The Wholly Unexpected Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (June 26, 1960)

“The Wholly Unexpected Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 26, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator, sets out for a fishing vacation at Lake Mojave Resort with his colleague Pat McCracken, though Pat has pressed him to take a trip before an assignment. On the flight, Johnny notices a scarred man who seems to be following them, and the pair find that the man has traveled the same route. Pat's office warns that a dangerous criminal Johnny once helped put behind bars has escaped prison and vowed revenge. Johnny and Pat then head into the lake's coves, where they must confront the stranger. This episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar originally aired on CBS Radio on June 26, 1960, and stars Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell.

Hartford, Connecticut, aboard airplanes to New York and Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Lake Mojave Resort on the Colorado River in western Arizona

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat McCracken, Claire, Malloy, Buster Favers, Marion

Listen for: Pat McCracken warning Johnny about the scarred man on the plane, and the phone call revealing that the escaped prisoner Scarface Maloney has threatened Johnny

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.