Jack Boyle
Jack Boyle (1881-1928) was the creator of the honorable criminal Boston Blackie, a popular character featured in radio serials, movies, and TV shows throughout the early twentieth century. After moving to San Francisco to work as a newspaperman, Boyle became addicted to opium and turned to a life of crime. He wrote the first Boston Blackie stories in San Quentin.
All Books By Jack Boyle
Boston Blackie
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 4 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 07, 2020
- Language: English
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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.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Amnesia Victims
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Atkins, Jewel Theif
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Gambler Joe Garland Killed
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
Boston Blackie: Mary Disappears
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Murder at the Movies
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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 indication of which commercials were heard on which programs in which areas. The commercials were added to these programs at random. Blackie has been asked by a famous movie making company to advise them on a few scenes of safe cracking. Mary wants him to do it so he agrees. During one of the scenes, the leading lady is shot…
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Murder With An Alibi
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
John Blake seems to have committed the perfect crime. He has killed Thomas Evers, just as he told Blackie that he would. Blake also has a perfect alibi and seems to be making a fool out of Blackie! John Blake, a student of crime has come urgently to see Blackie. He wants to know why a murderer is always caught? Blackie replies “that’s easy because they always make a mistake.” John Blake would like to differ and informs Blackie that he is going to murder a man named Thomas Evers, he won’t tell him where or when but defies Blackie to prove it.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: Simmons Construction Murder
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 28 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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…
... Read moreBoston Blackie: The Disappearing Body
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 23 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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 that Mr. Kingston is in Chicago and has been for three days.
... Read moreBoston Blackie: The Masters Diamond
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 24 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
Boston Blackie: TV Poisoning
- By: Jack Boyle
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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 probably very warm under all those lights. As the show begins, a man by the name of Cyrus Baxter is introduced. He, too, drinks a glass of water and then begins to speak. After a few words, he appears to be choking and proceeds to keel over right into Inspector Faraday’s lap.
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