The Meg's Palace Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (September 26, 1956)

“The Meg's Palace Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 26, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for the Inter Coastal Maritime and Life Insurance Company, is sent to the fishing village of Cod Harbor, Massachusetts, after Meg McCarthy reports threats to burn her restaurant. Meg's insured property has already been targeted in attempted fires. Dollar is struck on the head in an alley and suspects someone who came from inside Meg's cafe. Captain Billy Morgan and his crew are the men he has to consider. Dollar joins the crew on a fishing trip to watch them closely. Bob Bailey stars in this episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, which is broadcast on CBS Radio in 1956.

Cod Harbor, Massachusetts, a small fishing village on the waterfront

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Meg McCarthy, Beasley, Captain Billy Morgan, Charlie, Montgomery, Ollie Jensen, Clem Harris

Listen for: Dollar's suspicion that one of the fishing crew attacked him and the threats against Meg's restaurant

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.