What happens
Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for the Western Life and Trust Insurance Company in Los Angeles, is called in on the case of Edgar Porter, a young inventor who has apparently died aboard his cruiser somewhere in the Pacific. His partner, Lester Freebairn, reports that Porter was alone and that his last radio words ended in a pistol shot. Dollar begins questioning Freebairn and his wife at their home on Newport Bay, listening to a recording of the radio call and weighing the insurance arrangements. The Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series aired on CBS Radio, and this episode is dated May 1, 1960, with Bob Bailey in the lead role.
Los Angeles and Newport Bay, California, and the Pacific Ocean near the cruiser Leslie
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lester Freebairn, Marilyn Freebairn, Edgar Porter, Mr. Baskam, Adam Patrick
Listen for: The radio recording of Edgar Porter's last conversation and what Johnny Dollar notices about the equipment
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.