The James Clayton Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 5, 1952)

“The James Clayton Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 5, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dr. James Clayton contacts Johnny Dollar's insurance office in New York, claiming his life has been threatened by Benjamin Harmon, a violent man whose wife he advised to divorce for her health. When Johnny investigates, he finds Harmon armed and dangerous, and the situation escalates when the doctor receives an emergency call to a mysterious address in the warehouse district. Johnny and a police sergeant must now track down Dr. Clayton before Harmon finds him.

New York City, including an insurance office in Rockefeller Center, a medical office in the Pelroy building, the Harmon residence in Westchester, and the warehouse district

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Chet Graham, Miss Tebens, Dr. James Clayton, Benjamin Harmon, Mrs. Harmon, Sergeant Tom Bassman, Miss Stephens

Listen for: The mystery of Dr. Clayton's emergency call and whether Benjamin Harmon will reach him first

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.