The Ricardo Amerigo Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 20, 1956)

“The Ricardo Amerigo Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 20, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the disappearance of concert violinist Ricardo Amerigo, whose car was found in a New Jersey swamp with a sabotaged steering arm. When Dollar recovers a $30,000 Amati violin from the swamp, he discovers a duplicate instrument at violin maker Eric Snowden's shop and must determine which is genuine while uncovering who plotted Amerigo's murder.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and South Jersey, including a violin maker's shop on Isminga Street

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Harry Branson, Ricardo Amerigo, Eric Snowden, Jerry Goldsmith

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's expense account itemization as he pieces together the case; the revelation of the duplicate violin and its significance; the shocking identity of a key player in the crime.

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.