The Alder Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 10, 1956)

“The Alder Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 10, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is in Caracas investigating Billy Alder's frequent policy beneficiary changes and a recent assassination attempt. When Alder refuses to cooperate fully, Johnny pretends to leave town on a plane, then stakes out a local hotel to uncover what Alder is truly afraid of.

Caracas, Venezuela and the surrounding oil fields; also Hartford, Connecticut (mentioned)

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Billy Alder, Mrs. Alder, Dora Janssen, Arthur Singer, Vic Kelly, Hefei Velesquez

Listen for: A complex scheme of revenge and unpaid debt unfolds at an oil field, with accusations of framed bankruptcy and prison time, leading to a dramatic confrontation with a loaded gun and a tragic accident.

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.