The Harold Trandem Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 9, 1950)

“The Harold Trandem Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at the Bel Air estate of wealthy Harold Trandam after an attempted murder on the man's life. When Trandam is shot and killed right before Johnny's eyes on the terrace, the investigation deepens as Johnny discovers the last word Trandam uttered was 'Lila'—a mysterious woman connected to the case.

Los Angeles and North Hollywood, including Harold Trandam's Bel Air estate and the Village High Hotel

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Harold Trandam, Mrs. Mabel Trandam, Lyla (also called Miss Wenig), Jack Barton, the bodyguard

Listen for: The mystery of who really killed Trandam and what role the enigmatic Lyla plays in his death; the revelation that Trandam was universally hated and the police's suspicion of Mrs. Trandam.

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.