What happens
Johnny Dollar, a freelance insurance investigator, receives a cryptic phone call about a string of suspicious fires in Los Angeles. He travels west and finds his old acquaintance Smokey Sullivan badly beaten in a rooming house. Smokey warns him of a go-between known as Mickey 14, who arranges arson for hire. Johnny takes Smokey to a hotel, then visits Mickey's office on South Spring Street, where he attempts to lure the man into a deal. The episode is a 1959 CBS Radio broadcast of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Bailey.
Hartford, Connecticut and Los Angeles, California, 1959
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat McCracken, Smokey Sullivan, Mickey 14, Berta Fletcher, Sergeant Nichols, Fortina, Husky Castellini
Listen for: Johnny's trap for Mickey 14 at the South Spring Street office, and how the go-between's arson arrangements come to light.
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.