The Valentine Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 2, 1955)

“The Valentine Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 2, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar searches for Dan Valentine, a man recently released from prison who fled his hospital bed after being shot at. Dollar questions Valentine's estranged wife in New Orleans and learns that an old friend named Conrad Webster may hold clues to Valentine's whereabouts, but Webster denies any contact with the fugitive.

New Orleans, Louisiana; a hospital; Valentine's home; Webster's residence at three in the morning

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Valentine, Dan Valentine, Conrad Webster, Teresa Valentine

Listen for: The tense interrogation of Mrs. Valentine as Johnny Dollar pieces together the connection between Dan Valentine and his mysterious past; the cryptic and drunken conversation with Conrad Webster that reveals the sad history of these broken men.

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.