Latest / Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas / Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1053)

Transcript

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1053) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

0:28
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This
0:33
is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it
0:36
to me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at
0:42
Radio Detectives, and become one of our friends on Facebook, Facebook dot com
0:47
slash Radio Detectives. Before we do get started, I want to let you
0:52
know today's episode is brought to you by the financial support of our listeners,
0:57
and among those I want to thank Eric, Joseph, William and Catherine for
1:07
their support. We'll be sending along the promised extras and access to our premium
1:11
site, and you can't support the show at support dot Great Detectives dot net
1:15
and I have decided, even though the listener support campaign is over, to
1:21
add a few premiums that we'll have on an on going basis. At the
1:26
twenty dollars level I will send if a listener's requested, I'll be happy to
1:30
send them one of my ebooks for the kindle, and at the fifty dollars
1:37
level, we have, for limited time still two bets of two paperback books,
1:45
original prints of Michael Shane from the nineteen fifties and sixties. And then
1:49
at the one hundred dollars level, we're going to continue to offer John c
1:53
Abbotts who is Johnny Dollar books, And at the two hundred and fifty dollars
1:59
level, we'll hand away send you all three books. I won't talk about
2:02
these extra premiums very much, but they are there if listeners are interested.
2:07
All right, well, now it's time for a new episode of Yours truly,
2:10
Johnny Dollar. This one is called the Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter from Hollywood.
2:17
It's time now for Johnny Dollar. Hi, Johnny, Pat mccrack in
2:24
a universal adjustment. Hello, Patt, listen, I have something here,
2:29
I think mane holded boy, I've already pecked you are. Yeah, I'm
2:32
taking off in about an hour, first plane out. I can get it.
2:36
You know, I've been planning it for months. Oh could it only
2:38
happened last Thursday? Mad? Yeah? I'm going on a vacation far far
2:43
away, the sunny southern California little town of O Joya. And to help
2:46
me keep out a sight from such as you, I'm taking along all my
2:49
skin diving outfit. By wait, Johnny, that's right next door to what
2:53
the case I want you to handle for us in San Diego. Just change
2:57
my plans, Pat, I'm going to Florida. No, listen, there's
3:00
enough commission on this case to pay for two vacations and as long as you're
3:04
going to be right there in southern cal anyway, Look, why don't you
3:07
drop in on me before you take off? Okay? What just talking to
3:14
myself. I'll see you tonight and every weekday night. Bob Bailey in the
3:24
transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expense Account America's Fabulous freelance insurance
3:30
Investigators, Truly Johnny Dollar expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the
3:49
Universal Adjustment Bureau Hertford, Connecticut, following as an accounting of expenditures incurred during
3:53
my investigation of the Jolly Roger fraud expense account IE one TAXI you for myself
4:00
from my vacation luggage to the offices of Universal Adjustment four to three six Parley
4:03
Street, Hartford, and the hope I could argue both Pat mccrankan and myself
4:08
out of taking on the case. The last two cases I'd handled for Pat
4:11
had almost cost me my life, and I was beginning to be a bit
4:14
superstitious about anything he had a hand in. But trying to talk him Donald's
4:17
like trying to talk down your mother in Lady, you're a skin diving trick
4:20
will help you crack the case. But the main thing is you're going to
4:24
California anyhow. This way you can put your whole vacation on expense account.
4:28
Pat, and baby, if I know you, you run down the case
4:30
in about two days, come up with a swindle sheet for a couple of
4:33
weeks. Hat to say nothing of the commission I mentioned over the phone.
4:36
Listen, you see that Jolly Roger was insured by Southwest Maritime Insurance and Liability
4:43
for four hundred and sixty g's. Bert Parker in their San Diego office can
4:46
give you all the dope on it. Bert Parker, sure you remember him
4:50
handed you the molly k matter a few months ago, A very profitable case
4:54
for you, wasn't it? Well, wasn't it? Yeah? Ifn not
4:58
lost, I will. You'll clean up on this too. Jolly Roger.
5:00
You know it was one of the finest sea going yachts on the West Coast.
5:02
No, I didn't know, But Pat, I have a diesel job
5:05
one hundred and ten feet long floating palace, probably the most luxurious wooden hull
5:11
job built since the wooden hall one hundred and ten foot diesel job. Yeah,
5:15
and that, unfortunately, is why she burned to the waterline before the
5:17
weight of her engines carried her down to Davy Jones's locker. Total loss huh
5:23
total four hundred and sixty thousand bucks gone. That's too bad. Well,
5:28
Patta, was nice seeing you again. Now I got to get my plane
5:30
to New York to get my plane for the coast. But I haven't even
5:32
told you why. We want you to look in on this thing. Pat.
5:34
I am going to the coast on a vacation. Remember, but I
5:38
told you. I told Bert that you were on your way. You told
5:41
what Sure holed him right after I talked to you. Well, you dog.
5:44
Sure He's promised to contact the Mexican authorities that you may need to help
5:47
you and have every single how are they involved? All? Now, look,
5:51
Pat, enough of this. I got to get it. Sure,
5:53
my car's right downstairs, and I can tell you the rest I know.
5:56
No, no, no, tell it to somebody else. I'm going out
5:59
there to make you can't let me down on this one. Look, we
6:01
haven't got any regular man out there are only a couple of part timers like
6:04
Burt Parker, you know, sell the policies with one hand and actor's adjusters
6:09
with the other. I gotta go sure, you see here, I'll make
6:12
that bank. And this one is he that works out all right on small
6:15
accounts, but on these big ones. Wow, what do you got in
6:18
here? Case? Scotch hand, Will you shut up a minute, let
6:20
me tell you your life. I'd give you a chance to change your mind
6:24
about taking on Dard. Here's the elevator. Oh excuse me, lady.
6:28
Sorry now, I still haven't told you why we smell something wrong in this
6:30
whole case. It's simply and clearly this John. Yeah, that's simply and
6:43
clearly this but decently Jolie Rodger was owned by one paula Saginian, ex rum
6:48
runner, ex gun runner, ex shipping magnet, suspected spy through two World
6:53
Wars, and generally undesirable character. Despite the Midians he'd made during the last
6:58
Warry cleaned up by scaring some of the smaller countries into buying a lot of
7:00
obsolete military equipment that was hardly fit for the scrap pile, and in more
7:04
than one place around the world there was anything but a welcome matt waiting for
7:08
him. And in a lot of places, there's a lot of countries.
7:11
The minute he landed Seagoing Palace, the gendarmes would stick to him like flies
7:14
to a molasses barrel, just to make sure he behaved himself. Anyhow,
7:18
trying to argue with Pat was useless, so I agreed to take on the
7:23
case. Expense account items two three and four one hundred ninety dollars four cents
7:30
Plaine Fairs and Incinettal's Hartford to New York, New York to Los Angeles,
7:33
LA to San Diego, where I hoped to grab a cab to La Joya
7:36
before Bert Parker can find out I'd arrive, but I was met at the
7:41
airport, but not by Bert Parker. Mister Dollar. Uh, yeah,
7:46
I thought you were by the description. Don't tell me they've got me on
7:49
those wanted posters out here too, silly. I'm Jen Kenny mister Parker's office,
7:56
you know, Southwest Insurance and Liability. Mmmm. Maybe out to take
7:59
the case after all, I'm going to work with you on it. Oh
8:01
no, I'm sure I won't you see mister Parker's in the hospital. When
8:05
he received mister McCracken's wire about your time of arrival, he asked me to
8:07
meet you here hospital. What's the matter with him? It's supposed to have
8:11
been an accident hit and run? Well, what do you mean supposed to
8:16
be? Bert thinks they tried to run him down deliberately. Ooh, I
8:20
think he'd better tell you about it. Yeah, I think somebody better.
8:28
We picked up my luggage, dropped it off at a hotel. I've found
8:31
the place. I've made a reservation in La Joya and told him I might
8:33
be a day late, and Jan Penny and I went on over to the
8:35
Queen of Mercy Hospital to talk with Bert Parker on doctor's orders. I went
8:39
into his room alone. Bert looked terrible, So so glad you couldn't make
8:46
it, Johnny, are you sure you want to be trying to talk?
8:48
Bert? Look, why don't we forget enough to talk? Well? I
8:54
can, Johnny try to kid me? Tell me? Oh, we got
8:58
it here. Couple of days and lying I saw the chart internal internal bleeding
9:09
birds. Take it easy? What you look? The doc said, you
9:11
have to take it easy? Why can't you Gale, Jan tell me all
9:16
I need to know on the case. She can't accept us. It's getting
9:22
them done. Yeah, she said she thought it wasn't an accident. She
9:28
thinks I know phone calls threatening, phone calls threatening about what because because of
9:37
holding up on this claim, somehow somebody found out. I called Hart as
9:46
investigation nake, and Deny said he you all know the Johnny Rush. Yeah,
9:54
denies knowing anything about the cause. But they weren't getting Johnny. That's
9:58
why I'm here, and they probably know I was asking him out here.
10:03
Johnny, Johnny better go back drop this one over. Bert. If they
10:09
don't know, they know, you're shut me Trey Mere Johnny, Yeah,
10:18
nurse nurse. Three hours later, while Jan Penny and I paced the quarter,
10:26
Bert Parker died. The only thing I'd learned from him was that I'd
10:30
better be careful, mighty careful. I took Chan Penny to the roughest,
10:39
toughest dive I could find, Ray Kemper's cat club, and I hope we
10:41
could both drown a sorrow or two. Why Johnny, why did it have
10:46
to be Burt? You liked him, didn't I loved him? I loved
10:50
Bert night seven other drink. Hey, Jan, don't you think maybe wait?
11:01
Waited you want? I know this is no way to face it,
11:09
Johnny. Sorry. I came out here like everybody does, every young female
11:13
kid who's been told she's prettier than the rest, you know, the movies,
11:18
Hollywood, glamour, all that stuff. But it was rough, was
11:22
too rough, and I couldn't play the game they seemed to want to play
11:26
out here. And I was all set to go back to the farm country
11:30
and settle down to the same dog. But then I met Bert. Instead
11:35
of giving me just a lot of fast talk, he said he wanted to
11:37
help me. He did, Johnny really did. Took me into his office
11:41
here in San Diego, and we made this office Johnny, we did.
11:46
And he still didn't try to make any advances because he knew I wouldn't want
11:50
that. What he didn't know was that I loved him for it. But
11:56
I loved him. Now he's gone, Hey, look, Chan, there's
12:01
nothing we can do about it except try to finish the job he started on
12:05
the case that well put us here drinking too much, and try not to
12:09
think of him. I'm thinking of nothing else but you, Oh, thanks
12:13
Bundy here keep the change. Johnny. Yeah, you're like Bert, You're
12:26
straight. I'm glad easy again. Maybe you didn't know him as well as
12:30
I did, but you cared about even enough to well to do this.
12:35
And Chan listen, Chan, yes, grab your coat. I'm taking you
12:43
home. I'm all right, really I am. You've got a double job
12:46
to do tomorrow, his as well as yours. How can you talk?
12:50
I know, I know. I'm out here. I'm out here to knock
12:52
off the Johnny Roger. Make sure the payment of the claim is okay.
12:56
At least that's why I came out here. Now I've also got a find
13:00
out who well. Yeah, and I'm gonna need your help, all right,
13:07
Johnny, Come on your gravy coat. I took her home to her
13:18
little apartment on East Drive. I didn't go up for the usual nightcap because
13:22
it didn't want to, and I knew Jan didn't want me to. I
13:28
dropped into police headquarters homicide first, and then traffic Detail to see if they'd
13:31
been able to dig up anything on the head run driver who'd kill Bert.
13:35
Nothing. Apparently, the threat he'd received just before the so called accident was
13:39
something that only he and Jan had known about the expense account. Oh,
13:45
I don't know. Call it ten bucks, a couple of caves, a
13:46
couple of drinks or maybe six or raider. And I'm kind of tired tonight.
13:52
Bert was a nice guy. Jan's a nice girl. In the morning,
13:58
I'll call the hotel in Ojoyan delay my reservation there another day. Meantime,
14:01
I'll get some sleep. I guess maybe I'll even cook me have a
14:05
dream or two about skin diving and sunning and the rocks at La Joya.
14:09
After all this whole rocking cases cleared up, give myself a good winter ten
14:13
to take the place of this high Eastern pallor I've been trying to get.
14:16
Oh, hello, hello, Johnny, Hello Johnny. Hello. I can't
14:26
Jan, Yes, Johnny, listen to me. Yeah, we must have
14:31
been followed tonight. Jan. I got a phone call just a minute ago.
14:39
The man he threatened me. He threatend you. How who was it?
14:43
I don't know. He said, if I help you, yeah,
14:46
there'll be another accident. To me, jam And did you and did you
14:50
listen? Jam? Oh, Johnny, I have a friend, Johnny Dollar.
15:11
This is Jan. Yes, Jane, I'm a minute to go after
15:15
you left me here at my apartment. I got a phone call, a
15:18
threat. If I help you in this case, there'll be another accident like
15:22
the one that happened to Bert failed to me, Jan, do you,
15:26
oh, Johnny, I'm afraid say right where you are. I'm on my
15:30
way. Over expense accounts ivented by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Universal Adjustment
15:43
Bureau. Attention Patrick McCracken, fant. I'm addressing this to you instead of
15:48
to the Southwestern Maritime Insurance and Liability because Southwestern sole representative here in San Diego,
15:52
California, Burt Parker died yesterday in the hospital, presumably of an accident,
15:58
but I don't believe it. I think it's because he knew too much
16:00
about this case, the Jolly Roger fraud. Itdem six two seventy camp fare
16:07
and tip from my hotel to the little apartment of Jan Penny, who had
16:11
been Bert Parker's secretary before he was killed. Johnny Dollar, are you all
16:21
right? I've ben Johnny quick enough. Who was it threatened over the phone?
16:30
Did you recognize the voice? Yes? Oh? Who was it?
16:33
I don't know. It was the same voice that called Bird at the office
16:36
and warned him before he was run down by that car. Killed. But
16:40
you don't know who it was. No, I'm so scared. Please hold
16:42
me. I don't mean that it sounds. I can't try. It's okay,
16:48
Jan it's okay. Just take it easy. Here we are, come
16:52
on, sit down, have a cigarette. Sorry, I'm sorry, Johnny.
17:03
I guess it's just been too much for a gown. Sure, I
17:07
don't doubt it. I thought when I bought you a few drinks tonight,
17:10
you'd be able to come back here and sleep and forget what's happened, forget
17:12
about Bert being killed. It's because he held up the claim on the Jolly
17:15
Roger, because he sent for you. That's why they're threatening you to how
17:21
Johnny, be careful and you have no idea who they is. Of course
17:23
I do the same idea. You have the man who owned the Jolly Roger
17:27
before she burned and sank paulas Zanagian. Just how much do you know about
17:33
Zanagian? Only what Bert told me? He was an international crook, gun
17:37
runner, spy shipping magnet, international trouble maker. Yeah, just about his
17:41
welcome in any decent country of this world. As the plate Bert didn't want
17:44
to insure the Jolly Roger certainly an appropriate name, all right, if ever
17:48
there was an international pirate, But go on, Joe. Bert didn't want
17:51
to insure it. Four hundred and sixty thousand dollars wouldn't hull in all,
17:56
But he had to. Southwestern is a small company, john and the premium,
18:00
two years premium in advance was too much to turn down. So that
18:03
was the clincher. Yes, Bert needed it so much, but then it
18:07
burned and sank. Yes, when they submitted the claim it's an egg hi
18:12
himself? Oh yes, Johnny, it was Paula Zenaggan himself who bought the
18:15
policy, and he made the claim demanded immediate payment. When Bert decided to
18:21
hold up until you could come out here and investigate him. The warnings and
18:23
the so called accident that killed him. Yes, now they're warning me you,
18:33
Johnny, why don't you give this up? Where's an eggin now here
18:37
in San Diego at the larch Man And you're sure it wasn't he who called
18:40
you tonight? Who called Burton warned him? I'm sure I would have known
18:42
his voice, his accent. But Johnny, I'm frightened right now. Look
18:47
Look, go on in there in your bedroom and sleep. No, take
18:49
a sleeping pill, whatever you like, but get some sleep. Look,
18:52
there's nothing we can do tonight, and there'll be plenty for us to do
18:55
tomorrow after that phone call out. I'll stay right here on the sofa and
18:59
look, I've got this. Have you any kind of a gun? No,
19:03
Johnny, Now go on in there, lock your windows, close the
19:06
drapes, and get some sleep. That's orders, all right, Good night,
19:14
Johnny. I hope chan slept better than I did. Expense account item
19:25
seven ninety cents. Taxi to police headquarters first thing in the morning. I
19:29
spent a solid hour talking with Detective Sergeant Joe Franklin. Yes, they were
19:33
working on the hit run death of Bert Parker. No, they hadn't come
19:36
up with any leads. All he knew was that Bert had left his office
19:40
late, was shortcutting his way through an alley to where his car was parked,
19:41
had been knocked down when he reached the end of the alley. No
19:45
witness, no tire marks, nothing. They questioned Jan Penny about possible enemies
19:48
and come up with the same answer as I did, But no evidence.
19:52
Right am ete taxi to the Larchmont, where the desk clerk announced my arrival
19:56
to the Penthouse suite Covin co means, sir, I've been waiting for you
20:00
to call on me terribly distesting news about your colleague, mister Parker. I
20:07
feel. Oh, sit down, sit down, won't you tell me?
20:11
Sir? Have the police found any clue as to who ran down and killed
20:14
the poor man? Oh? You know that he died last night? Oh?
20:18
Yes, of course, within a few minutes of when it happened.
20:21
But was Sergeant Franklin able to give you no inkling of who might have done
20:23
it? Do not look surprised, my boy. I not only know of
20:29
your visit to police headquarters this morning, but have everything else you have done
20:32
since your arrival here on Sunday. That's very interesting, is indeed, But
20:37
I am sure the reason for it is very obvious, of course, my
20:41
friend. Of course, I am depending on you to see the prompt payment
20:45
of my insurance on the joy Roger is made. After all, that is
20:49
the only reason for your being sent here. Therefore, I feel my obligation
20:53
to see that nothing happens to you that you are given shall we say,
20:57
adequate protection during the time you are here. I think, in my behart
21:03
that is why I have made a trusted man responsible for watching over you at
21:07
all times during your stay. I suppose that's just a polite way of saying
21:11
that you've had somebody taming me since I got here. Oh. Oh,
21:15
by the way, a lovely girl, miss Penny, isn't she? And
21:18
she was so devoted to mister Parker terrible shock to her his death. Your
21:23
solicitude to her is to be highly commended, you really keep. But now
21:27
let us get down to the business at hand. Yeah, that's the loss
21:30
of the Jolly Roger came at a most inopportune moment. My crew were testing
21:36
some new equipment in preparation for a somewhat lengthy trip abroad when the accident occurred.
21:40
They sent her to the bottom outain near the Coronado Islands. Just what
21:44
kind of an accident was it? Oh, forgive me, dear man,
21:49
I forget you have not yet contacted because God for the details of the whole
21:52
affair, that's right, But I am certain you will, So why should
21:56
I bore you with information you will only have to hear all over again from
22:00
them. Suffice it to say, dear sir, that the loss of my
22:03
beautiful yacht was due to some mechanical failure, so to speak, something with
22:10
the electrical system. I believe it was, Yes, I do. But
22:12
my point to you is simply that I must have settlement of my claim without
22:17
delay, so that I can leave the United States as soon as possible.
22:21
For where do you mind? No, of course I don't mind. But
22:26
why bore you with my personal affairs? So urgent is my need for immediate
22:30
settlement that I can only remind you that I am a most generous person,
22:37
which is to say, I can assure you an ample reward for anything you
22:40
may do to expedite payment to me. I'm sorry, my dear sir,
22:45
Oh, dear me. I'm sorry. I've seemed to monopolize the conversation.
22:51
Just as again, let's start beating around the bush. An insurance claim for
22:55
four hundred and sixty thousand dollars is investigated. In any event, Bert Parker
23:00
seemed to think there was something wrong with his claim. He said so,
23:02
and apparently it cost him his life. The same threats that were made to
23:06
him have been passed on to a secretary chant penny to me. And if
23:08
that doesn't make a whole case. Smell the high heaven, my dear sir.
23:12
Now you're trying to bribe me to make a quick settlement. So,
23:15
mister, if I weren't suspicious of the whole thing before, you can believe
23:18
me, I am. Now Why anyone with your reputation for midian should be
23:22
in such a hurry to get his hands on a few hundred thousand I don't
23:25
know, but if I were you, I'd sit back very quietly and prepare
23:29
for a long wait to see if you get it at all. Oh how
23:37
unfortunate this attitude for you? That a threat? No, dear boy,
23:41
not at all. I am simply thinking of how much easier it could be
23:48
for you, and of course profitable that perhaps he will change your mind.
23:53
Not a chance, then, sir, since settlement of my claim seems to
23:57
rest entirely on your shoulders at the moment, and since someone I can't imagine
24:02
who has seen fit to threaten you, And please don't forget that, dear
24:07
boy, mister Sanagen, Yes, I don't scare easy. It was pretty
24:17
obvious that Paula Senagan was used to having his own way, would stop it
24:21
nothing to get it. Bert Parker had been right, I'd have to watch
24:23
my step. I checked with jan and grabbed a taxi to pay a visit
24:27
to the Coastguard Lieutenant John Smith. Believe it or not, you can take
24:33
your choice. Dollar read the report on the burning and singing the Jolly Roger
24:36
here or the copy I let bird Parker. Have I tell it you talked
24:38
to him? Parker is dead? Why? Yeah? Hit and run.
24:41
After he received a couple of threats to lay off this case. He locked
24:45
up zenagain yet on what charges? So who else? It's a lot to
24:48
go on. If he didn't think that boat himself, I'm a walleyed monkey.
24:52
You'll find out anything to back that up. Oh, not a thing
24:55
that Jolly Roger's thinking about. As bad as spot out there as could have
24:57
been picked. It's deep, bad, dirty water from on sure silk.
25:02
We tried to send on divers, got nowhere. Hey wait, I thought
25:04
she went down in Mexican waters off the Coronados, as she did. But
25:07
we supplied the divers or tried to international cooperation that sort of stuff, but
25:11
we got nowhere. How'd you find out about it in the first place.
25:15
One of our planes on routine patrol saw the puff from the explosion out over
25:18
the water. By the time it actually got there, the hull was nothing
25:22
but a massive flames sank ten fifteen minutes later. What about the crew?
25:25
The crew were lost except for one kid, a cabin boy. Where's he?
25:30
Mexican fishing bud out of Rosarita picked him up. It was in bad
25:33
shape, explosionly blown and clear, and he's in the hospital on Tijuana.
25:37
Well look, wait, hasn't anybody talked to him? He's too badly heard
25:40
it first, But I spoke with the hospital before you got here, and
25:42
they think he might be able to talk by some time this afternoon. What
25:45
are we waiting for? Come on, let's get down there. And I
25:48
can't until later. Uh. Look, if you got a car, you
25:52
want mine? Well, sure, let's go. How far is even within
25:56
the speed limit? You can make it an a half hour? Not this
26:00
way, of course, that's a lot in my back. Look here,
26:03
money, generous smith, I'll try to make this up to you somehow.
26:06
Forget it. I'd like to see you get the goods ones and egg in
26:08
just as much as you would. I didn't like having him come into port
26:11
here in the first place, and then when I learned that both Holland and
26:15
Switzerland and tied up all of his funds. They want sure in early last
26:19
week's papers, that's why he needs the money. Here's my car if you
26:23
can learn anything down there, If I can be of any help, I'm
26:26
on pretty good terms with a dollar. Oh, mister dollar. Oh,
26:34
I caught an excellent shotis here would have got you to Tijuana much more rapidly
26:38
and comfortably than you might drive. I am sure. Wait, wait just
26:42
a minute, which is why I came to meet you here. I knew
26:45
you'd want to talk with the cabin boy who survived the accident to my unifated
26:49
Julie Rodgers, Oh you did, yes, However, I fear it is
26:55
too late. What do you mean? As I was leaving my hotel,
26:57
I heard from one of my shall we say associates. He informed me that
27:02
he had just learned from one of his shall we say contacts in Tijuana alas
27:10
the poor cabin boy died only a few minutes ago. Pity, sir,
27:15
isn't it. Now Here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intrigguing episode of
27:34
this week story Tomorrow, a dead man talks and what he has to say
27:38
isn't very pleasant. For it all adds up to just one more good,
27:42
solid thread on the life of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar,
28:00
starring Bob Bailey, is transcribed in Hollywood. It is produced and directed
28:04
by Jack Johnstone, who also wrote Tonight's story. Be sure to join us
28:10
tomorrow night, same time and station for the next exciting episode of Yours Truly
28:17
Johnny Dollar. Roy Rowan speaking welcome back. Well, we got a very
29:23
key moment here, and that was the introduction of the character of Pat McCracken.
29:30
Pat is actually one of those insurance investigators become a or insurance adjusters who
29:40
would become a regular character on Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. And this is a
29:47
marks a pretty big shift because throughout the show's history, you know, you
29:51
just have a generic actor from a generic company call up and say, Hi,
29:57
this is so and so from this company, come on out and investigate
30:02
the case. But you begin to get these people as real characters, which
30:07
I think is just a wonderful change of pace for the series overall. And
30:15
I think that I think that this is key and this is the first of
30:18
several recurring characters that Johnny Dollar would get as opposed to the previous versions that
30:25
didn't really have any recurring characters at all. So definitely a big change for
30:33
the series and one I think to welcome. All Right, well, we
30:37
turned out listener comments and feedback, and we start with Christine, who says,
30:44
Hi, Adam, I feel like I'm emailing you about Johnny Dollar too
30:47
often now, but I've just finished listening to the plantagent manner and it just
30:52
reinforced how awesome I think Bob Bailey is in this role. Nothing much really
30:56
happened in the episode. The story pace was pretty slow, but it was
31:00
so powerful anyway because of the emotion Bailey brought to it. So so glad
31:07
that we are in this part of the series and hoping that it last off
31:10
for a long time, long time as usual, Thanks for your hard work
31:15
and kind of in the same vein have a comment here from William, who
31:25
writes, thanks for the show, Adam, your dragon It show is what
31:33
got me started and now I'm a daily listener. The five part Johnny Dollars
31:38
are excellent. Hope they go on a bit more. Take care will Well,
31:45
thanks so much, will and answer briefly to what what Catherine said.
31:53
There's not really such a thing as emailing too much about a series or about
32:00
the show in general. I think that really what makes the show work so
32:08
well is just all the listener interaction we have, because that's the length of
32:15
the commentary, because sometimes, you know, when I don't have any comments
32:19
from listeners on a show and I don't have any new concept standard is,
32:23
you know, it can be a struggle to get up to two minutes.
32:27
So I really appreciate all of the listeners who email and just keep the comments
32:35
coming. But really, I think that Bailey does a lot of work and
32:42
he does make the shows shine. I think there is some truth to the
32:47
fact that the shows are better because they can be better developed than if you're
32:52
just doing a half hour show. But there's also something to Bob Bailey acting
33:00
because in many of these shows he's dealing with material that other actors have some
33:07
way formed, but he's doing a job that stands out so well, so
33:14
it's a group effort. These Bailey shows are definitely very special. Then we
33:19
have a comment from Will Perkins, who writes on Facebook, I'm almost a
33:23
month behind in listening to the Johnny Dollar episodes where part three was missing,
33:29
and you broadcast parts four in five together. That's why I'm writing to you.
33:32
I recommend you consider doing the five part broadcast is parts one and three,
33:37
one and two, Part three by itself, and then finished with parts
33:40
four and five. It makes the flow of the story line better as you
33:44
listen to it. Trust me on this and just do it. Thanks for
33:46
an excellent show. Well, well, I definitely appreciate the feedback. I
33:51
would be loath to make a change. We've kind of changed already from where
33:55
we started it because we were originally doing the Friday show with the Carter Brown
34:07
or whatever. The second feature was first, and we reverse that and I
34:13
haven't received any other complaints on it since then. I personally liked doing parts
34:17
four and five on Friday, just because Part four really leaves you with a
34:22
sense of suspense and nah, I think that can be a good thing.
34:27
So I appreciate the feedback, but very hesitant to change again. But I'll
34:32
listen to what other listeners might have to say on that topic. And by
34:36
the way, an answer to people's questions. By my account, we're about
34:39
two fifts of the way through the five part episodes. So we've got quite
34:46
a ways to go in this effort, and really a chance to just enjoy
34:52
some of the best radio drama ever produced. All right, well that actually
34:58
we have a couple other listener comments on Facebook. Rebecca says I really enjoy
35:05
Johnny Dollar. I listened to him via your podcast, and Georgiana says Johnny
35:12
Dollar starring Bob Bailey the best. All right, well, thanks so much
35:17
for all your comments, truly appreciated. We will see you back here on
35:24
Tuesday or the amazing mister Malone, and then join us back here on Wednesday
35:30
as we continue on with the Jolly Rogers fraud matter. In the meanwtime,
35:35
send your comments to Box thirteen at greats Detectives dot net, follow us on
35:38
Twitter at Radio Detectives, and become one of our friends on Facebook, Facebook
35:44
dot com. Slash Radio Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host,
35:49
Adam Graham signing off.