The Lone Wolf Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 21, 1961)

“The Lone Wolf Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 21, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar is hired by Thomas Morgan, a successful stockbroker, who is being blackmailed by Henry B. Wolfe, his former partner in a stock swindle from 25 years ago. Wolfe demands $10,000 and threatens to expose their crime to Morgan's family and business unless he pays, claiming he has written a full confession to be released if anything happens to him. Johnny must locate Wolfe and determine how to handle the blackmail threat.

A brokerage office on North Commerce in Newark, with connections to Philadelphia

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Thomas Morgan, Henry B. Wolfe, Harvey

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's investigation into the blackmail scheme and his search for Henry B. Wolfe; the details of the old stock swindle and Morgan's attempts at restitution.

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.