The Flight Six Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 3, 1956)

“The Flight Six Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 3, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the explosion of Flight 6 in Acapulco, Mexico. A key witness, Marvel Terrence, is found murdered in the surf, silenced before she can reveal crucial information. Dollar and the local police close in on the suspects, discovering that one of the business partners has armed himself and is now fleeing desperately along the beach with a hostage.

Acapulco, Mexico; a beachfront hotel and surrounding shoreline

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Gino Romero, Marvel Terrence, Bill Blakely, Don Serrano, Armando Lagoz, Ramon, Mac

Listen for: The tense pursuit of an armed suspect along the beach, with the mystery of who caused Flight 6's explosion still not fully resolved despite the interrogations and discoveries

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.