The Mickey Mc Queen Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 14, 1951)

“The Mickey Mc Queen Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 14, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar's friend Mickey McQueen, a Hartford policeman, calls him late at night with cryptic warnings about murders being planned and done. When Johnny arrives at Mickey's home the next morning, he finds him dead, apparently by suicide, hanging in a closet. But Johnny suspects murder and begins investigating Mickey's final hours and the secrets surrounding his recent marriage.

Hartford, Connecticut; Mickey McQueen's apartment; the Cedric Hotel

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mickey McQueen, Velma, Ned Martin, house detective

Listen for: Johnny's investigation into Mickey's mysterious death and the revelation of his wife's criminal past; hints about crimes Mickey knew about but felt powerless to stop

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.