The Big Scoop Matter: A Story Worth Killing For

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960) · Jul 24, 2026 · 24m

Aired: Nov 11th, 1956. Freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar gets a worried call from Hartford: crusading reporter Art Wesley, insured for $100,000, is closing in on the boss of a national gambling syndicate — and someone has already tried twice to shut him up. Johnny races between smoky Third Avenue bars, an icy estranged wife, and police headquarters trying to protect a friend who insists on chasing the jackpot alone. When a scratch pad clue leads Johnny through a rainstorm to a remote lakeside lodge, he finds the story may have already claimed its price. Part one of a five-part…