{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"THE ALONZO CHAPMAN MATTER and THE FAIR WAY MATTER   YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR","description":"&amp;nbsp;. The Alonzo Chapman Matter \u2014 Show Notes Summary Johnny Dollar is sent to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of Alonzo Chapman, a man gunned down in an alley shortly after leaving a hotel bar with a woman he had just met. What looks at first like a random killing quickly becomes a layered case of motive, opportunity, and mistaken identity. Johnny interviews Norma Sayle, the young woman who was with Chapman moments before the shooting. She insists she barely knew him, yet the killer seemed to know exactly where Chapman would be. As Johnny digs deeper, he uncovers a tangle of personal relationships: Chapman\u2019s troubled marriage, his history of affairs, and a wife who seems more interested in the insurance payout than in her husband\u2019s death. A new lead emerges when police in Cleveland report that Chapman phoned his wife from Los Angeles the same day her lover, Carl Nicholson, abruptly left town. Johnny begins to suspect that someone may have tipped off Nicholson about Chapman\u2019s whereabouts\u2014intentionally or not\u2014setting the murder in motion. The case becomes a tight, noir\u2011style investigation of jealousy, betrayal, and the deadly consequences of a marriage built on lies. The Fair Way Matter \u2014 Show Notes Summary Originally broadcast one week after The Alonzo Chapman Matter, this case finds Johnny Dollar once again navigating the shadows of mid\u2011century noir. While the surviving documentation is sparse, the episode is paired historically with Chapman\u2019s case and continues the hardboiled, fast\u2011moving style of Edmond O\u2019Brien\u2019s tenure as Johnny Dollar. In The Fair Way Matter, Johnny is called to investigate an insurance claim tied to a suspicious death at a golf course\u2014an incident that may be an accident, a setup, or a cleverly disguised murder. As he interviews club members, caddies, and business associates, Johnny uncovers a web of financial pressure, personal grudges, and a victim whose life was far more complicated than the country\u2011club setting suggests. The case builds toward a confrontation in which Johnny must determine whether the \u201cfair way\u201d was anything but fair\u2014and whether the killer counted on the setting itself to hide the truth. The episode reflects the same noir\u2011infused tone and investigative grit that defined O\u2019Brien\u2019s run in the early 1950s. &amp;nbsp; My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/.patreon.com\/1001storiesnetwork.&amp;nbsp;Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS&amp;nbsp;ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com\/adchoices ","author_name":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bestof1001stories.com\/show\/1001-radio-crime-solvers\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31315372\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199552035"}