The Flight Six Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 30, 1956)

“The Flight Six Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 30, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Mexico to investigate the destruction of Pan Am Flight 12, which exploded in mid-air killing all ten people aboard. Mac Maclin of the Civil Air Transport Authority believes the plane was sabotaged with an explosive device, and Dollar must determine which of the passengers was the intended target and who wanted them dead.

Mexico, including Mexico City and the mountainous crash site of Pan Am Flight 12

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mac Maclin, General Romero, Senor Ramon de Lagos, Marielle de Lagos, Don Serrano, Inspector O'Connor

Listen for: The discovery of evidence at the wreckage site that confirms the explosion was deliberate, and Johnny Dollar's investigation into the three passengers who took out accident insurance policies.

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.