The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (May 9, 1956)

“The Silver Blue Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a night watchman is attacked and a lunchroom owner is murdered in Los Angeles, Johnny Dollar investigates a robbery connected to the crimes. A young man named Eddie Montay becomes a person of interest, and Johnny must confront him at his sister Carla's apartment while Eddie tries to evade questioning.

Los Angeles, California - police headquarters, a lunchroom, a pool hall, a drive-in, and Carla Montay's apartment

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Garcia, Chief of Police, Eddie Montay, Carla Montay, Red Weller

Listen for: The investigation into a stolen shipment and murder, Eddie's criminal record and troubled past, and Johnny's confrontation with the suspect at Carla's home.

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.