The Trans-Pacific Matter, Part A: Fire in Hong Kong

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — John Lund Era (1952–1954) · Jul 27, 2026 · 16m

Aired: Nov 24th, 1952. Johnny Dollar takes on a case he'd rather refuse: a $200,000 fire claim from the Trans-Pacific Import Export Company in Hong Kong — the same outfit whose Shanghai warehouse burned years earlier, and whose last insurance investigator was found robbed and knifed in the street. Arriving in a city overwhelmed by war refugees, Johnny finds officials with little time for his questions and takes a room on a hillside street where he's the only Westerner in the building. This is the first half of the rare audition recording that launched the John Lund era of the classic…