Category: CBS

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shepherd Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4171)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is still doubting a doctor’s story even after being pistol-whipped by the man the doctor alleged threatened to kill him.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 18, 19, and 20, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin

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Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Murder and the House of Whispers (EP4170)

Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A blind derelict is found murdered near a strange house that feeds the homeless. Mr. Chameleon finds that he was neither blind nor a derelict, and that’s just the start of the mystery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shepherd Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4168)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to Providence to investigate when a local insurance agent reports a suspicious application. A doctor with few responsibilities has applied for $80,000 in additional life insurance, and if he’s telling the truth, he has a good reason.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 16 and 17, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4165)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny’s predecessor in guarding in a show dog died under mysterious circumstances. Can Johnny avoid his fate?

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 11-13, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, James McCallion, Ken Christy, Dick Ryan, Bert
Holland, Jack Edwards, Hy Averback, Roy Rowan

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Mr. Chameleon: The May and December Murder Case (EP4164)

Karl Swenson
Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found strangled in her room after telling her much-older husband that she wants a divorce.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Yours Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4162)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Harry Branson summons Johnny on a mystery case that’s strictly for the dogs.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 9 and 10, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, James McCallion, Ken Christy, Dick Ryan, Bert
Holland, Jack Edwards, Hy Averback, Roy Rowan

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Indictment: Fur Robberies (EP4160)

Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery:

A man convicted of extortion decides to give McCormick information on a robbery to avoid an indefinite prison sentence.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salt City Matter, Episodes Four and Five (EP4159)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Despite a sense of foreboding, Johnny proceeds with his efforts to serve a subpeona on an underworld figure.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:April 5 and 6, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salt City Matter, Episodes One and Three (EP4156)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to San Francisco to find a notorious criminal to protect him until the company can cancel his insurance policy.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:April 2 and 4, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Barbara Fuller, Jeanne Tatum, Barbara Eiler, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Ryan, Jack Edwards, Barney Phillips, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett

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Suspense: Fragile, Contents: Death (EP4154s)

Victor Perrin

Today’s Mystery:

A postmaster (Victor Perrin) gets a tip that there’s a time bomb among the day’s packages.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1956

Stars: Victor Perin, Herb Ellis, Frank Gershwin, Vivi Janis, Helen Kleeb, John Larkin, Leonard Weinrib, Richard Peel, and Ted Bliss,

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Indictment: Bitter Grapes (EP4154)

Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery: A  woman’s lover alleges that she was killed by her husband.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 24, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick, Jack Arthur, Marjorie Gateson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Bernard Grant, George Petrie, Mason Adams, Guy Rapp

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The LaMarr Matter, Episodes Three, Four and Five (EP4153)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to overcome heartbreak as he tries to solve the murder of the father of the woman he had fallen in love with while on vacation.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 28-30, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Eric Snowden, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Jeanne Tatum,
Joseph Kearns, Paul Richards, Jack Moyles

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The LaMarr Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4150)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny meets a beautiful woman while on vacation and falls for her. Her insured father dies and Johnny is assigned to investigate.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 26 and 27, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Eric Snowden, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Jeanne Tatum,
Joseph Kearns, Paul Richards, Jack Moyles

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4147)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The only witness who could have told Johnny about the explosion of a yacht owned by an infamous international figure died before Johnny could talk to him, but Johnny’s not giving up yet.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 21-23, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Stars, Jeanette Nolan, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Bob Bruce, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4144)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to San Diego to investigate a $460,000 claim on a yacht and finds the local adjuster has been fatally wounded.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 19 and 20, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Forrest Lewis, Paul Frees, Jay Novello, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond, Vic Perrin

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