The Amelia Harwell Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 2, 1952)

“The Amelia Harwell Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 2, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the poisoning death of Amelia Harwell, a wealthy seventy-year-old textile business owner who ruled her family and company with an iron hand. The widow Thomas and their two adult children stand to inherit a substantial fortune, along with significant insurance payouts. Dollar must determine who poisoned Mrs. Harwell and why, despite the family's apparent lack of motive.

The Harwell estate on the eastern shore near Southwell Fleet, Connecticut, and the surrounding village

Characters: Johnny Dollar, George Parker, Thomas Harwell, Amelia Harwell, Maxine Harwell, Dexter Harwell, Gretchen Nielsen, Dr. Stevens

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's initial interviews with the widower and family members, clues about Mrs. Harwell's mysterious illness, and the revelation that she was dying of natural causes

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.