The Henderson Matter - Ep 1: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 28, 1955)

“The Henderson Matter - Ep 1” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 28, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Culver, Montana to investigate the death of George Henderson, a prominent rancher and newspaper stockholder who fell four stories from a hotel window. The death is claimed as accidental, but the insurance company needs to determine whether it was accident, suicide, or murder before paying out the $25,000 policy with double indemnity.

Culver, Montana, a small town of 3,500-4,000 people in the northern part of the state near Great Falls, in the winter with heavy snow.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tim Connors, George Water Henderson, Pauline Henderson, Sheriff Eve Holton

Listen for: Johnny Dollar's investigation begins as he arrives in this isolated, snow-covered town and meets the local sheriff who hints that not everyone in town welcomes detailed inquiries into Henderson's death.

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.