The Nick Shurn Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 20, 1955)

“The Nick Shurn Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 20, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar searches for a frightened young woman named Kathy, who has fled New York and returned to her hometown of Brambury, Michigan. A local deputy sheriff and Kathy's father are protecting her whereabouts, but Dollar believes he must find her before the dangerous men pursuing her do.

Brambury, Michigan during Christmas week; begins in New York with Mrs. Gottliehr, then moves to the small town of Brambury.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Gottliehr, Deputy Sheriff Dan Martin, Kathy, Mike (Kathy's father)

Listen for: The investigation into why Kathy fled New York and what role she plays in a murder case; the tense questioning between Dollar and the protective townspeople.

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.