The Cui Bono Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 17, 1956)

“The Cui Bono Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 17, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar wraps up his investigation into the death of Parker, a man shot on a dark stairway. The central mystery remains unresolved: when Parker's daughter Luann fired down the stairs in the darkness, did she know she was shooting at her father, or was it accidental? Johnny admits he cannot answer this question and doubts anyone else can either, except possibly Luann herself.

A small town with the Happy Hollow Roadhouse, involving a train station and Parker's home with a dark stairway

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sammy, Sheriff Peterson, Luann Parker, Parker (deceased), A salesman from Baltimore

Listen for: The revelation about the glow-in-the-dark necktie that Parker's daughter gave him, which becomes a key piece of evidence in Johnny's investigation

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.