The Templeton Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 10, 1957)

“The Templeton Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 10, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to Boston to look into the burglary of Templeton House, a jewelry firm, where a vault was opened overnight and a special patrolman was shot. Johnny works alongside Lieutenant Robuck of the Boston police, reviewing the company's inventory, questioning employees and checking the owner's account. A former convict employed at the store comes under suspicion, and the investigation widens to a safe manufacturer's records and the vault's combination. This is an episode of the radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 10, 1957, starring Bob Bailey.

Boston and Creedale, 1950s America

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Robuck, Dorian Templeton, John Tabor, Grantlin, Tommy Clark, William Kylie

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's questioning of the store owner Dorian Templeton and the former convict John Tabor, and his visit to the safe company in Creedale.

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.