The Todd Matter - Ep 3: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 11, 1956)

“The Todd Matter - Ep 3” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 11, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar investigates the death of Gloria Tierney, a young woman found wearing a stolen $11,000 mink coat. She dies in the hospital without fully identifying the man who shot her, a mysterious figure named Bill who gave her the coat. Dollar and Sergeant Mapes must track down the killer and uncover why Gloria had the stolen fur.

A city hospital emergency room, a police station, and Gloria Tierney's apartment in an urban setting, with connections to Riverside, California.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sergeant Dan Mapes, Gloria Tierney, Doctor, Father Dearing, Bill Shenchum, Mrs. Stromberg, Robert J. Tierney

Listen for: The tension in the hospital room as Gloria Tierney struggles to identify her assailant before she dies, and Johnny Dollar's moral reflection on witnessing a death as part of his investigation.

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.