Tag: Bob Bailey

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Baldero Matter (EP4950)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to California to investigate a case of modern-day pirates robbing a yacht at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; Vic Perrin; Howard McNear; Lawrence Dobkin; Will Wright; Carleton G. Young; Jack Edwards

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Net of Circumstances Matter (EP4945)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a theft from a men’s clothing store that has apparently left the night watchman dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Vic Perrin; Harry Bartell; Barney Phillips; Bartlett Robinson; Bill James

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest Lewis; Bob Bruce; Russ Thorson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doting Dowager Matter (EP4925)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to find an inexpensive statue that’s held in high emotional value by an eccentric elderly woman who would pay a $75,000 ransom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; G. Stanley Jones; Eric Snowden; Sam Edwards

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hatchet House Theft Matter (EP0420)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A woman calls to report that a man was murdered and she’s not sure if she did it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Junius Matthews; Paul Dubov; James McCallion; Alan Reed; Frank Gerstle

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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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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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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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Let George Do It: Man Under the Elm Tree (Encore) (EP4883)

Howard McNear

George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband.

Original Air Date: September 26, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Frances Robinson as Brooksie; Howard McNear

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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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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to verify the fate of a businessman who disappeared in the Palisades glacier.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Dehner; Herb Ellis; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; James McCallion; Tom Hanley; John James

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mohave Red Matter (EP4835)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes out to Lake Mohave on a tip from a guide that an apparent accidental death might not have been so accidental.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Forrest Lewis; Parley Baer; Alan Reed; Barney Phillips

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blinker Matter (EP4830)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr.

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