The Forbes Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 26, 1955)

“The Forbes Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 26, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to New York to look into an embezzlement claim filed by Century Styles, Inc., a dress manufacturing company. The company's books show a shortage of over four thousand dollars, and the audit trail points to a bookkeeper named Sheldon Thomas Forbes who has been handling the affected account series.

New York City, primarily Century Styles Inc. offices in Manhattan, with scenes at the Western Hotel and insurance company offices; 1955.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pauline Morris, Robert P. Elliott, Sheldon Thomas Forbes, Mr. Brett

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's investigative method and the mysterious fact that Forbes, the apparent embezzler, has not attempted to flee his job despite the theft.

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.