The Black Doll Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 21, 1953)

“The Black Doll Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 21, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the murder of Judy Thompson, a young singer killed in her Los Angeles apartment. The investigation leads him to William Cahn, a test pilot at Timken Aircraft who had been seeing the victim for about two weeks, forcing Dollar to determine whether Cahn's alibi of staying home the night of the murder holds up.

Los Angeles, California, including the victim's apartment, Timken Aircraft testing facility, and police headquarters.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Breakfast, William Cahn, Judy Thompson, Mr. Rudolph Timken

Listen for: The dramatic jet aircraft test flight sequence and Johnny Dollar's interrogation of the pilot suspect as he works to solve the murder.

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.