The Salt City Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 4, 1956)

“The Salt City Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 4, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar continues his investigation in San Francisco, searching for Ed Julian. After a scuffle with the building's muscle, Johnny finds Julian's wife Lorraine, who reveals that Ed left days ago with a dangerous ex-con named Chili Winters. A helpful desk clerk provides the crucial lead: Julian has gone to Salt City, California, to the Salt City Smelter Company for an important meeting with Winters and others.

San Francisco and the Skyline Apartments; investigation leads to Salt City, California and the Salt City Smelter Company

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ed Julian, Lorraine Julian, Swifty, Luke, Chili Winters, Ray Gumby, desk clerk

Listen for: The tense confrontation in the apartment building lobby, Johnny's conversation with Lorraine Julian revealing her unhappy marriage, and the desk clerk's crucial information about Julian's whereabouts in Salt City.

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.