Too Many Crooks Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 20, 1961)

“Too Many Crooks Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 20, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for Model County Insurance, takes on a claim after a jewelry policy worth nearly a million dollars is written for a home on South Virginia. When he arrives at the residence, he finds Mrs. Van Tirkle injured and the jewels taken, and he calls for a doctor and headquarters. Sergeant Harry Vain and the police begin tracking a suspect, and Johnny works with Randy and Frank Lanny to follow the leads. The episode is part of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar radio series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on August 20, 1961, starring Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell.

Model County Insurance offices, a brownstone residence on South Virginia, and police headquarters in a large city

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Freddy, Mrs. Van Tirkle, Sergeant Harry Vain, Frank Lanny, Randy, Willie McPee, Mr. Nelchior

Listen for: Johnny's investigation at the South Virginia house, the arrest of Willie McPee, and Mr. Nelchior's examination of the jewels

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.