What happens
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by Paul Kendrick of Eastern Allied Casualty to watch boxer Al Coronado fight in Mount Elba, Missouri, after Kendrick grows suspicious of a large policy on the fighter. Coronado seems slowed and unsteady, and his manager Ricky Malone is keeping him in the ring. Dollar tries to reach Coronado at his hotel, but a rough encounter follows. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama series, and this episode aired on CBS Radio on December 30, 1956, starring Bob Bailey as Dollar.
Hartford, Connecticut; Joplin and Mount Elba, Missouri; Monterey, Mexico
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Paul Kendrick, Al Coronado, Ricky Malone, Frankie Fortina, Sergeant Danny Ruskin, Sergeant Romilia Garcia, Rafe Cummings
Listen for: Dollar's growing suspicion about Coronado's condition and the strange behavior of the fighter and his manager during the Mount Elba bout.
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.