The Low Tide Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (June 18, 1961)

“The Low Tide Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 18, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by Trim Mutual to locate two missing business partners, Charles Foster and Michael Brady, who have gone on a fishing trip together. Trim Mutual holds a partnership policy worth $500,000 on the two men, and the company fears that the younger, ambitious Brady may have foul play in mind for the aging Foster.

Hartford, Connecticut and surrounding areas; offices of Trim Mutual Insurance Company and homes of the Foster and Brady families.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Frederick Benham, Charles Foster, Michael Brady, Mrs. Charles Foster, Kathy Brady

Listen for: Johnny's investigation into the partnership between Foster and Brady, and his conversations with their wives as he tries to determine where the two men have gone fishing.

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.