The Chesapeake Fraud Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (October 19, 1955)

“The Chesapeake Fraud Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 19, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates a possible insurance fraud in Denver after an insurance official claims to have spotted a man resembling John Reardon, who supposedly died and whose widow received a $20,000 payout. Dollar travels to Denver and locates Frank Bowers, a consulting engineer who bears a striking resemblance to the deceased Reardon and who met the insurance official at a local tavern.

Baltimore and Denver, Colorado, 1955

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Hugh Bryan, Paul Coombs, Elizabeth Reardon, John Reardon, Frank Bowers, George Hanley

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's careful interrogation of Frank Bowers and the growing evidence that Bowers may not be who he claims to be.

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.