What happens
Johnny Dollar, a freelance insurance investigator, is sent to Cott Harbor to look into threats against Meg McCarthy, who runs a cafe there. Soon after he arrives he is knocked out, and then Charlie Buttons is shot at his sister's home in Barnsboro. Dollar works with Chief Walters, who keeps an eye on the suspects, including Captain Billy Morgan, Meg's intended husband, and Tim Beasley, the acting police chief. When the cafe catches fire during the night, Dollar risks the burning building to save Meg, who has been struck on the head. The episode is from the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series, first aired September 28, 1956 on CBS Radio, starring Bob Bailey.
Cott Harbor, a fishing village in Massachusetts, and the nearby town of Barnsboro
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Chief Walters, Meg McCarthy, Charlie Buttons, Captain Billy Morgan, Tim Beasley, Clem Harris
Listen for: Johnny Dollar's rescue of Meg from the burning cafe, and the chief's growing suspicion of the suspects.
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.