Category: CBS

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hair Raising Matter (EP4910)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in by an insured man who suddenly dies. Is it murder?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Shirley Mitchell; Jack Edwards; Ralph Moody; Junius Matthews; Parley Baer

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Anna Compton Murder Case (EP4908)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found murdered in a salesman’s car.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Howard McNear; Billy Halop; Lou Krugman; Joe Forte; Frances Chaney

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Trouble Matter (EP4905)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to determine which of two men are the long-lost beneficiary to a large life insurance policy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin; Sam Edwards; James McCallion; Parley Baer

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Elizabeth Price Murder Case (EP4903)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman dies in Danny’s office of an apparent heart attack that turns out to have been murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Screen Guild Theater: My Favorite Brunette (EP4900s)

Bob Hope

Today’s Mystery:

A baby photographer impersonates an out-of-town private investigator and gets mixed up with a beautiful woman who wants him to find her missing uncle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Hope as Ronny Jackson; Dorothy Lamour; Frank Nelson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Gruesome Spectacles Matter (EP4900)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to investigate the death of an insured man in a car accident that quickly turns out to be murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Junius Matthews; Joseph
Kearns

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Howard Crawford Murder Case (EP4898)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man drowns in an uptown public swimming pool, but was it actually murder?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Mary Jane Croft; Hy Averback; Stan Waxman; Michael Ann Barrett

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Johnson Payroll Matter (EP4895)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to California to investigate a $100,000 payroll robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Shepard Menken; Frank Gerstle

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Broadway’s My Beat: The David Blaine Murder Case (EP4893)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny investigates what looks like a suicide of an engaged man in an apartment building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Herb Butterfield; Ed Max; Tony Barre

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamond Matter (EP4890)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An insurance case was closed, but the agency forgot about a fraudulent claim for the jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Joe Gruber Murder Case (EP4888)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man commits murder while trying to break into a woman’s apartment.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Barbara Whiting; Irene Tedrow; Lou Krugman; Martha Wentworth; Norman Field; Jerry Hausner

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Malibu to investigate the sinking of a $150,000 yacht.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn

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Broadway’s My Beat: Buddy Malpaugh and the Jeweled Scimitar (EP4873)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

It’s Christmas Eve, and Sergeant Tartaglia is called to investigate the theft of a jeweled scimitar belonging to a ne’er-do-well millionaire.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Howard McNear George Neise;. Georgia Ellis; Howard McNear

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to a small desert town where an old prospector is determined to change his life insurance beneficiary…to his burrow.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Herb Vigran; Howard McNear; Jeanne Tatum; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Richard Crenna; Bill James

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A young man is found murdered outside a club.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Richard Crenna; William Tracy; Peggy Webber; Michael Ann Barrett

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