The Rat Pack Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 23, 1961)

“The Rat Pack Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 23, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar travels to Summit Hill, a wealthy retirement community, to investigate a series of expensive car thefts and vandalism by a group of reckless young troublemakers. Using a fake Federal survey as cover, Johnny arrives in the small town to find the locals living in fear of the so-called rat pack, who steal and wreck vehicles under cover of darkness.

Summit Hill, a small wealthy residential community about 40-50 miles northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas, and surrounding areas.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, George (insurance company contact), Gas station attendant, Mrs. Brierley, Henry Brierley

Listen for: Johnny's investigation into who is behind the rash of car thefts and vandalism, and whether the young troublemakers are truly as dangerous as the townspeople fear.

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.