The Malcolm Wish, M.D. Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (June 20, 1951)

“The Malcolm Wish, M.D. Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 20, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to San Francisco to look into the disappearance of Dr. Malcolm Wish, a physician who left his home two nights ago to answer an emergency call and never returned. As Dollar interviews the doctor's wife and his office partner, he discovers that Wish had been unhappy for months, and someone begins following him through the city.

San Francisco, including the Wish home on Knob Hill, Dr. Wish's office in the Tide Building, and various locations downtown including the Cleveland Hotel coffee shop.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Wish, Cecil Wish, Dr. Huber, Lieutenant Hughes

Listen for: The mysterious phone call that drew Dr. Wish away from his home; the identity of the blonde-haired man who is following Johnny Dollar; why Cecil Wish canceled her lunch meeting.

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.