The Man Who Starved with $50,000 in the Bank

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — John Lund Era (1952–1954) · Aug 6, 2026 · 29m

Aired: Feb 6th, 1953. A Chicago insurance claim turns strange when Johnny Dollar learns the deceased—fully insured for $50,000—died of slow starvation despite having plenty of money to eat. As Johnny presses a defensive examining physician on x-rays and physicals that somehow missed a year of chronic illness, the case starts to smell less like an oversight and more like an elaborate fraud. Coast-to-coast intrigue, itemized expense accounts, and Johnny's trademark needling interrogation style make this a classic entry from the John Lund years.