The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 11, 1956)

“The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 11, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates a jewelry store robbery that has turned into a murder case. Eddie Montey, the suspected ringleader, is cornered near the railroad yards after the watchman he slugged during the robbery dies from his injuries. As police close in on all sides, Johnny confronts the desperate and armed Eddie.

A city police headquarters and the railroad yard district where the robbery suspects are being tracked down.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Garcia, Karl Amonti, Carla Montey, Eddie Montey, Mario Centauris, Albert Crismond, Chewie Morel

Listen for: The tense manhunt climax as Johnny Dollar corners the murder suspect near the railroad yards with police closing in from all directions.

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.