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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Burning Carr Matter (EP4369)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Sarasota to investigate a series of fires at lumber yards, and finds himself investigating a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 9, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce; Harry Bartell; Vivi Janiss; Tony Barrett; Junius Matthews

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Casey Crime Photographer, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP3729: Casey, Crime Photographer: The Fire

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Casey and Ann look into a case of arson and murder.

Original Air Date: April 6, 1950

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3703: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lester Matson Matter

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John Lund

Johnny investigates an arson at a plastics factory.

Original Air Date: September 8, 1953

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, Tales of the Texas Rangers

EP3596: Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Broken Spur

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A rancher is killed and his home is burned to the ground.

Original Air Date: August 12, 1950

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Casey Crime Photographer, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP3567: Casey. Crime Photographer: Hot New Year’s Eve Party

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Casey and Ann begin in New York by looking into an arson/murder and the related kidnapping of a college professor.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1948

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3541: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Latourette Matter

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John Lund

Johnny takes over an investigation of a book store arson after the previous insurance investigator was killed in an apparent hit and run, that Johnny suspects was murder.

Original Air Date: February 20, 1953

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3487: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Elliot Champion Matter

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John Lund

Johnny investigates an arson where the insurance company suspects the ruthless owner, but the owner pointed the finger at a disgruntled employee who’d just been released from prison.

Original Air Date: December 12, 1952

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OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated, The Fat Man

EP3418: The Fat Man: Murder Makes a King Coffin (AU)

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A woman call Brad and hires him to find out whose been watching her house. Brad arrives to find the house burned down and his client in the hospital.
Original Air Date: March 10, 1955

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3403: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Protection Matter

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Edmond O'Brien

Johnny investigates an incendiary fire, and finds it’s tied into a protection racket.
Original Air Date: September 26, 1951

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ABC, Dick Tracy, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP3280: Dick Tracy: The Case of the Firebug Murders

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Dick Tracy investigates a series of arsons that have targeted buildings in Gravel Gerty’s neighborhood.
Original Air Date: February 16, 1946
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3175: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Trans-Pacific Import Export Company, South China Branch Matter

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Edmond O'Brien

Johnny goes to Hong Kong to investigate a case of very inconvenient arson, knowing that an investigator of a similar fire was murdered.

Original Air Date: August 24, 1950

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3163: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hartford Alliance Matter

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Edmond O'Brien

Johnny is called in when a building insured for $300,000 is burned down. The arsonist is caught and fingers the owner.

Original Air Date: August 10, 1950

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Box 13, OTR Detective, Podcast, S11import, Syndicated

EP3015: Box 13: A Book of Poems by Sir Walter Scott

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Dan receives a book of poems by Sir Walter Scott that leads him to investigate a deadly arson.

Original Air Date: December 12, 1947
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2930: Dragnet: The Big Coins

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a burglar who sets houses on fire after stealing items of minimal value.

Original Air Date: November 9, 1954
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2779: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Case of Trouble Matter

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Mandel Kramer

Johnny goes out to Iowa to investigate a series of arsons of warehouses owned by the same person.

Original Air Date: August 5, 1962

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