The Cronin Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 9, 1955)

“The Cronin Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 9, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the deaths at the Cronin Estate, where Jason Prell has been shot and Mrs. Dolly Cronin has died under mysterious circumstances. As Johnny pieces together the evidence, he discovers a poisoning connected to a famous necklace—the Circle of Fire—that may not be what it seems, and learns that multiple people at the estate have been harboring dangerous secrets.

The Cronin Estate in Wells Falls, New York, and surrounding locations including a forestry station and Tupper's Lake.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Dr. Bigby, Mrs. Cronin, Dolly Cronin, Jason Prell, Barnaby Cronin, Ms. Atherton, Seanan

Listen for: The revelation about the Circle of Fire necklace and what it means for the case; Dr. Bigby's explanation of past events; Johnny's deduction about the poisoned pills and who administered them.

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.