The Adam Kegg Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 11, 1950)

“The Adam Kegg Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 11, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When jewels are stolen from Mrs. Kegg's New York apartment, an unusual ransom demand arrives—a cryptic message created from newspaper advertising text that requests $98,000 for their return. Johnny Dollar is hired to investigate and must decide whether to pursue the supposed thief's offer to meet at a phone booth in Montclair, New Jersey.

New York City and Montclair, New Jersey, 1950

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Al Begnee, Mrs. Kegg, Adam Kegg, Danny Stevens, The supposed thief

Listen for: The clever ransom message constructed from cut-up newspaper advertisements, the suspicious involvement of hotel staff, and Johnny's tense encounter at the phone booth in Montclair

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.