The Calgary Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 13, 1950)

“The Calgary Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 13, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar is summoned to Alliance Bonding Company to investigate a mysterious phone call about an armored car robbery. A young woman arranges a secret meeting in a cabin to put him in touch with someone involved in the heist who wants to turn state's witness, but only if he can be taken directly to the New Jersey district attorney's office where the crime occurred.

Hartford and New York City in 1950, including a cabin near Long Island Sound.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Matthews, Miss Mills, John Doe, A young woman

Listen for: The details of what the mysterious informant demands in exchange for his testimony, and whether Johnny can safely deliver him to New Jersey.

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.