The Circus Animal Show Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 10, 1949)

“The Circus Animal Show Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 10, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at Maximilian Sandro's animal show winter quarters in Georgia to look into threats against a valuable black leopard named Ashanti. Someone attempted to steal the leopard from her cage, and Sandro fears she'll be taken before the show opens. Dollar meets the tough animal handler Tex Franble, who captured Ashanti in Africa, and Sandro's daughter Angela, while trying to determine who wants the leopard and why.

Maximilian Sandro's animal show winter quarters on a vacant lot outside Brunswick, Georgia

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Maximilian Sandro, Tex Franble, Angela, An elephant

Listen for: The discovery of who's behind the theft attempts and whether Ashanti can be kept safe until the show opens

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.