The La Marr Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 29, 1956)

“The La Marr Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 29, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the death of Thomas Lamar, a wealthy aircraft components manufacturer found dead in South Bend, Indiana. The evidence points to poisoning by a rare drug called pyridamyron, but Johnny discovers complications involving Lamar's adopted daughter Bonnie, her secret gambling debts, and her marriage to the family secretary Walter Morrison. As Johnny pursues leads, he finds that a crucial library book on the poison has been mysteriously stolen.

South Bend, Indiana and surrounding areas in 1956

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Dr. Edward T. Wilson, Lawrence Comstock, Bonnie Lamar, Walter Morrison, Thomas Lamar

Listen for: The revelation of Bonnie Lamar's financial troubles and forced marriage to Walter Morrison; the description of the rare poison pyridamyron and how it was administered; the mystery of the stolen library book.

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.