The Confidential Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (September 13, 1956)

“The Confidential Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 13, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, a special investigator for the Caternity Mutual insurance company, is in Panama tracking Ed Morgan, a former friend accused of embezzling $80,000 from the company. Morgan was believed drowned in San Francisco, but Dollar learns he is alive and hiding in Panama City. Dollar meets Nicky Barrett, a young widow linked to Morgan, who insists Morgan is not in Panama and tries to persuade Dollar to drop the case. Captain Garcia of the Panama police reports that he has located Morgan on a fishing boat at a small inlet, and Dollar goes aboard to confront him. This episode is part of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar radio series, broadcast on CBS Radio on September 13, 1956, starring Bob Bailey.

Panama City, Panama, and a fishing inlet along the coast

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ed Morgan, Nicky Barrett, Captain Garcia

Listen for: Dollar's confrontation with Ed Morgan aboard the fishing boat

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.