The Harpooned Angler Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 9, 1954)

“The Harpooned Angler Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 9, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives on the French Riviera to investigate the death of Arnold Bernier, a wealthy retired man found dead underwater with a fishing spear in his back while skin diving. Dollar must determine whether Bernier's widow Magda or someone else is responsible for his suspicious death, despite initial claims that it was a tragic accident.

The French Riviera, specifically a villa overlooking the Gulf of Lyon and the waters off the Cassis coast, circa 1954

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Count L'Ozzlo, Magda Bernier, Inspector Lanyo, David North

Listen for: The unusual circumstances of a man found dead underwater with a spear embedded in his back during a solo skin diving expedition, and Johnny Dollar's skeptical questioning of those who benefit from his death.

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.