The Stanley Springs Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 10, 1951)

“The Stanley Springs Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 10, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar arrives in the dusty desert town of Stanley Springs to investigate allegations that the Stanley Springs Company, a cotton-processing outfit, is engaged in illegal smuggling across the Mexican border. The company's management claims to have no knowledge of any illegal activity, but when Johnny meets with the chief clerk Phillips, the man's nervous reaction suggests he may be hiding something.

Stanley Springs, a company town in the desert valley of the American Southwest, with offices and warehouses of the Stanley Springs Company; also a small hotel in town.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Best, Bruce Hardwick, Anne Salava, Norman Stager, Phillips, Child

Listen for: Johnny's investigation of the unsigned letter accusing the company of smuggling; his meeting with the mysterious Anne Salava at the hotel; his visits to the company office and his growing suspicion of the chief clerk Phillips.

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.