Episode Summary
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a series of six fires on properties owned by elderly millionaire Alpheus Brockway. Insurance adjuster Ted Olof is convinced Brockway is committing arson to collect insurance on worthless buildings while retaining the valuable land beneath them. Johnny agrees to investigate, but suspects the case may be more complicated than it appears on the surface.With Johnny Dollar, Ted Olof, Alpheus Brockway, Ben Plater, Fred Klein.Listen for: Johnny's skepticism about the obvious suspect and his instinct that something doesn't add up; the details of Brockway's financial situation and property holdingsEvery 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.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Live around the clock: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on Stupid Potato
