What happens
Johnny Dollar, a freelance insurance investigator, travels to the Nevada town of Cooper's Bend to look into an attempt on the life of publicity man Bill Williams, whose policy his company holds. During the town's frontier week, Dollar is repeatedly roughed up by locals and finds himself caught in a romantic rivalry involving Lois, a newspaper worker, and the rancher Dan Biggers. When Lois is found dead in her home, Dollar must sort out the suspects and their stories. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a CBS Radio series, and this episode aired on August 11, 1957, starring Bob Bailey.
Cooper's Bend, Nevada, during frontier week, 1957
Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bill Williams, Lois, Dan Biggers, Fred Kirby, Fat McCracken
Listen for: Pay attention to the description of the poker found near Lois's body and the details of the station wagon seen leaving her house, both of which bear on who was at the scene.
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.