The Leland Case Matter (Unedited Drama Portions): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 29, 1951)

“The Leland Case Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 29, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to investigate the disappearance of wealthy policyholder Leland Case, who vanished five days ago after kissing his young wife goodbye in the morning and failing to meet her for dinner that evening. As Johnny interviews Mrs. Case and her husband's associates, conflicting accounts emerge about whether Leland is truly missing or has deliberately disappeared, and darker details surface about his troubled past marriage.

Hartford, Connecticut area; police Missing Persons Bureau, the Case home, and Paul Freighter's office

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Leland Case, Sergeant Dulko, Paul Freighter, Leland Case, Herbert Bennett

Listen for: The growing tension between Johnny's investigation and the conflicting stories from those around Leland Case; Mrs. Case's emotional vulnerability contrasted with Paul Freighter's cold dismissal of her concerns; hints about Leland's first wife and accusations of attempted murder.

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.