The Nathan Swing Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 20, 1954)

“The Nathan Swing Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 20, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Los Angeles to look into the murder of Nathan Swing, a small-time hood. Swing's death coincides suspiciously with Special Investigator Daniel Fletcher's sudden cancellation of a vice investigation into crime boss Jimmy Durando, raising questions about whether the two cases are connected.

Los Angeles, California in 1954, including City Hall, Beverly Hills, and Durando's restaurant

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sergeant Matthews, Nathan Swing, Jimmy Durando, Daniel Fletcher, Fletcher's wife

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's expense account details and his initial interviews about the Nathan Swing murder and its connection to the Durando investigation

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.