The Forbes Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 29, 1955)

“The Forbes Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 29, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar rescues Sheldon Forbes, an embezzler awaiting sentencing, from a suicide attempt by gas. After Forbes is taken to Bellevue Hospital, Dollar follows him to the Empress Theatre where Forbes met with a stagehander about seeing Betsy Walker, a performer in the show. Dollar tracks down Walker at her apartment late at night to question her about her connection to Forbes.

New York City - Bellevue Hospital area, the Empress Theatre, and Betsy Walker's apartment building

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sheldon Forbes, Betsy Walker, Frank (stagehander), Police interns

Listen for: The dramatic rescue of Forbes from his apartment, Dollar's investigation into Forbes's movements at the theater, and the beginning of his interrogation of Betsy Walker about her relationship to the embezzler.

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.