The Youngstown Credit Group Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 8, 1951)

“The Youngstown Credit Group Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 8, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates a $48,000 robbery from the Youngstown Credit Group, a payroll service at Federal Mills. Two employees making their regular weekly cash delivery are ambushed by four armed men in white bandages, with driver George Enfield fatally injured when thrown from his car. Johnny must determine who had inside knowledge of their routine and where the stolen money has gone.

Youngstown, Ohio and surrounding areas including Federal Mills and a farm where an abandoned Plymouth is discovered

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sergeant Pickett, Chief Edward J. Allen, Watson, George Enfield, Mrs. Enfield, Mr. Long

Listen for: Watson's detailed account of the robbery with four armed men in white bandages; the investigation into who had inside knowledge of the payroll operation; the discovery of the abandoned blue Plymouth sedan on Mr. Long's property

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.