The Lorko Diamonds Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 9, 1955)

“The Lorko Diamonds Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 9, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Algiers to investigate missing diamonds and finds a man unconscious in the Countess's closet. He discovers the diamonds were sent as an engagement gift from a wealthy American named Charles Barrett to the Countess Maria, but the arrangement seems suspicious. When Johnny is followed and attacked by Barrett himself, a police inspector arrives at the scene.

Algiers, including an apartment and the streets of the Medina District

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Countess Maria, Hans Zindorff, Mr. Zindoff, Charles K. Barrett, André Jourdain, Inspector

Listen for: The revelation of the diamond arrangement as an engagement gift, the street fight with Barrett, and the mysterious appearance of the police inspector

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.