Theater of the Mind
Richard Kollmar
Cast, Host
Born December 31, 1910.
192 episodes in 3 shows · 1940–1949
Richard Kollmar is best remembered by radio fans as the detective Boston Blackie, a role he played from 1945 to 1949 in a Ziv syndicated series heard mostly on Mutual stations. He also had lead roles on Gang Busters, Grand Central Station and the soap opera Bright Horizon. For nearly two decades he co-hosted the WOR talk show Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick with partner Dorothy Kilgallen, and he produced several Broadway musicals.
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Boston Blackie171 · Cast
1945
- The Wentworth Diamonds
- Murder of John Walters
- Cover-Up for Mary
- Uncle Bill Blaine's Legacy
- Oscar Wolfe, Troublemaker
- Sam Bellows Is Dead
- The Larry Brown Case
- Blackie Jilts Mary
- The Worthington Pearls
- Blackie's Car Kills a Woman
- The Case of the Three-Way Split
- Mary at Sea
- Hypnotic Murder
- Evelyn Jones Murder
- Blackie Steals Necklace for Charity
- Bill Crane, Attorney
- Blood on Blackie's Sleeve
- Kingston Unlucky at Cards
- Copy of the Diamond Bracelet
- The Boxer's Murder Case
- The Richards Diamond Case
- Mary Disappears
- Amnesia Victim
- Murder in the Music Room
- Atkins, Jewel Thief
- Murder at the Movies
- TV Poisoning
- The Masters Diamond
1946
- The Murdered Sword Swallower
- The Disappearing Body
- The Jim Williams Inheritance Case
- The Brandon Jewel Robbery
- The Condon Ransom
- Harry Benson Murders His Wife
- A Vase Leads to Murder
- Tom Evers Murder with an Alibi
- Lee Chow Murdered
- The Worthington Ghost
- Pierre the Designer
- The Baseball Player Murder
- The Stolen Car Ring
- The Frances Fielding Murder
- The Winthrop Jewel Robberies
- The Merry-Go-Round Murder
- The Blaine Brothers Pawn Shop Murder
- The Escaped Prisoner
- Old Man Graham's Wife
- The Hooded Gang Protection Racket
- Gambler Joe Garland Killed
- Uncle Frank Murdered by Joe Parker
- The Skating Rink Murders
- The Murdered Truck Driver
- The Murdering Cuckoo Clock
- Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case
- The Diamond Smugglers
- Jealous Partners and Arson
- The Rockwell Diamond
- The Stolen Rare Book
- The Backstage Murder
- The Apartment Swindler
- The Abbott Painting
- The Undersea Murder
- Murdered Show Dog Owner
- Murder at the Rodeo
- Faraday Shot
- Granny's Witchcraft
- A New Face for Joe Harvey
- Only One Way Out for Me
- The $50,000 Necklace
- The Lenny Powell Murder
- Blackie Goes to Jail for Diamond Theft
- Mary, Registered Nurse
- Voice Impersonator
- The Derailed Gold Train
- Carl Browning's Cleaning Shop
1947
- Jack Small, Alias Bill Bigelow
- Blackie and the Fur Thefts
- The Search for Jim Gary
- Jacques Pierre and the Diamonds
- The Peters Mix-Up
- Jailbirds Murdoch and Dawson
- Seven Years' Bad Luck for Florence Wells
- Joe Delivers the Goods
- Larry the Kid vs. Savinni
- 10th Street Gym and Stolen Car Ring
- Sam Fisher's Past
- Horseroom Thefts
- The Bus to Valley Junction
- Aggie Rogers Murder
- Phonograph Murder
- Baseball and Gambling
- Mrs. Peterson's Insurance Policy
- Joe Adams Drowned
- Blackie Breaks into Prison
- The Ghost of Florence Newton
- Eva Cronin Is Stalked
- Blackie Shoots a Watchman
- Crooked Carver Brother
- Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme
- Johnny Burns' Imported Wool
- Death Comes to the Harmonica Man
- The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery
- Blackie's Body in Wax
- Poetry in My Soul
- The Butcher Boy Gang
- Burning His House Behind Him
- Murder of John Austin
- Buckley Protection Agency
- Fifty Dollar Shoeshine
- Lighthouse Ghost
- Case of the Exploding Car
- Old 86 Is Missing
- Death Wish
- Dead Aunt Sarah
- Joe Crain, Hired Killer
- Mid-Air Diamond Theft
- Framed by a Film
- The Old Shoe Clue
- Murder Incorporated
- The Armored Car Murder Case
- The Murdock Gang Strikes
- Open Season on Henry Williams
- Steal or Be Killed
- Where, Oh Where Has My Mary Gone
- The Valuable Door Buzzer
1948
- Riding Stable
- An Invention Worth Killing For
- The Kid's Killing
- The Record Collector
- Blackie Loves Helen
- Wind Blows West
- Five Bullets in Don Anderson
- The Twin Murders
- $50,000 for Blackie
- The William Larson Extortion Murder Case
- Wrestling Ring Murder
- Tom Walton Escapes
- Clyde Winston, Photographer
- Murder at the Circus
- Insurance and Wrecked Cars
- The Bombing of Joe Ingalls
- Jackie Meers' Prison Break
- Harry Walker Murdered
- Professor Beasley Is Murdered
- Diamonds Stolen from Kingston
- Blackie Framed for Killing John Cummings
- Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket
- Bobby Rogers to Be Executed
- Mrs. George Trilling's Maid Is Murdered
- Robertson Poisons His Wife over the Telephone
- Reynolds and the Stolen Goods
- Kingston and the Disappearing Office Building
- Marked Money
- Stolen Rings at Christmas
1949
- Disappearing Fourth Floor
- Broken Clock Murder
- Murder in the Piano Room
- Fred Palmer's Dock Racket
- Archie Grant's Club 77
- Fake Accident Racket
- Kidnapped Murderer
- The Amadon Pearls
- The Duke Murders Jo Jo
- Madame Zina, Fortune Teller
- Dynamite Thompson and Jack Morgan Contractors
- Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Tour
- Nobody at the Door
- Imperial Oil Company Racket
- Pudgy and the Stolen Tire Racket
- Ma Vie Perfume
- The Professor and Rufus Rob the Bank Safe
The Radio Reader's Digest20 · Cast, Host
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- Mr. Cugat Is Taken Sick
- Two for a Penny
- Murder in the Big Bowl
- Husband for the Month of May
- Which Was the Rescuer
- I Like to Remember George Sexton
- Room for a Stranger
- The Counsel Assigns
- One Man Posse
- We Expected You at Dakar
- Pete's Thanksgiving
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady
- Yankee from Olympus
- The Man Who Conquered Devil's Island
- Dr. Mike
- Uncle By's Two Wives
- The Lion and the Mousey
- Many Moons
- The Red-Haired Doll
- The Doctor of Lennox
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