The Clinton Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 16, 1956)

“The Clinton Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 16, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a murdered building inspector in Clinton and uncovers a scheme involving falsified inspection papers and embezzled funds from a school construction project. Mrs. Hobb reveals her late husband took bribes from Roy Vickery's gravel company, and architect David Baines provides purchase orders proving substandard materials were used. As Johnny prepares to expose the corruption, Sheriff Dordy arrests him and takes him to the gravel works for a confrontation.

The town of Clinton, including the Clinton Gravel Works on the edge of a frozen lake, the sheriff's office, and a hotel.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sheriff Dordy, Deputy Egan, Mrs. Hobb, Roy Vickery, David Baines, Richard Hobb, Toby O'Brien

Listen for: The revelation that the school inspector was taking bribes for falsifying construction papers, and Johnny's dangerous arrival at the gravel works where multiple suspects have gathered.

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.