What happens
Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for Four State Mutual, looks into a fire that destroyed a junkyard in Cranford after an insurance claim was filed unusually quickly. The junkyard owner, Oscar Lehman, insists the money is owed to him, and Dollar begins questioning the people who live nearby. He examines the burned shed, speaks with the fire chief, and visits the neighbors on Howard Street, where residents have long wanted the junkyard gone. The series is Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and this episode first aired on CBS Radio on May 5, 1957. Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell are the lead actors.
Cranford and New Haven, Connecticut, 1950s
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Hank Willoughby, Oscar Lehman, Dale Marley, Howard McNeil, Miss Conroy, Mrs. Cummings, Rudolph
Listen for: Dollar's use of a bread test to detect kerosene residue in the ashes
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.