The Cronin Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 8, 1955)

“The Cronin Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 8, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar confronts Jason Prell, who has been terrorizing the Cronin estate during a violent storm. As Dollar circles to capture Prell, a struggle ensues in the darkness. The next morning, Dollar visits the grieving Mrs. Cronin, who reminisces about her late husband Barnaby and reflects on how life has brought her back to her birthplace.

The Cronin Estate in Wells Falls during and after a violent storm, and the Cronin house the following morning.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Shorty Weaver, Jason Prell, Mrs. Cronin, Olnesis Cronin, Barnaby Cronin, Laura Dean, Miss Athadon

Listen for: A tense gunfight in the darkness during a storm, the outcome of the confrontation with Prell, and Mrs. Cronin's poignant reflections on memory and homecoming.

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.