The Evaporated Clue Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 17, 1960)

“The Evaporated Clue Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 17, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar takes on a claim after wealthy retiree Jonathan R. Kenworthy is murdered in his New York apartment with a fireplace poker. The policy's beneficiary is his grandson, Carlton Kenworthy, a playboy who spends freely with his friend Alan Barker. Lieutenant Randolph Singer of homicide suspects Carlton, but Carlton has an alibi placing him in Alaska at the time of the killing. Johnny pursues the details of that alibi and the movements of the two men. Part of the episode is covered in this guide. This is Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, a CBS Radio series, originally broadcast January 17, 1960, starring Bob Bailey.

New York City, with trips to Bradley Field, Idlewild Airport, and the Barnoff Hotel, late 1950s New York

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Henry, Jonathan R. Kenworthy, Carlton Kenworthy, Alan Barker, Lieutenant Randolph Singer

Listen for: The clue of the evaporated milk on the restaurant table, which Johnny uses to test Carlton's alibi

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.