The Doninger Doninger Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (September 2, 1962)

“The Doninger Doninger Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 2, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar must locate Walter Peter Donninger VII to deliver a $40,000 insurance payment within ten days of his sister's death. Morris Parkley from the New Jersey State Mutual Life Insurance Company reveals that Donninger has disappeared, leaving behind eight different addresses scattered across the state. Dollar discovers a hidden pattern in Donninger's movements and believes he knows where to find him.

New Jersey, primarily Trenton and surrounding cities; a restaurant called Hilde Breaks; insurance office

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Morris Parkley, Walter Peter Donninger VII

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's clever deduction about the alphabetical pattern in Donninger's relocations and population figures; the humorous dynamic between Dollar and his insurance contact Morris Parkley

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.