The Shady Lane Matter - Ep 5: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 13, 1956)

“The Shady Lane Matter - Ep 5” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 13, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the murder of Ellen Bates in Shady Lane, Vermont. Mrs. Preeny confesses she wrote an anonymous letter to the insurance company falsely accusing Ben Bates of the crime, motivated by jealousy when Bates ignored her advances. As Dollar examines a stolen squirrel gun that Martin Preeny purchased from Grody Hawkins, he discovers a crucial detail that reveals the true killer.

Shady Lane, Vermont, a small rural farming community with a hotel, cafe, and farms

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Sarah Preeny, Ben Bates, Martin Preeny, Ellen Bates, Grody Hawkins, Constable Bramlow, Millie Wells

Listen for: The examination of the rifle and the hooks above the fireplace that leads Dollar to his discovery of who really killed Ellen Bates

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.