The Skull Canyon Mine: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 26, 1949)

“The Skull Canyon Mine” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 26, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to the Skull Canyon mine to investigate suspected fraud. After a harrowing jeep ride through the desert with Jackie, an efficiency expert, he meets the mine manager Doyle and tours the operation, which appears to be working only one mining face despite claims of recent productivity.

Skull Canyon mine in the Arizona desert, 23 miles from the town of Twin Buttes

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jackie, Doyle, Larry Hodges

Listen for: Johnny's colorful commentary on the rough desert terrain and cramped mine conditions; the mystery of the missing former manager Larry Hodges who abandoned Jackie at the altar

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.