What happens
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar looks into the theft of a hundred thousand dollars' worth of uncut diamonds that were snatched from a courier at the Zurich airport during a staged fight. A tipster named Sebastian promises to recover the stones for a reward and asks Johnny to register at the Polo Hotel in Zurich. Johnny is drawn into a series of dangerous encounters, including a mysterious woman who leaves her purse in his taxi and a man who forces him into a car at gunpoint. Bob Bailey stars in this episode of the CBS Radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, first broadcast on October 1, 1956.
Zurich, Switzerland, and the Global Casualty office in Hartford, Connecticut
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tom Wilkins, Sebastian, Elsa Schaefer
Listen for: The tipster Sebastian's offer to recover the diamonds and the dangerous attempts that follow Johnny's arrival in Zurich.
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.