The Forbes Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 27, 1955)

“The Forbes Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 27, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates an insurance theft case involving Sheldon Forbes, who has admitted to stealing $4,285 from his employer, Century Styles. The money has disappeared without a trace, and Forbes refuses to reveal what he did with it despite Dollar's efforts to recover it for the insurance company.

New York City, including Century Styles offices, a law office on 56th Street, police headquarters, and the city jail

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Elliott, Sheldon Thomas Forbes, Edward Gumby, Police officers, Sergeant

Listen for: Dollar's investigation into the missing $4,285 and his frustrating interrogation of the stubborn, tight-lipped Forbes, who insists he spent every dime and won't reveal the details.

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.