Tag: Bob Bailey

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Widow Matter (EP4531)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to protect an insured wealthy widow and a statue she’s taking to her summerhouse.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 4, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Eric Snowden; Frank Gerstle

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Fifteen Years Ago (EP4526s)

This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam’s current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar.

Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009

Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmailed.

Original Radio Air Date: October 17, 1947

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday; Sylvia Picker as Suzie

Original Podcast Release Date: October 27, 2009

 

Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.
“You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.” – Pat Novak to Hellman
Original Air Date: November 24, 1946
Originating in San Francisco
Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan
Original Podcast Release Date: October 28, 2009

On his first day as a private detective, George Valentine gets his first client – a famous writer who tells him he’s about to be murdered and then collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.

Original Audition Date: May 14, 1946

Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Shirley Mitchell as Claire; Eddie Firestone, Jr. as Sonny; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Backus; Howard McNear; Horace Murphy
Original Podcast Release Date: October 30, 2009

Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
Original Audition Date: December 7, 1948
Starring: Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar; William Conrad; Betty Lou Gerson; Joseph Kearns
Guest: Andrew Rhynes of the OTR Westerns podcast
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Confederate Coinage Matter (EP4525)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Birmingham, Alabama to investigate the theft of a rare Confederate coin.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; Herb Ellis; Herb Vigran; Forrest Lewis; Vic Perrin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yours Truly Matter (EP4519)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny and Buster Favor are carjacked on a desert road on a hot night.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Chester Stratton, Junius Matthews

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Heatherstone Players Matter (EP4513)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he’s putting on.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Herb Vigran; Hans Conried

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Funny Money Matter (EP4501)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Oklahoma to investigate an insured man who paid $4,500 in annual insurance premiums with counterfeit money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; John McIntire

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Parley Barron Matter (EP4495)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the disappearance of a retired chemist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Jeanette Nolan; Will Wright; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Barney Phillips; Stacy Harris

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lorko Diamonds Matter Omnibus (EP4490s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Algeria to investigate the disappearance of $100,000 in diamonds

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 7-11, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin; Gerald Mohr; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jay Novello

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Dixon Murder Matter (EP4489)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny returns to Newport to solve the murder of the young woman whose body has washed ashore.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jeanette Nolan; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Sam Edwards; Austin Green

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mason Dixon Mismatch Matter (EP4483)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The body of a young woman’s body washes up on the beach, and two separate men claim she’s their missing daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Mary Jane Croft; Jeanette Nolan; Jean Tatum; Frank Nelson; Will Wright; Austin Green; Marvin Miller

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Loss of Memory Matter (EP4477)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is hired to deliver an archaeological treasure to a museum.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Les Tremayne; Parley Baer; Shepard Menken; Joseph Kearns; Barney Phillips; Tom Hanley

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Truck Matter (EP4471)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates when a truck hauling a shipment of copper tubing, and its driver, go missing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 26, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Forrest Lewis; John Dehner; Junius Matthews; Stacy Harris; Jack Kruschen

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Michael Meany Mirage Matter (EP4465)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is in Mississippi and has 48 hours to locate $20,000 in stolen Ambergris.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 19, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanette Nolan; G. Stanley Jones; Junius Matthews; Gil Stratton; Richard Crenna; John Deh

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Peerless Fire Matter (EP4459)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates an arson in a junkyard bordering three residential homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 5, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; John Stephenson; Herb Vigran; Hans Conried; Forrest Lewis; Parley Baer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP4453)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate the disappearance of a major league pitcher.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Richard Beals; Barney Phillips; Frank Nelson; Harry Bartell; Richard Crenna; Lawrence Dobkin; Tom Hanley

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