The Flight Six Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 2, 1956)

“The Flight Six Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 2, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the Flight 6 crash in Acapulco, tracking down beneficiaries and witnesses. He confronts Marvel Terrence, a beautiful woman who fled Mexico City, and discovers that multiple suspects—including Bill Blakely, who now owns his partners' firm after they died on Flight 6—have also come to Acapulco. As Johnny pressures Marvel for answers about the crash, tensions rise and motives begin to emerge.

Acapulco, Mexico; the investigation moves from Mexico City to the coastal resort town where multiple suspects have mysteriously gathered.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Gino, Don Serrano, General Mauro, Marvel Terrence, Bill Blakely, Ed Palmer, Jim Rourke

Listen for: Johnny's probing questions about Marvel's guilt or involvement in the crash, Bill Blakely's confession of motive and means for sabotaging Flight 6, and the revelation of what multiple beneficiaries are doing in Acapulco.

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.