 212 Mary Asks Blackie to Get Her Cousin's Song Published
49/02/09 213 50,000 Dollars in Bonds to Be Divided
49/02/16 214 Fred Palmer's Dock Racket
49/02/23 215 Archie Grant's Club 77
49/03/02 216 Fake Accident Racket
49/03/09 217 Dolly Preston Calls for Help
49/03/16 218 Kidnapped Murderer
49/03/23 219 Charity Gambling Ring
49/03/30 220 Amadon Pearls
49/04/06 221 Duke Murders Jo Jo
49/04/13 222 Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed for a Watch
49/04/20 223 Madame Sina, Fortune Teller
49/04/27 224 Dynamite Thompson and Jack Morgan, Contractors
49/05/04 225 Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Tour
49/05/11 226 No-Body At The Door
49/05/18 227 Imperial Oil Company Racket
49/05/25 228 Blackie and Mary Go to Canyon Dude Ranch
49/06/01 229 Pudgy and the Stolen Tire Racket
49/06/08 230 Ma Vie Perfume
49/06/15 231 The Professor and Rufus Rob the Bank Safe