The Sulphur and Brimstone Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 6, 1954)

“The Sulphur and Brimstone Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 6, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Venezuela to investigate sabotage at a dam construction site. Upon arrival at the remote project, he discovers that Ace Travis, partner of a deceased robber, has been shot dead, and Captain Borrell has ordered all work on the dam to stop immediately.

A remote dam construction site in the mountains of Venezuela, near the town of Whereville Cusbert, South America.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Daniel Gatorio Matarsa, Captain Borrell, Bill Anthony, Philomena Travis, Pedro de la questo, Ace Travis

Listen for: The mystery of who shot Ace Travis and why someone is sabotaging the dam project; the tension between the construction crew's determination to finish the dam and the forces working against it.

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.