The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Unedited Drama Portions): Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (June 2, 1951)

“The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 2, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Soderbury, Maine to investigate the murder of Gordon Soderberry, a factory owner shot in his car. Constable Reman points to the roof of Goodwood's store as the shooting location and suspects Ben Sutherland, a local man whose son was killed when the factory operated before and who has been making threats about the factory's reopening.

Soderbury, Maine, a small New England town near Portland, centered on a business street with a factory, Goodwood's store, and surrounding homes.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Edward Whiteman, Constable Fred Reman, Gordon Soderberry, Ben Sutherland, Mrs. Sutherland, Beth Soderberry, Lawrence Taffy

Listen for: The investigation into Soderberry's assassination unfolds as Johnny Dollar gathers information about local opposition to the factory's reopening and learns about Ben Sutherland's grievances and mysterious disappearance.

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.