Tag: Virginia Gregg

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Amy Bradshaw Matter Omnibus (EP4800s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate threats on the life of a famous stage actress.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 21-25, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Florence Wolcott; Don Diamond; Larry Thor; Vic Perrin; Carleton Young

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The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter

Johnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rolling Stone Matter (EP4789)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the theft of an under-insured diamond.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Don Diamond

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carson Arson Matter (EP4784)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a series of fires at a chain of New England grocers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Byron Kane; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Jack Edwards; Joseph Kearns; Forrest Lewis

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Money Matter (EP4769)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Baltimore to investgate $104,000 being stolen from a tobacco company’s vault. Suspicion falls on a timid little bookkeeper.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Alan Reed; Vic Perrin; Frank Nelson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eastern Western Matter (EP4764)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Florida to investigate a ranch, where a rancher claims the winter freeze cost him his entire herd of cattle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Marvin Miller; Herb Vigran; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Denver Disbursal Matter (EP4747)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to Denver to investigate a mysterious series of accidental deaths that have resulted in big payoffs by the insurance company.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Edgar Barrier; Frank Gerstle; Peter Leeds

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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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Broadway’s My Beat: The Marcia Dean Murder Case (EP4667)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A bank teller confesses to stealing $20,000 to secure the release of his kidnapped wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Howard McNear; Joseph Granby; Virginia Gregg; Hal Marsh; Marlene Ames

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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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Broadway’s My Beat: The Elaine Hill Murder Case (EP4649)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A perfume demonstrator is found murdered in the room of an out-of-town salesman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Edwin Max; Elliott Reid; Tony Barrett; Joyce McCluskey; Virginia Gregg

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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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