The Wrong Doctor Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 13, 1961)

“The Wrong Doctor Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 13, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas to take on a case from Jack Price. After settling into his hotel room, a large man with a gun forces his way in, and the two engage in a violent struggle. When hotel staff break down the door, the man is dead, and Johnny discovers the intruder was Diego Hernandez, a recently released convict and shrimp boat captain connected to Jack's case.

Corpus Christi, Texas; the Robert Driscoll Hotel

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jack Price, Diego Hernandez, Dr. Rodden, Chambermaid, House Detective

Listen for: The opening exposition of Johnny Dollar's expense account investigation; the brutal fight scene in the hotel room; the revelation of Hernandez's identity and criminal past.

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.