What happens
Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator from Hartford, is summoned to Las Vegas by his friend Ted Jarvis, who claims a wealthy young woman, Lisa Birdwell, is in danger from her foster brother, Tony Birdwell. Ted says Tony has arranged her murder. Johnny travels to Lake Mojave, where Lisa is fishing aboard her yacht with a mixed group of friends. The story is from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, which aired on CBS Radio on January 15, 1961, starring Bob Bailey. Johnny goes aboard to keep watch over Lisa and begins sizing up each member of the party to determine who might be the would-be killer.
Las Vegas and Lake Mojave, Nevada, 1961
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ted Jarvis, Lisa Birdwell, Tony Birdwell, Ham Pratt, Paul Holder, Jim Furry, Sadie Reese
Listen for: Johnny's staged 'dummy' in Lisa's bunk, and the moment he exposes the phony among the party.
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.