The Crystal Lake Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 13, 1956)

“The Crystal Lake Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 13, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to find Edward Russell, a Denver real estate man who disappeared a week ago, leaving his car abandoned in Colorado Springs. Following a travel folder for Crystal Lake found among Russell's papers, Johnny travels to the mountain resort and begins interviewing locals about the missing man's movements and his mysterious search for someone named Bill.

Denver and Crystal Lake, a mountain resort in Colorado, during the 1950s

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tom Wilkins, Leona Russell, Edward Russell, Deputy Sheriff Ansel Garrett, Betty Norton, Bill Cullen

Listen for: The discovery that Edward Russell has been found dead; Johnny's investigation of Russell's cryptic search for someone named Bill and his encounter with the flirtatious Betty Norton at the lake resort

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.