The Mickey Mc Queen Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 17, 1950)

“The Mickey Mc Queen Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 17, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives a late-night visit from his old friend Mickey McQueen, a police sergeant, who seems deeply troubled and hints at murders being planned and committed. When Johnny later visits Mickey's apartment, he discovers the sergeant hanging dead in his closet, and must unravel the mystery behind his friend's cryptic warnings and sudden death.

Hertford, Connecticut and Mickey McQueen's apartment

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mickey McQueen, Tom (Mickey's wife), Martin

Listen for: The tension in Mickey's midnight phone call and visit, his cryptic references to murder and corruption, and the shock of discovering his body in the closet.

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.