The Madison Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 14, 1953)

“The Madison Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 14, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates an insurance claim when a woman claiming to be the legally dead Mrs. Frank Madison appears alive. She tells a shocking story: years ago, her husband Dr. Frank Madison used the body of a patient who died in his office to fraudulently claim her life insurance policy, collecting $10,000 while she disappeared to New York under her maiden name.

New York City and Los Angeles, 1953

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Paul Dupree, Mrs. Walker (Thelma Madison), Dr. Frank Madison, Dr. Willis Reed, Wanda Thompson, Mr. Platt

Listen for: A classic insurance fraud scheme unraveling as Johnny follows the trail of a woman supposedly dead since 1951, interviewing her former landlord and tracing her work history in New York.

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.