The Mc Clain Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 7, 1956)

“The Mc Clain Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 7, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a claim filed two years ago by Dr. David Earl McLean for his wife Doris's death. Doris suddenly appears alive, confessing that she and her husband staged her death using another girl's body to collect $10,000 in insurance. However, Dollar finds inconsistencies in her story and questions whether she's telling the whole truth.

Hartford, Connecticut and New York City, present day investigation into a two-year-old insurance fraud case

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Don Taylor, Doris McLean, Dr. David Earl McLean, Sam Benson, apartment house manager, Mr. Platt, Pauline Henderson

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's sharp detective work as he pokes holes in Doris McLean's confession and uncovers details that don't add up, while following her trail from New York back to the original incident in Los Angeles

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.