The Matter of Reasonable Doubt - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 30, 1956)

“The Matter of Reasonable Doubt - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 30, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates a case involving Mrs. Greymley, an elderly ranch owner who suspects her nephew Walter and his wife Hilda of stealing from her and possibly murdering her son and daughter-in-law three years ago in a staged auto accident. Mrs. Greymley has been trying to secretly transfer her property to her granddaughter Susan, and she's hired Johnny through the bank to help uncover the truth about the suspicious deaths and ongoing embezzlement.

A ranch near Las Vegas, Nevada, and Las Vegas itself

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Greymley, Susan, Walter, Hilda, Jonas Parks, Duce McCoy

Listen for: Johnny's investigation into the suspicious auto accident death of Mrs. Greymley's son and daughter-in-law, and the financial crimes committed by Walter and Hilda; also the introduction of Duce McCoy who runs the Lead Balloon gambling club where Walter loses money.

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.