The Burning Carr Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 9, 1956)

“The Burning Carr Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 9, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for Tristate Life and Casualty, is sent to Sarasota, Florida, to look into a suspicious fire at a lumberyard owned by the Carr Brothers. He is met by Earl Foreman, a branch office manager, and his wife Mike, who suspect arson. Arnold Carr, who runs the family business, has reported attempted fires at other yards and expects a large insurance payout. When Arnold is found shot dead in his home, Johnny must work out who was inside the house and why. The episode is part of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series, broadcast on CBS Radio, with Bob Bailey in the lead role.

Sarasota and Arcadia, Florida, with a visit to Orlando, in winter

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, Mike Foreman, Arnold Carr, Edward Carr, Sergeant Larkin, Lieutenant Cal Hudson, Mrs. Harper

Listen for: Johnny's expense account narration and the clues about the bullet hole and who was in the house with Arnold Carr

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.