The Berlin Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 16, 1954)

“The Berlin Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 16, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Berlin to investigate the death of Sam Harvey, an American found in the river. As Dollar probes the circumstances, he uncovers a smuggling operation and discovers that Harvey's wife in Vienna may not be who she claims to be, leading him to Vienna to unravel the truth behind the case.

Berlin and Vienna, post-WWII occupied zones

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Willie Meister, Paul Turner, Elsa Harvey, Sam Harvey, Kurt, Fredine

Listen for: A complex case involving smuggling, black market operations on the river, and false identities across occupied Germany and Austria

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.