The Lillis Bond Matter (Unedited Drama Portions): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 26, 1951)

“The Lillis Bond Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 26, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate a missing messenger who disappeared while carrying $80,000 in cash through downtown Chicago. Working alongside private detective Pat Shade, Dollar interviews the messenger's mother and friends to determine whether the young man was kidnapped or responsible for the theft himself.

Chicago, present day

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat Shade, Henry Lillis, Mrs. Lillis, Raymond Lockhart, Lily Shae

Listen for: The revelation of Henry Lillis's secret girlfriend Lily Shae and her connection to the case through her father

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.