Category: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Durango Laramie Matter (EP4723)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in because Durango Laramie Dalhart has disappeared with $50,000 in cash.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; Junius Matthews; Alan Reed; Frank Nelson; John McIntire; Bill Verdier; Tom Hanley

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Time and Tide Matter (EP4717)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to the Caribbean to locate a well-insured man who has disappeared and finds intrigue on a boat to Jamaica.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Tony Barrett; Lawrence Dobkin; Herb Ellis; Frank Nelson; Ben Wright

Discussed:

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad

Sumter Valley Railroad

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sick Chick Matter (EP4705)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to a New Jersey chicken ranch by a retired investigator who is concerned about what’s happening to his chickens.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Howard McNear; Gil Stratton; Jack Moyles; Sam Edwards; Bill James

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Price of Fame Matter (EP4699)

  1. Price of Fame

Today’s Mystery:

Vincent Price summons Johnny Dollar when a $100,000 painting is stolen from his private collection.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Vincent Price as Himself; Virginia Gregg; Howard McNear; Junius Matthews; Forrest Lewis; Tony Barrett

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fire in Paradise Matter (EP4693)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small New Jersey town to investigate a fire that destroyed the home of a much-despised citizen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:January 26, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Vic Perrin; Forrest Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Parley Baer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eleven O’Clock Matter (EP4687)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to the vacation home of an insured man who has been receiving threats.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Paula Winslowe; Lawrence Dobkin; Will Wright; Ben Wright; Harry Bartell

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Boron 112 Matter (EP4675)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An inventor who is building an insured machine to make a new type of fuel is suspected of being involved in a subversive group.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Shirley Mitchell; G. Stanley Jones; Parley Baer; Russell Thorson; Frank Gerstle; Lou Merril

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter (EP4669)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the robbery of $985,000 in jewels from a jeweler’s office.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Byron Kane; Vic Perrin; Joseph Kearns; Austin Green

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Latin Lovely Matter (EP4663)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate the case of a beautiful Latin dancer who keeps changing her beneficiary every few months.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Lawrence Dobkin; James McCallion; Harry Bartell

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Happy Family (EP4657)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An insured man wants Johnny to pick which of his three children will be the beneficiary of his life insurance policy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Dehner; Lawrence Dobkin; Peter Leeds; Virginia Gregg; Shirley Mitchell, Paul Dubov

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hapless Hunter Matter (EP4651)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to New York state to investigate the death of an insured with a $500,000 who was shot and killed by a drunk hunting guide while on a trip with an insurance beneficiary.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Stephenson; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Carleton G. Young

Discussed: Georgia Rural Telephone Museum

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Broderick Matter Omnibus (EP4646s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny looks for an insurance beneficiary for a policy with a heartwarming story, and finds disillusionment in the course of a coast-to-coast search.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 14-18, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Barbara Eiler; Virginia Gregg; Carleton Young; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; John Dehner; Marvin Miller; Tony Barrett; Frank Gerstle; Chester Stratton; Lawrence Dobkin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sunny Dream Matter (EP4645)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a series of supposedly accidental deaths occurring at a rest home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Bert Holland; Peggy Webber

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hope to Die Matter (EP4639)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in when an insurance policy is issued that will pay off $250,000 if a woman dies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Ben Wright; Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell; Marvin Miller

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shy Beneficiary Matter (EP4633)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny’s called in to find a missing life insurance beneficiary who turns out to be wanted for murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Jack Kruschen; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Howard McNear

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