The Wrong Idea Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 15, 1962)

“The Wrong Idea Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 15, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar arrives in Knoxville to protect Marilyn Brannigan, whose husband Alfie was released from prison two weeks ago after serving time for embezzlement. Years ago in court, Alfie made a cold, menacing threat that he would get revenge on both Marilyn and the man who testified against him. Now Marilyn has disappeared, and Johnny must find her before Alfie does.

Knoxville, Tennessee, primarily at police headquarters and Tim Harrington's home

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tim Harrington, Marilyn Brannigan, Alfie Brannigan, Sergeant Seymour Jefferson Piper

Listen for: The contrast between Tim's conviction that Alfie's courtroom threat was genuine and serious, and Sergeant Piper's dismissive attitude toward the danger; Johnny's frustration with the police department's lack of urgency in protecting Marilyn.

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.