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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar follows radio's toughest freelance insurance investigator as he tracks down fraud, blackmail, and murder one expense account at a time. In this run, from 1955 to 1956, Bob Bailey took over the role and brought a world-weary, wisecracking edge to Johnny, with each case unfolding across a week of tight, cliffhanger-driven quarter-hour episodes rather than a single half-hour story. Sharp scripts from writer-director Jack Johnstone and a deep bench of radio's best…
Episodes
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)The Doubtful Dairy Matter
Aired: Sep 29th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to a Nevada dairy ranch to investigate a suspiciously convenient second silo fire, this time for a staggering…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Ideal Vacation Matter
Aired: Sep 22nd, 1957. When Broadway gossip columnist Ned Grant slips away for a secret getaway, Johnny Dollar has to track him down before an escaped ex-con…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
Trouble Brewing on Pinksatawney Creek
Aired: Sep 15th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to rural Pennsylvania to protect a stubborn, old-fashioned brewery insured against sabotage from the sleek new…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)The Widow Who Wasn't Grieving
Aired: Sep 8th, 1957. When a wealthy ex-stock manipulator vanishes during Hurricane Audrey along with his 62-foot cruiser, Johnny Dollar heads to Buffalo to…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Parley Barron Matter
Aired: Jun 23rd, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to sun-baked Sarasota, Florida, at the urging of an old friend to investigate the vanishing of a mild-mannered…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Séance for Ruth Dixon
Aired: Jun 16th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads back to Newport, Rhode Island, to smooth over ruffled feathers with the local police and dig into the unsolved…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Mason-Dixon Mismatch Matter
Aired: Jun 9th, 1957. A body washes up on Newport Beach, and two grieving families claim her as their own missing daughter, one insured for a hefty…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter
Aired: Sep 1st, 1957. A newly minted socialite wants a secret $200,000 life insurance policy on the husband she barely acknowledges in public, and Johnny…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Smoky Sleeper Matter
Aired: Aug 25th, 1957. A furniture warehouse full of $83,000 worth of mattresses and box springs goes up in flames just outside Vineland, New Jersey, and…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Killer's Brand Matter
Aired: Aug 11th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to the dusty desert town of Cooper's Bend, Nevada, where a publicity stunt called 'Frontier Week' has stirred up…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Wayward Widow Matter
Aired: Aug 4th, 1957. Johnny Dollar takes on his most curious assignment yet: chauffeuring a wealthy insurance client and her priceless art collection to a…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Confederate Coinage Matter
Aired: Jul 28th, 1957. Newspaper magnate Henry Samson's prized $20,000 Confederate half-dollar vanishes from his heavily guarded estate, Zora, and Johnny…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Loss of Memory Matter
Aired: Jun 2nd, 1957. Johnny Dollar is hired to guard a $21,000 collection of ancient Babylonian relics — 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets and scrolls dug up…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Wayward Truck Matter
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…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Ambergris Mirage
Aired: May 19th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to the sleepy Mississippi Gulf Coast to track down eighty pounds of ambergris — a rare whale byproduct worth a small…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Peerless Fire Matter
Aired: May 5th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to the fading mill town of Cranford to investigate a suspiciously convenient blaze at a junkyard insured for $5,000 —…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Melancholy Memory Matter
Aired: Apr 28th, 1957. Star pitcher Harry "Fastball" Hailey vanishes right in the middle of spring training, and his $100,000 double-indemnity policy has…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Ming Toy Murphy Matter
Aired: Apr 14th, 1957. A steel company vice president's beloved talking dog vanishes for the second time, and it's up to Johnny Dollar to track down the…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Clever Chemist Matter
Aired: Mar 17th, 1957. A Nobel Prize-winning scientist quietly rewrites his insurance beneficiary in favor of a mysterious new lab partner, and his own…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Suntan Oil Matter
Aired: Mar 10th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to sun-soaked Palm Springs to investigate a $75,000 diamond bracelet reported stolen from a wildcatter's young wife…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Meek Memorial Matter
Aired: Mar 3rd, 1957. A priceless handwritten Gettysburg Address — one of Lincoln's original drafts, insured for $100,000 — vanishes from a New England…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Templeton Matter
Aired: Feb 10th, 1957. When Boston's swankiest jewelry store is cracked open overnight and a wounded night watchman is left clinging to life, insurance…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Kirby Will Matter
Aired: Feb 3rd, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to a remote fishing resort on the Colorado River to investigate the death of a beloved retiree found dead on the…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Mad Hatter Matter
Aired: Jan 27th, 1957. A vanished bride, a quarter-million-dollar face, and a suspiciously well-timed insurance policy send Johnny Dollar chasing a missing…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Green Eye of Calcutta
Aired: Jan 20th, 1957. When a jeweler vanishes with a 100,000-dollar emerald called the Green Eye of Calcutta, Johnny Dollar heads to New York to untangle a…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Desalles Matter: Drowned in Fortune
Aired: Jan 13th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to the foggy coastal town of San Ladeo to reinvestigate the drowning death of tycoon Dave Desalles, whose widow…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Ellen Deere Matter
Aired: Jan 6th, 1957. Johnny Dollar is hired to guard a $325,000 fortune in Hungarian jewels aboard a yacht anchored off Guadalajara, protecting the gems until…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Missing Mouse Matter
Aired: Dec 23rd, 1956. Johnny Dollar trades his Christmas plans for a case so absurd he almost turns it down: an eccentric millionaire's insured mouse has…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Rasmussen Matter
Aired: Dec 16th, 1956. A dying oil-and-rubber tycoon hires Johnny Dollar to track down the widow of his estranged son, a $25,000 death benefit hanging in the…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Sarasota Firebug
Aired: Dec 9th, 1956. Johnny Dollar trades a New England winter for Florida sunshine, but there's no vacation in store once he lands in Sarasota to investigate…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Vanishing Mrs. Markham
Aired: Nov 18th, 1956. Johnny Dollar flies to San Francisco to investigate a forgotten $50,000 insurance check, but the real mystery is Mrs. Markham herself: a…
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Bob Bailey 30-Minute Era (1956–1960)
The Big Scoop Matter: A Story Worth Killing For
Aired: Nov 11th, 1956. Freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar gets a worried call from Hartford: crusading reporter Art Wesley, insured for $100,000…