Alec Jefferson, The Youthful Millionaire: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 7, 1950)

“Alec Jefferson, The Youthful Millionaire” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 7, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to California to find Alec Jefferson, a young millionaire who financed an oil drilling operation and vanished a week ago while driving from the oil rig to his Hollywood apartment. Johnny begins his search by interviewing the operation's manager, discovers Jefferson's wife living in his apartment, and encounters a mysterious private detective named Philip Wilkins who claims to recognize him as an old school friend.

California oil fields and Hollywood, 1950s

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Flaherty, Mrs. Alec Jefferson, Morris Plattie, Philip Wilkins

Listen for: The mystery deepens as Johnny investigates the disappearance of the wealthy young man and learns of his complicated personal life involving multiple women and questionable associates.

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.