The Meek Memorial Matter

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960) · Aug 6, 2026 · 28m

Aired: Mar 3rd, 1957. A priceless handwritten Gettysburg Address — one of Lincoln's original drafts, insured for $100,000 — vanishes from a New England heiress's private museum, and Johnny Dollar heads to Buzzard's Bay to sort collectors from crooks. Between a mysterious stranger asking for him by the wrong name at his hotel and a suspiciously convenient theft, Johnny suspects this may be less about grave robbery and more about a very expensive insurance swindle. Jack Johnstone's crisp plotting and Bob Bailey's wry expense-account narration make this a sharp entry in Johnny Dollar's finest…