The Marigold Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 23, 1953)

“The Marigold Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 23, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives an urgent letter from Joe Hickey, an old acquaintance now running a loan business in the small town of Marigold, Connecticut, asking for help with mysterious happenings. Before Dollar can respond, Hickey is found shot to death in his car on a remote road. Dollar arrives in Marigold to help local police investigate the murder and uncover what troubled Hickey enough to seek his assistance.

Marigold, Connecticut, a small quiet village in a sloping valley during winter, and the surrounding countryside

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Walt Younger, Sergeant Cherry, Pat Hickey, Joe Hickey

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's investigation into Joe Hickey's murder; clues about the loan business troubles Hickey hinted at; the mystery of who killed Hickey and why

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.