The Paul Gorrell Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 2, 1954)

“The Paul Gorrell Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar arrives in Phoenix to investigate a hundred-thousand-dollar payroll robbery in which two guards were killed. Insurance adjuster George Post reveals that one of the robbers, Tallavic, contacted him claiming his partner Paul Garell shot the guards against their agreement, and that Garell plans to flee to Los Angeles via a ride-share arrangement. Dollar agrees to pose as a passenger in the getaway car to track the stolen money.

Phoenix, Arizona and en route to Los Angeles

Characters: Johnny Dollar, George Post, Paul Garell, Tallavic, Mr. Bovey

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's undercover attempt to catch a murderer and recover stolen money while riding in a car with the criminal

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.