The Piney Corners Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 23, 1954)

“The Piney Corners Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 23, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in the small town of Piney Corners to investigate the shooting death of Martha Williams. The local constable, Jake Finley, has few clues about who killed the young woman as she sat by a window in her farmhouse. Johnny discovers that Martha's husband Ben has been spending considerable time with Flora Lane, a waitress at the local restaurant, while Martha has been ill at home.

Piney Corners, a small town of 1200 people, and the Williams farm outside town, 1954.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bob Creel, Jake Finley, Ben Williams, Martha Williams, Flora Lane, Mrs. Keeler, Mr. Keeler

Listen for: Johnny's expense account narration as he pieces together the circumstances of Martha Williams' death and the suspicious relationship between Ben Williams and the waitress Flora Lane.

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.