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Delivered daily. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama which aired between 1949 and 1962. "The man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar". Of the eight different actors who played Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey is likely considered the most popular. Bailey's interpretation presented a tough, streetwise character, but also sensitive and thoughtful. During it's time, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar attracted some of the best writers in Hollywood, including Jack Johnstone, E. Jack Neuman, Robert Ryf, and Les Crutchfield. - Audio Credit: The Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0Find all our OTR...
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A steady old-school diamond mystery anchored by Johnny Dollar's expense-account rhythm.
This Johnny Dollar installment tracks an insurance inquiry that slowly brings Mickey the Hood, Michael Jonathan O'Banion, a likely front importing company, and the canary diamonds into clearer view.
A remote-control gimmick turns a robbery into tidy, hardboiled trouble.
Johnny Dollar gets a neat little mid-century robbery story here, built around a temperamental remote-control television gadget and the kind of everyday suspicion that can make a small job feel suddenly dangerous. The pacing is brisk from the start: Earl calls after 7 p.m.
A small-town case where reputation matters as much as evidence.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar turns a bad-matter case into a compact small-town pressure cooker. Johnny arrives with Pat McCracken, and the dispute soon circles around a boy who has been treated as the odd man out for years.
A tidy Johnny Dollar case with brisk narration, dry humor, and just enough talk to keep the gears turning.
This Johnny Dollar case starts small, with a stolen urn, money tucked away where it seemed safe, and a path that moves from an office visit to police headquarters to Tommy Slade before he can slip out of reach.
Bible verses, inheritance, and family resentment push Johnny Dollar into a talky but tense case.
Johnny Dollar gets pulled from a phone call with Fred Briscoe into a lunch meeting with Henry R. Gerson, and the case settles quickly into resentment, inheritance, and Bible verse warnings.
A missing Rochemont necklace sends Johnny Dollar through a vacuum-cleaner sales pitch and a tidy procedural trail.
Johnny Dollar gets pulled into a missing Rochemont necklace case that runs on neat procedural pressure. He starts with Pat McCracken and the promise of a commission, slips into a salesman disguise, and works the trail through a vacuum cleaner, a fake coupon, and a door-to-door…
A tense expense-account case that runs from Hartford to New York with a murder threat at its center.
A murder warning sends Johnny Dollar into a case that opens with a phone call and soon widens into travel, hotel rooms, lawyers, and a steep expense account in New York.
A clean old-radio mystery where family money turns suspicion into a moving target.
The episode opens with George Reed and an odd bodyguard problem tied to Floyds of England, then lets Johnny Dollar drift from a routine errand into something heavier and more personal.
Restored broadcasts, sharp shadows, bright old voices.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate a case involving a butterfly collector who may be threatened, setting up a mystery adventure.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives an urgent call from Hank Parnell in Muddy Gap, Wyoming, who needs help preventing the town from being blown up.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Montana to investigate whether a wealthy client is dead or alive, with a potential million-dollar payout at stake.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is recruited by a Las Vegas representative to investigate an important matter that involves fishing opportunities at Lake Mead.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called away from a planned fishing trip to handle a case for Timothy Hanley of Amalgamated Life Association.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives an unexpected assignment from Lou Little at State Unity Life involving $1,000, leading into a classic radio drama mystery.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a suspected arson case in Buffalo, New York, for the Masters Insurance and Trust Company.
An insurance investigator named Johnny Dollar engages in a mysterious phone conversation with Ted Beckham about a case involving possible impersonation in Fort Worth.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses a mysterious case involving fishing and low tide with a client named Frederick Benham.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives a call from colleague Charlie Warren in Los Angeles, who teases him about the New England weather before requesting his help with a case that requires him to fly to California.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Sarasota to discuss a mysterious case with Don Buhmauer, following a dangerous jewelry store robbery in Miami.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses a case involving stock intrusion in Memphis with his contact Rip, setting up an adventure narrative.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is convinced by his friend Earl to go fishing in Florida with a local guide, despite his suspicions about hidden insurance matters.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is suspicious when his colleague Earl in Florida claims to have a broken ankle and asks him to visit a client, hinting at hidden trouble.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives a mysterious call from Henry Foreman in Fort Jarvis, New York, hinting at a case involving a wealthy individual and potential insurance issues.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses with Pat Fuller about Pat McCracken's retirement and a potential new case involving a widespread racket.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Boston by Christian Albeck to investigate a case involving a $250,000 policy, known as the three-for-one matter.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a medium in Corpus Christi who is causing financial losses and sparking belief in ghosts among locals.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar recounts his travel expenses for a flight from New York to Los Angeles to investigate the Simple Simon case.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is assigned a missing person case in San Francisco by his employer Worldwide Mutual, detailing his travel expenses to begin the investigation.
This episode follows freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar as he documents his expenses while investigating a case in South Carolina.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses a potential case involving a rat in Corpus Christi while dreaming of buying a sports car.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar learns from Jeffrey Reed that his colleague George has been reassigned and discusses a kidnapping insurance policy George wrote.
Johnny Dollar discusses an insurance case involving Mrs.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar reluctantly accepts a bodyguard assignment in Phoenix after negotiating an extra fee with his client Mr.
Private detective Johnny Dollar is recruited by Jack Price for a potentially dangerous narcotics case in Corpus Christi, with humorous banter about expenses and past adventures.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called by Harvey Tilson of Tri-Mutual Insurance to investigate a $100,000 claim, detailing his travel expenses from Hartford to Pittsburgh.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate a mysterious treasure hunt along the Gulf coastline from Corpus Christi to Mexico.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called by Paul Ferris to look into a crime possibly linked to Tony Valentine's old racket, despite Tony being in jail.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is urgently called to Meridian, Mississippi by a government-connected client, Dr.
A mysterious man named Mr.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called by a colleague in Seattle to investigate a suspicious situation where a husband may be plotting to kill his wife for a large insurance payout.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a suspicious boxing-related insurance policy in New Orleans involving a fighter named Touchy Tarantino who may face suicide or murder.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is urgently summoned to Denver by Herbert Lynn to investigate a potential murder before it happens.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Florida by his colleague Earl Foreman to investigate a mysterious case referred to as the 'fiddle faddle matter'.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses a case with Lou Little about a suspicious man named Johnstone who likes fishing, leading to an investigation into an imperfect crime.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is urgently called to the Chadwick Residence at 2 a.m.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discusses his recent ski accident injury with Bill Tilton before shifting to a lead on a case involving Larry Moody.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is tasked with proving criminal Mickey O'Banion is still involved in illegal activities to cancel his insurance policies.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Little Rock to investigate the murder of client Mr.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to his colleague Bert's office just before Christmas, where Bert claims to have payment for a previous job but Johnny suspects a new assignment.
Johnny Dollar is called to Los Angeles by Earl Pullman to help an anonymous client who fears for his life.
Johnny Dollar is tasked with preventing a murder linked to escaped convict Eric Bean, but he reluctantly accepts after meeting the charming Jean Unworthy.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by wealthy miser Henry Gerson, who fears his impoverished nephews and niece plan to murder him for his inheritance.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar takes on a case involving $5,000 stolen from a funeral urn, leading him to uncover a heroin smuggling operation.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to investigate the theft of a valuable ruby and diamond necklace from Mrs.
Johnny Dollar is hired to protect Charles Stalkerly, a retired attorney who believes he is being hunted across the world.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar investigates a series of daylight robberies in La Modra Beach, discovering a pattern linked to a malfunctioning TV remote control.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Lake Tahoe to investigate a case involving a dead man named Marvin W.
A classic radio drama episode where insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called about a potential case involving a fishing guide's illness.
A classic radio drama episode featuring insurance investigator Johnny Dollar being called to Reno for a case.
A classic radio drama episode where insurance investigator Johnny Dollar navigates a personal relationship while being called into a new case.
A classic radio drama episode featuring insurance investigator Johnny Dollar being called in by an insurance company to look into a suspicious policyholder named Smokey Sullivan.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar follows Johnny Dollar to Rocky Rockwell's California estate after Alvin Peabody Cartwright reports that Rockwell may be murdered.
Johnny Dollar investigates a $110,000 Floyd's of England life-insurance policy after Randolph Franklin claims his identical twin Philip died in a burned plane crash.
Johnny Dollar investigates four deaths at Peter Mackley’s modern rest home after learning that residents left insurance benefits to the facility.
Johnny Dollar investigates the theft of a necklace, brooch, and solitaire known as the canary diamonds from Clara Brownfield's wall safe in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by Providential Assurance to look into a $200,000 embezzlement case.
Johnny Dollar returns from vacation and is immediately called to a new case by a police friend.
A classic radio drama episode featuring insurance investigator Johnny Dollar being called in on a new case.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to look into a suspicious disappearance case.
A classic radio drama episode featuring insurance investigator Johnny Dollar taking on a case involving a missing beneficiary named John Doe.