The Can't Be So Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 28, 1962)

“The Can't Be So Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 28, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at the scene of a young man's death in a New York apartment building. The victim, Willoughby, appears to have been shot by someone he knew well. Dollar learns that Willoughby had recently been seen having lunch with Connie, the wife of Les Wallers, an insurance company colleague, raising questions about Les's possible involvement and motive.

New York City, including an apartment building on East Maple Street, the Worldwide Mutual Insurance Company office in the Spear Building, and a residential apartment shared by Les and Connie Wallers.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mary, Mr. Harmon, Sergeant Tommy Bravo, Les Wallers, Connie Wallers, Willoughby

Listen for: The investigation into whether Les Wallers had reason to kill Willoughby, and Connie's explanation for her recent lunch with the deceased.

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.