The Woodward, Manila, Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 25, 1950)

“The Woodward, Manila, Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 25, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Manila to investigate a $75,000 burglary at the Woodward hardware store. The local police have arrested Miguel Nousaleda, a petty thief caught robbing another store, but evidence against him is weak. Meanwhile, clerk Dan Blake has disappeared, and suspicion falls on him, though store manager Floyd McDonald insists Blake couldn't be guilty despite the circumstances pointing his way.

Manila, Philippines; the Woodward hardware store and police station

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Floyd McDonald, Irving Morgan, Dan Blake, Miguel Nousaleda, Sergeant Malvos, Charlotte Page

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's skepticism about the police's easy solution and his growing suspicion that the real thief may not be who everyone assumes; Charlotte Page's defense of Dan Blake despite the evidence against him.

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.