What happens
Johnny Dollar, a freelance insurance investigator for the Greater Southwest Insurance and Liability Company, travels to Lake Mojave after a fishing guide named Red calls him with an urgent request. The insurer has already approved a claim on Elmer Hobbs, a Los Angeles real estate man who drowned when his rented boat capsized in a high wind on the lake. Johnny is skeptical of the accidental death ruling and begins to look into the circumstances. The series is Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, this episode aired on CBS Radio on July 13, 1958, and it stars Bob Bailey.
Lake Mojave resort and the surrounding desert near Kingman and Las Vegas, Nevada, in the late 1950s
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Red Barrett, Jake Kessler, Elmer Hobbs, Buster, Ham
Listen for: Red's cryptic phone call and what he reveals at the lake
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.