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The Thelma Ibsen Matter
Aired: Jan 9th, 1953. A dying wish sends Johnny Dollar chasing down the long-lost beneficiary of an old newsstand vendor's life insurance policy: a young woman named Thelma Ibsen who once did something kind enough to earn a stranger's gratitude. What starts as a heartwarming payout turns into a trail of orphaned childhoods, vanished trails, and a mysterious disappearance on a Christmas Eve drive to Long Island. Classic Johnny Dollar sentiment gives way to a genuine missing-persons mystery as the expense account adds up.
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