Tag: Los Angeles

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Desalles Matter (EP4393)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes out west when an insurance agent is suspicious of a $100,000 death claim that another investigator was assigned to look into.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Original Air Date: January 13, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; John Stephenson; Will Wright; James McCallion; Ben Wright

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EP3667: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Black Doll Matter

John Lund

Johnny goes to Los Angeles to investigate the shooting death of an insured young woman.

Original Air Date: July 21, 1953

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AWR0166: Somebody Knows: Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia)

Amazing World of Radio

A true-crime radio program lays out the facts in the murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles and offers a $5,000 reward for her murderer’s capture.

Original Air Date: August 24, 1950

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EP3398s:Jeff Regan: The Lady with the Golden Hair and Rocky Jordan: The Make-Up Man (Twice Told Tale)

In Los Angeles, Regan is hired to protect a famous Hollywood make-up man who’s been shot at.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1948

In Cairo, a famous Hollywood make-up man comes to Rocky for help after being shot at.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1949

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EP3392s: Screen Director’s Playhouse: DOA

Edmond O'Brien
After finding out he was poisoned and there’s no cure, a small-town accountant goes to Los Angeles to bring his murderer to justice before he dies.
Original Air Date: June 21, 1951
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EP3361 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alonzo Chapman Matter

Edmond O'Brien
Johnny goes to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of a womanizer who was shot while leaving a bar with a young woman.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1951
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EP3287: Man Called X: Carbon Fourteen

George Raft

The Man Called X travels to Los Angeles to investigate a report of a missing radioactive isotope.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1948

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AWR0115: X Minus One: Martian Sam (Old Time Radio Baseball)

Amazing World of Radio

The struggling Los Angeles Dodgers sign an eighteen inch tall Martian pitcher to turn around their fortunes.

Original Air Date: April 3, 1957

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EP2935: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Dr. Otto Schmedlich

Charles Russell

Johnny is sent to Los Angeles to find evidence of illegal activity so the company can cancel the policy of a doctor they suspect is a quack.

Original Air Date: October 15, 1949

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EP2781: Rocky Fortune: Hollywood or Boom (Listener’s Choice Standard #20)

Rocky is hired to drive a truckload of Nitro from New York to Los Angeles.

Original Air Date: January 26, 1954

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EP2716: Stand by for Crime: Displaced Into Danger

Glenn LanganChuck investigates a vicious blackmail ring against displaced persons in Los Angeles.

Original Air Date: 1952

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EP2428: Rocky Fortune: Hollywood or Boom

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired to drive a truckload of Nitro from New York to Los Angeles.

Original Air Date: January 26, 1954

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