Haiti Adventure Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 17, 1949)

“Haiti Adventure Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 17, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to investigate a claim on Ralph Gordon's life insurance policy. Ralph is reportedly dying from a voodoo curse, but Dollar suspects there may be more to the story than supernatural explanations. He boards Gordon's yacht to get answers from Ralph himself and his mysterious wife.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti; aboard Ralph Gordon's yacht in the harbor

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ralph Gordon, Thomas Gordon, Ralph's wife, Kev Reagan

Listen for: The mystery of what is really causing Ralph Gordon's illness and why his wife and brother may have conflicting motives regarding his condition.

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.