The Alvin Summers Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (October 27, 1955)

“The Alvin Summers Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 27, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar continues his search for embezzler Alvin Summers in a Central American town. Gloria Harris, a woman stranded without a passport, claims she can help him find Summers in exchange for assistance getting home. As Johnny and Gloria head toward Summers' remote jungle hideout, they discover someone is following them through the dense brush.

A small Central American coastal town called Santa Thomas and the surrounding jungle near the beach, with Summers' hidden hut inland from the water.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Gloria Harris, Fred Wilkins, Lieutenant Gomez, Alvin Summers, Benito Skansa, Klaus

Listen for: The growing sense of danger as Johnny realizes he and Gloria are being tracked through the jungle, and the revelation that at least one person has already died searching for Summers.

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.