The Lorko Diamonds Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 7, 1955)

“The Lorko Diamonds Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 7, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in El Jie, North Africa to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond briefcase worth $100,000. A courier dies under mysterious circumstances, and a local property agent is found beaten in his office with the briefcase missing. Dollar must determine who orchestrated the theft and recover the stolen diamonds.

El Jie, North Africa (Algeria); the airport, Inspector Marcus's office, and a hospital

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Inspector Marcus, André Jourdain, Zendorf, Ben

Listen for: The details of what happened at the airport, the courier's death, and André Jourdain's account of the thief's appearance

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.