The One Too Many Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (December 31, 1961)

“The One Too Many Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 31, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar is unexpectedly recruited on New Year's Eve to investigate a potential murder plot. Dr. Begley believes one of Mrs. Nancy Cunningham's two nephews, Walter Bader or Donald Kingman, plans to kill her before she can change her will to exclude them as beneficiaries. Johnny agrees to stay with Mrs. Cunningham while the nephews visit for the holiday.

Connecticut, New Year's Eve; Hal Kempert's house and Mrs. Cunningham's residence

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Hal Kempert, Dara Kempert, Dr. Albert Begley, Mrs. Nancy Cunningham, Walter Bader, Donald Kingman

Listen for: The details of Mrs. Cunningham's heart condition, recent suspicious incidents at her home, and the arrival of her two nephews

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.