The Terrified Taun Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 9, 1954)

“The Terrified Taun Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 9, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to a rubber plantation in Malaya to investigate a death claim for Harrison Langley. Upon arrival, Langley greets him with a gun, convinced Dollar is part of a conspiracy against him. Langley reveals his wife Meida has disappeared and a shot was fired, while the plantation faces constant terrorist threats and his overseer Crawford appears to harbor secret feelings for Mrs. Langley.

A rubber plantation near Sundown, Malaya, in a region threatened by jungle terrorists

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tom Benz, George Alister, Harrison Langley, Crawford, Meida Langley

Listen for: Langley's panic and accusations of murder plots, the revelation of Crawford's apparent feelings for Mrs. Langley, and the mystery of what happened to Meida

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.