The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 13, 1956)

“The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 13, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates a murder connected to a wealthy Philadelphia woman, Mrs. Van Pitten, who hired him as a bodyguard for her prized dog, Laird Douglas Douglas. As the case unfolds, Johnny discovers a criminal masquerading as the chauffeur and begins to suspect that Mrs. Van Pitten herself may be orchestrating a series of crimes to eliminate obstacles to her financial ambitions.

Philadelphia, the Van Pitten estate and neighboring Kenworthy mansion

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Van Pitten, Ronald Kenworthy, Warren Staley, Andy LaForte, Ray Rowland, Lou Jannen Howard

Listen for: Johnny Dollar accuses Mrs. Van Pitten of murder and reveals his suspicions about her criminal scheme involving her dog and financial empire.

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.