Crime Club – Death Is A Knockout. ep29, 470612

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Take the easy chair by the window. Comfortable? Good. Here’s a story about a golden opportunity that was melted down by murder.

An up and coming boxer has gotten involved with a mobster. Mable, his girlfriend, doesn’t want her boyfriend, Joey to get hurt, so she goes to Hank. At ringside, and in the roar of the crowd, Joey’s opponent drops dead. What happened? The mobster who lost big on the boxing match that he paid Joey to take a dive is not a happy camper. The pressure the mobster lays on is that he wants to invest in Joey, and be partner in his career. Will Pops, the manager, let Joey be compromised by a shady deal? How far will he go to protect his interest in his boxer?

Commercial time, and the Librarian asks listeners to write in.

When Marty, the gangster drops dead, Joey, Pops, and Mable worry big. Who killed Marty? Joey claims to have poisoned Marty, but Mable suspects he’s innocent. Elsewhere a female reporter starts poking through the clues to uncover the poison, and how it was delivered to the victim.

As Ann, the reporter gets involved, the secrets all come out and the mystery is revealed.