The Lust for Gold Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 13, 1962)

“The Lust for Gold Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 13, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar receives an urgent telegram from his old friend Emmett Gowan inviting him to Cozumel, Mexico for what seems like a fishing vacation. Pat Fuller at the insurance bureau arranges the trip at company expense, but mentions a missing person case in Mexico City that Johnny may investigate afterward. Upon arriving at Cozumel, Johnny finds the fishing extraordinary, but suspects there's more to Emmett's invitation than meets the eye.

The island of Cozumel off the coast of Mexico, with travel through New York, New Orleans, and Mérida

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat Fuller, Emmett Gowan

Listen for: Johnny's growing suspicion that the fishing trip is connected to a larger mystery, and Emmett's evasive responses about a missing man named one oh Ansana

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.