What happens
Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for the Intercoastal Maritime and Life Insurance Company, travels to the fishing village of Cod Harbor near Gloucester, Massachusetts, after Meg McCarthy, the proprietor of Meg's Palace cafe and boarding house, summons him. Meg believes a newcomer named Captain Marty Silver, who has brought a boat called the Silver Queen to sell, may be planning a murder. Johnny checks the boat's history and finds reasons for suspicion. The episode is from the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on April 24, 1960, with Bob Bailey in the lead role.
Cod Harbor, a fishing village on the Massachusetts coast near Gloucester, around 1960
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Meg McCarthy, Captain Andy, Captain Marty Silver, Captain Tom Labor
Listen for: Meg's account of the Arctic Queen's disappearance and the forged name on the boat
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.