The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 8, 1956)

“The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 8, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is pursuing a lead in a warehouse robbery involving stolen silver fox coats worth $100,000. The night watchman was knocked unconscious by teenage hoodlums during the theft. When Red Weller, who runs a lunch room across from the warehouse, fails to meet Johnny at his hotel as planned, Johnny visits the diner and questions Weller's employee Carla, who eventually reveals her brother Eddie may have information about the crime.

Los Angeles warehouse district near the railroad yards, including a lunch room and a teenage hangout drive-in

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Red Weller, Lieutenant Garcia, Albert Crispin, Carla Calamante, Eddie

Listen for: Johnny's persistent questioning of Carla and his moral argument about responsibility and standing up to crime; Carla's gradual decision to trust him and reveal her brother's connection to the case

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.