The Sea Legs Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 2, 1956)

“The Sea Legs Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 2, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in San Juan del Perro, Nicaragua, to investigate a $400,000 claim for a sunken yacht and the death of Douglas Landfear. Johnny suspects the wreck was faked and that Landfear is still alive, especially after spotting him piloting the plane that just crashed into theirs. He and his assistant Oscar search for the yacht in the local shipyards.

San Juan del Perro, a small Nicaraguan seaport town in decline, including the San Andreas Hotel and local saloon near the docks.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Oscar Patrick Vladimir Pascaro, Douglas Landfear, Mrs. Constant Landfear, Ramon Gonzalez, The Doctor

Listen for: Johnny's theory that the Landfears faked the shipwreck to collect insurance money, his suspicions about a mysterious cabin passenger, and the tense encounter with Ramon Gonzalez in the local saloon.

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.