The Shepherd Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 19, 1956)

“The Shepherd Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 19, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dr. Shepherd is found murdered, apparently by Paul Forbes, a man he had threatened him earlier. Johnny Dollar investigates the death and the suspicious circumstances surrounding it, discovering inconsistencies in the stories told by those involved and uncovering a far more complex motive behind the killing.

Providence, Rhode Island; Dr. Shepherd's office and the surrounding city

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Phil Crosby, Dr. Charles Shepherd, Paul Forbes, Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Clara Shepherd, Kareem, Night watchman

Listen for: Johnny Dollar pieces together clues from Dr. Shepherd's medical files, discovering that Paul Forbes was once Shepherd's patient and that Shepherd had been seeing Mrs. Forbes socially while treating her husband. Dollar realizes the murder setup may not be what it appears.

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.