The Voodoo Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 4, 1953)

“The Voodoo Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 4, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Haiti to investigate mysterious deaths and illnesses plaguing local farmers near Port-au-Prince. When his client Claude Sheldon dies unexpectedly, Johnny suspects wealthy plantation owner Arthur Cotswold is deliberately infecting cattle and burning crops to force farmers to sell their land. Johnny must uncover the truth behind both the scientific cause of death and the strange supernatural events surrounding the case.

Haiti, near Port-au-Prince and San Laje, including the Sheldon farm and Cotswold's mansion

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Claude Sheldon, Inspector George, Arthur Cotswold, Bimba, Josslyn

Listen for: The investigation into cattle disease and land seizure, the voodoo ceremony over Bimba's body, and the shocking climactic confrontation at Cotswold's house with its mysterious supernatural conclusion.

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.