The Search for Michelle Marsh | Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (1949) | Missing Person Radio Drama

Описание: 🎙️ YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR - "The Search for Michelle Marsh" (Episode 018)
📅 Original Air Date: September 25, 1949
🎭 Starring: Charles Russell as Johnny Dollar
📻 Network: CBS Radio

Missing persons cases were a staple of radio drama, and for good reason. The uncertainty, the ticking clock, the question of whether someone was victim or villain - perfect for building suspense through sound alone.

🔍 INSURANCE ANGLE:
Insurance companies dealt with disappearances often. Life insurance had clauses about presumed death. Business partners vanishing meant contracts in limbo. Seven years was typically how long before declaring someone legally dead.

📞 1949 COMMUNICATIONS:
Long distance calls cost $2 and up. Telegrams were the fastest way to send urgent messages. A train from New York to LA took three days. When someone disappeared, they could vanish completely.

🎬 FILM NOIR INFLUENCE:
Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett taught a generation of writers that women in distress made compelling stories - though the best ones gave those women more agency than first appeared.

⚠️ COPYRIGHT STATUS:
Pre-1972 radio broadcasts generally fall outside federal copyright protection.

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