Episode Summary

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar looks into a threat to Pile Driver, a racehorse insured for $50,000, after former jockey Little Nettie Montana comes to him with suspicions. At the Hiawatha track near Chicago, Dollar meets the horse's owner, Colonel Faraday Bushnell, and his daughter Lila, whose romantic ties to racetrack figure Leo Corbett complicate the situation. A night-time fire in the stables and a violent death in its aftermath raise the stakes as Dollar works to learn who wants the horse harmed and why. The episode is from the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar series, aired on CBS Radio on October 8, 1949, and features Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell.With Johnny Dollar, Little Nettie Montana, Colonel Faraday Bushnell, Lila Bushnell, Leo Corbett, Eddie, Denny, Lieutenant Craig.Listen for: The fire in the stables, the discovery of Little Nettie's body and the chase at the racetrack grandstandFirst aired on October 8, 1949 on CBS Radio.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.
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