The Lucky 4 Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 3, 1958)

“The Lucky 4 Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 3, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Colorado to look into the suspicious death of concert pianist Bill Cherry, whose farmhouse was destroyed when his dam allegedly gave way during a storm. Ray Smith, who knew Cherry, believes the dam failure was no accident and shows Johnny evidence of sabotage—a bomb rigged in a vehicle—suggesting Cherry's worthless nephew Tommy Walker may be behind the murder.

Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, at the Lucky 4 ranch property and surrounding mountain areas at 9,000 feet elevation

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ray Smith, Tommy Walker, Ralph Kimbell, Bill Cherry

Listen for: Johnny and Ray investigate the destroyed dam and discover evidence of deliberate sabotage; a bomb is found wired to a vehicle, suggesting premeditated murder rather than accidental 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.