The Baltimore Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 2, 1953)

“The Baltimore Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 2, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator, is contacted by Orrin Vance, a man recently released from prison, who offers information about two men involved in a major theft case in Baltimore. Vance provides a stolen bill as evidence and identifies Leonard Torpy and Harold King as two of the six men responsible for the crime. Dollar must verify this information and track down the suspects before they disappear.

New York City, with connections to Baltimore, Reno Nevada, and Hartford. The investigation spans insurance offices, bars, police stations, and bus terminals.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Orrin Vance, Don Free, Leonard Torpy, Harold King, Lieutenant Randall, Pete Florian

Listen for: The tension between Johnny's promise to protect Vance's identity and the police's need for reliable sources. The details of the stolen currency that could connect the suspects to the Baltimore theft case.

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.