The Blinker Matter (1): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 6, 1958)

“The Blinker Matter (1)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 6, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar looks into the disappearance of San Francisco importer Andrew Foreman, on whose life Shorty Mutual carries a $50,000 policy. Foreman's wife, Marsha, tells Dollar that a stranger called Blinker visited the house the night before her husband vanished. Dollar finds reasons to doubt her account and begins to question Foreman's attorney, Wayne Arnold. Following the lead to a waterfront cafe, he learns more about Blinker and the importing business. The episode is part of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on July 6, 1958. Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell are the lead actors.

San Francisco, California, 1958

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Fred Will, Andrew Foreman, Marsha Foreman, Blinker, Lieutenant Scappella, Wayne Arnold, Gus

Listen for: Dollar's questioning of Marsha Foreman about the visitor called Blinker, and the odd details in her description of him.

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.