The Valentine Matter - Ep 4: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 3, 1955)

“The Valentine Matter - Ep 4” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 3, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar continues his investigation into the shooting deaths of Danny Valentine and his wife. Inspector de Bucken describes the two gunmen and reveals that Valentine's estranged daughter, Miss Ward, has arrived in New Orleans. Dollar visits Valentine's house in Jefferson Parish to gather information and meets the grieving young woman, learning that she was raised apart from her father and is determined to discover who killed both her parents.

New Orleans, Louisiana; Danny Valentine's house in Jefferson Parish; police station

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Inspector Charles de Bucken, Danny Valentine, Miss Ward, Mrs. Yachino, Conrad Webster

Listen for: The description of the two gunmen and the Italian-made pistol used in the murders; the revelation that Valentine's daughter was kept ignorant of her father's identity; Valentine's unexpected life as an artist and lover of music and Italian landscapes.

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.