The Bennet Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 24, 1956)

“The Bennet Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 24, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and Andy Cord from the insurance company interrogate arsonist George Foley after his conviction for setting fire to Arnold Bennett's office building. Foley initially gives contradictory accounts of his dealings with Bennett, but eventually admits that Bennett hired him to torch the building for $2,500. Now the investigators must pressure Foley into revealing the full details of his contact with Bennett so they can build a case against the man who orchestrated the arson.

A courthouse and jail in an American city, during and after a trial and sentencing hearing.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Andy Cord, George Foley, Arnold Bennett

Listen for: The cat-and-mouse interrogation between the investigators and the convicted arsonist, as Foley keeps changing his story about how he met Bennett and received payment for the arson job.

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.