The Ricardo Amerigo Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 18, 1956)

“The Ricardo Amerigo Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 18, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar continues his probe into the death of violinist Ricardo Amerigo, whose body has not been found. Dollar recovers what he believes is Amerigo's valuable Amati violin from a South Jersey swamp and has it examined by an expert. He then confronts Amerigo's agent and beneficiary Peter Corbin, who was found near the scene of the supposed accidental death.

Philadelphia and Port Morris, New Jersey, 1956

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pete Corbin, Harry Branson, Shernie Arrow

Listen for: The mystery of whether the recovered violin is genuine, the revelation that Amarigo's body has not been found and may have been carried out to sea, and the mounting evidence against Corbin as the prime suspect.

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.