The Big Story: The Miracle Phone Call (EP5062)

Today's Mystery: Newspaper reporter Dorothy Patterson is contacted by the desperate mother of five-year-old Johnny McDermott, who is gravely ill and needs an expensive experimental treatment his family cannot afford. Despite warnings that readers won’t contribute thousands of dollars to help a child they don’t know, Dorothy puts her faith in the generosity of her community and uses her newspaper column to make an appeal on Johnny’s behalf.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 1, 1953

Originating in New York

Cast:
• Jan Miner as Dorothy Patterson
• Francis DeSales
• Ted Osborne
• Joey Fallon
• Bobby Rick (probable identification)
• Rae Terry
• Brenna Rayburn
• Bob Sloane, announcer
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