Inspector Faraday suspects Boston Blackie of stealing a string of pearls from Gordon's jewelry shop, but Blackie discovers that elderly Mrs. Phillips, a longtime shop clerk, actually took them. Mrs. Phillips confesses she was forced to steal the pearls by someone who is now blackmailing her and demanding she obtain a valuable ruby as well. Blackie decides to help the desperate woman by retrieving the ruby himself, even as Faraday lays a trap to catch him in the act.With Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Mrs. Phillips, Shorty, Mr. Gordon.Listen for: Blackie's plan to outwit both the blackmailer and Inspector Faraday's trap using a hollowed-out cigarFirst aired on August 11, 1944 on NBC.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. Two new episodes a week: Boston Blackie on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.