The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death (Stuart Palmer, Writer): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 21, 1950)

“The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death (Stuart Palmer, Writer)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Chicago to investigate Stuart Palmer, a struggling playwright who recently purchased a $100,000 life insurance policy and is now in jail on suspicion of murder. Dollar interviews Palmer's wife and discovers Palmer has been conducting research for his crime play by associating with criminals, and learns that Palmer's friend Neil Beasley may have significant influence over him.

Chicago, Cook County Jail, West Madison district, the Palmer home, and the Atomic Tavern

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Stuart Palmer, Mrs. Palmer, Neil Beasley, George Michaelcough, Lieutenant Markowitz, Roscoe

Listen for: The emerging picture of a struggling writer who may have taken out insurance under suspicious circumstances, with his mysterious criminal associate Neil Beasley playing an undefined role in his life

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.