The Mc Clain Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 9, 1956)

“The Mc Clain Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 9, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the disappearance of Teresa Corbett, a woman who vanished two years ago after visiting Dr. McLean's office. George Riley, Teresa's former fiancé, believes she died from a heart attack during that visit. Johnny confronts Dr. McLean with evidence that his supposedly dead wife, Doris, is actually alive and that the doctor collected $10,000 in life insurance on her.

Los Angeles and Hartford, Connecticut, primarily in Dr. McLean's office

Characters: Johnny Dollar, George Riley, Dr. McLean, Teresa Corbett, Pauline Henderson, Doris McLean

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's methodical questioning of Dr. McLean, George Riley's emotional account of his lost love, and the revelation of the insurance fraud scheme.

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.