The Virginia Beach Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 31, 1950)

“The Virginia Beach Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 31, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to protect Janice Browning, whose imprisoned fiancé George Robeson has threatened to kill her upon his release. Dollar travels to Virginia Beach and settles into the cottage to guard Janice through the night as Robeson is expected to arrive at any moment. As tension mounts and midnight passes, unexpected visitors begin moving through the darkened house.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, a cottage south of the village near Norfolk, and the surrounding area

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Carl Brewster, Janice Browning, Betty Light, George Masters, George Robeson

Listen for: The growing menace as the night progresses, mysterious movements in the darkened cottage, and the revelation of Janice's complicated relationships

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.