The Milk and Honey Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 15, 1953)

“The Milk and Honey Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 15, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Beirut to investigate the sinking of Brett Cunningham's yacht, the Happy Time. Cunningham claims the vessel hit a derelict in calm seas and went down quickly, but Dollar's inquiries reveal a more complex scheme involving fraud, smuggling, and murder that stretches from Istanbul to the Lebanese coast.

Beirut, Lebanon and Istanbul, Turkey in 1953, including casinos, government offices, the harbor, and remote coastal villages.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Brett Cunningham, Nadia, Port Commissioner Floro, Chasmer Andescu, Chief Inspector Dabriki, Police Sergeant

Listen for: A complex insurance fraud investigation that unravels into murder, with Johnny Dollar piecing together testimony from a port commissioner, a mysterious bird-loving survivor, and a woman caught between two men. Listen for the revelation of the elaborate scheme to substitute a worthless wreck for Cunningham's yacht, and the violent consequences when greed and betrayal collide.

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.