The Kranesburg Matter - Ep 3 (4th of 6): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 29, 1956)

“The Kranesburg Matter - Ep 3 (4th of 6)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 29, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is in Crainesburg investigating the theft of Melba Crane's pearl necklace when he discovers the body of jewel thief Smiley Prell has been murdered with a .32 revolver. The gun turns out to belong to Melba's uncle Finneas Crane, and maid Betty has been trying to hide it in an incinerator. Now Johnny must untangle the connections between the robbery, the murder, and the prominent Crane family.

Crainesburg, Ohio—a rooming house, hotel, and the office of the Chief of Police.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Betty, Chief Ed Durham, Finneas Crane, Melba Crane, Smiley Prell, Dean Sellers

Listen for: The revelation that the murder weapon belongs to Finneas Crane and Betty's panicked attempts to dispose of it; Johnny's growing suspicion about the Crane family's involvement.

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.