The Wrong Man Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (November 29, 1959)

“The Wrong Man Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 29, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, a special insurance investigator, looks into a brutal attack on an elderly invalid, Mr. O'Shea, who lives with his male nurse, Harry Marshall. Marshall had recently arranged for a change to O'Shea's life insurance and had visited George Reed, Johnny's client, the night of the assault. Johnny questions the people connected to the house, including a hard-tempered neighbor, Mr. Wakeley, who had complained about the loud television. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio series, and this episode aired on CBS Radio on November 29, 1959, with Bob Bailey and Edmond O'Brien among the lead actors.

Maple Drive, Hartford, Connecticut area, in and around the O'Shea house

Characters: Johnny Dollar, George Reed, Harry Marshall, Mr. O'Shea, Lieutenant Brawley, Mr. Wakeley, Walter Perry

Listen for: Johnny's questions about who knew where George Reed and his wife were that night

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.