The Shayne Bombing Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 14, 1953)

“The Shayne Bombing Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 14, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in New York to investigate the death of David Shane, who was killed by a bomb sent in a package. The police suspect Charles Shane, David's brother, but the evidence is circumstantial. As Dollar interviews Charles, their mother, and their sister Mary, he begins to uncover hints that the bombing may be connected to David's activities against the Workers' Protective Association rather than being an act of fratricide.

New York City: police precinct station, city jail, and hospital

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Will Stevens, Charles Shane, David Shane, Mrs. Shane, Mary Shane

Listen for: The developing mystery of who really sent the bomb and why David Shane's speeches against the Workers' Protective Association might be the motive.

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.