The Shady Lane Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 10, 1956)

“The Shady Lane Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 10, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the murder of Ellen Bates, an invalid wife shot through her front window at a farm in Shady Lane. With a $10,000 insurance policy on Ellen's life and suspicions falling on her husband Ben, Johnny examines the crime scene and questions whether the motive was murder or something else entirely.

Shady Lane, a rural farming community with difficult terrain and scattered homesteads.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pete, Constable Joe Bramler, Ben Bates, Mrs. Bates (Ellen), Mrs. Preeney, Millie Wells, Grody Huckins

Listen for: The investigation into who fired the shot that killed Ellen Bates through her window, with suspicion pointing toward her husband Ben despite the constable's doubts about his nature.

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.