The Amy Bradshaw Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 22, 1955)

“The Amy Bradshaw Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 22, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates threats against actress Amy Bradshaw, who has received a death threat and was nearly shoved into traffic in Times Square. Amy's estranged husband Bill York stands to gain from her $25,000 life insurance policy. Johnny begins interviewing those close to Amy, including her unusual admirer Porter Kane and her co-star Mike Pomeroy, who seems protective of her and wants Johnny to drop the case.

New York City, including Times Square, theater district, and a Criterion theater production.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Amy Bradshaw, Al (police contact), Porter Kane, Mike Pomeroy, Dave Coleman (director), Emery Taylor (producer), Dora Taylor

Listen for: The mysterious threatening letter warning Amy of sudden death; Johnny's encounters with Porter Kane, an eccentric collector who plans to add Amy to his collection; Mike Pomeroy's heated confrontation with Amy backstage about her stage performance; and the revelation that Amy's estranged husband Bill York is the beneficiary of her insurance policy.

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.