The Able Tackitt Matter (Unedited Drama Portions): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 2, 1950)

“The Able Tackitt Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 2, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to British North Borneo to locate Abel Tackett, a man who disappeared five years ago and whose wife stands to receive over $700,000 if he is confirmed dead. Dollar travels by ship to the remote island, where he begins gathering information about the mysterious and dangerous Tackett from locals who speak of him in fearful, contradictory terms.

An apartment in America; aboard a ship bound for the Philippines; the island of British North Borneo, including the port town of Sandakan and the interior settlement of Kwamut.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Tackett, Captain, Crew members, Local inhabitants of Borneo

Listen for: Dollar's investigation into the enigmatic Abel Tackett unfolds through conversations with ship captains and local people who hint at Tackett's violent nature and troubled past, while Dollar navigates the oppressive tropical environment.

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.