The Wayward Truck Matter

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960) · Aug 13, 2026 · 29m

Aired: May 26th, 1957. A truck loaded with $9,500 in copper tubing vanishes into the desert night between East Los Angeles and Victorville — and so does its driver. Johnny Dollar heads to California to investigate whether it's a hijacking, a murder, or an inside job, as suspicion falls on a driver everyone swears is beyond reproach. Classic Bob Bailey-era Dollar: a tight, twisty half-hour of insurance fraud and desert intrigue.