The Todd Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (January 12, 1956)

“The Todd Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 12, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates the Todd estate burglary and the murder of Gloria Tierney, who was found wearing a stolen fur coat. With the help of Sergeant Mapes, Johnny traces stolen items to a pawn shop and identifies the suspect, William Chambers, through fingerprints found on a Cadillac he sold at a used car lot. A woman with information about Chambers' whereabouts contacts Johnny to negotiate a reward.

New York City, including police headquarters, a morgue, a drug store, a pawn shop on Third Street, and a used car lot in the Bronx.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sergeant Mapes, Gloria Tierney, Bill Powers, William Chambers, Stromberg

Listen for: The detective work unfolds as Johnny and Sergeant Mapes piece together evidence from the pawn shop and used car lot, leading to the identification of the suspect through fingerprints and eyewitness descriptions.

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.