the perilous padre matter (cut open): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 6, 1961)

“the perilous padre matter (cut open)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, summoned by his friend Doug Johnston to investigate a matter on Padre Island. When Johnny learns that Doug's friend Jackson Price has gone missing after calling for Johnny's help, the two men set out across the causeway to the island armed with shovels and a rifle, and Doug begins to tell Johnny about a fascinating history involving a Spanish treasure fleet from 1553.

Corpus Christi, Texas and Padre Island, a long sandy barrier island stretching from Corpus Christi down toward Mexico

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Doug Johnston, Jackson Price, O'Brien

Listen for: Johnny and Doug's expedition to Padre Island to search for the missing Jackson Price; the tale of the Spanish treasure fleet from 1553 that Doug begins to reveal

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.