The Emil Carter Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (June 16, 1953)

“The Emil Carter Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 16, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Los Angeles to investigate the murder of Emil Carter, a policy holder. A young woman named Janice Laidt, seen fleeing the scene, contacts Johnny and agrees to meet him, claiming she did not kill Carter despite all evidence suggesting her guilt.

Los Angeles and the harbor area of San Pito, California, 1953

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Janice Laidt, Frank, Emil Carter, Mrs. Carter

Listen for: The mystery deepens as Johnny uncovers that Emil Carter was married to someone else while involved with Janice, and that her brother Frank may have orchestrated events to protect her.

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.