The Cronin Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 5, 1955)

“The Cronin Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 5, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to protect Dolly McLean Cronin and her priceless diamond and emerald necklace, the Circle of Fire, at a lavish week-long party at her summer estate. The guest list includes old friends from Dolly's glamorous past, but some invitations went undelivered and mysterious figures from her history are arriving, including an ex-convict with a criminal past.

New York apartment and an upstate summer house where a party is being held

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Joe Parker, Dolly McLean Cronin, Miss Blake, Shorty Weber

Listen for: The arrival of more guests and the revelation of threats to the valuable necklace during the party festivities

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.