014- Uncle Dan Is Cleared: Jerry of the Circus (July 15, 1937)

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“014- Uncle Dan Is Cleared” is an episode of Jerry of the Circus, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 15, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jerry Dugan learns that the stranger he has been working alongside in the circus wagons is his uncle Dan Dugan, who lost his memory after a fall from a train. Police have arrested a man named Lorenz, who was seen spending a large roll of bills at a clothing store. Jerry and Jason go with Mr. Randall to the police station to question Lorenz about the robbery. Lorenz begins to tell how he first met the man he called Decker and what happened on the train.

A circus in the present day of the 1930s, a hospital, and a city police station.

Characters: Jerry Dugan, Jason, Mr. Randall, Dan Dugan, Lorenz, Captain, Red

Listen for: Lorenz's account of the train and of how he first met the man he called Decker.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.