The Yours Truly Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 21, 1957)

“The Yours Truly Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 21, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator, is in the Mojave Desert near Las Vegas with his friend Buster Favor when a man holding a gun forces them off the highway in their rented Cadillac. He leaves them stranded in the heat, takes their watches and money, and drives off in the car. Johnny and Buster set out after him in a Jeep borrowed from a local prospector. The Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar radio series aired on CBS Radio on July 21, 1957, with Bob Bailey in the title role.

The Mojave Desert and Route 95 near Las Vegas, Nevada, including Lake Mojave and the mountain tungsten mines and rough side roads above the highway

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Buster Favor, Pat McCracken, Steve, Mac McKenny

Listen for: The chase through the desert at night, and the gunman's confrontation with Johnny and Buster

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.