The Merrill Kent Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 17, 1951)

“The Merrill Kent Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Fort Scott, New Mexico to investigate the death of Merrill Kent, supposedly killed when dragged by his horse. A mysterious phone call during Kent's funeral suggests the death may have been murder, not accident. Dollar questions the local doctor who signed the death certificate and finds troubling gaps in the medical examination.

Fort Scott, New Mexico, a small village with a local sheriff's office, a doctor's home office on Elm Street, and surrounding ranch country.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sheriff York, Dr. Hugo Snyder, Mrs. Snyder, Merrill Kent, Harris

Listen for: The mysterious anonymous caller who phoned during Kent's funeral with hints of murder; details about Kent's injuries and whether his foot was actually caught in the stirrup.

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.