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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Callicles Matter, Part 1” originally aired on CBS Radio on April 30, 1956. This is episode 381, the opening chapter of a five-part serial starring Bob Bailey as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Dollar heads to Los Angeles to search for David Parsons Jr., a missing bonded stockbroker with access to negotiable securities. Written by John Dawson, a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman, the story reworks Neuman’s 1953 episode “The Brisbane Fraud Matter.” Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:47 Original Broadcast 15:22 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Confidential Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 11, 1956. In this 475th overall installment, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone, it is the second chapter of a five-part serial. Johnny’s investigation into the apparent accidental death of his longtime friend Ed Morgan takes him to San Francisco, where an $80,000 embezzlement suspicion and unsettling clues suggest there may be more to the case—and to Morgan’s life—than first believed. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:55 Original Broadcast 15:33 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Lorko Diamonds Matter Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on November 11, 1955. This concluding installment of the five-part serial is episode 260 and stars Bob Bailey as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Still in Algiers on the trail of a missing $100,000 diamond shipment, Dollar answers an urgent call from a frightened woman at a waterfront café. The lead sends him into a tense nighttime pursuit through the city and along the coastal roads. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:52 Original Broadcast 15:25 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Tears of the Night Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on May 21, 1956. This opening chapter of a five-part serial stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, with a script by John Dawson and production and direction by Jack Johnstone. Dollar travels from Hartford to Miami Beach to look into a delayed $50,000 life-insurance claim following the death of Noah Wendover. What begins as a routine examination of the wealthy widow’s neglected affairs takes on a troubling tone when Ellie Blair Wendover shares her fear that those close to her are doomed. Virginia Gregg, Victor Perrin, Jack Kruschen, and William Conrad are among the featured players. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:52 Original Broadcast 15:26 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Crystal Lake Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on August 14, 1956. Episode 459 of the series stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and is the second chapter of a five-part serial. Johnny continues his search for missing Denver real-estate man Edward Russell at the Crystal Lake resort, where a secluded cabin overlooking the lake takes on ominous importance. Directed and produced by Jack Johnstone, this installment deepens the investigation without giving away where the trail will lead. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:45 Original Broadcast 15:18 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Indestructible Mike Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on June 4, 1956. This is episode 408 of the series, starring Bob Bailey as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. When Lakeside Life and Casualty issues a $50,000 policy on Michael Jeremiah Flynn, a resident of a Bowery rescue mission, company representative Peter Branson asks Dollar to look into the beneficiary, John Wesley Cosgrave. Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone, this opening chapter launches a five-part New York City insurance investigation. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:56 Original Broadcast 15:33 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar — “The Silent Queen Matter,” Part 1, originally broadcast October 29, 1956. Episode 508. Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in this first chapter of a five-part serial, written by Adrian Gendot and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. Dollar heads to Ocean Park, California, after penny-arcade owner Bernard “Barney” Slade is found murdered. In Slade’s cramped rooms, photographs from the silent-film era—many of former star Mavis Gale, marked with red question marks—point Dollar and homicide detective Sergeant McKay toward a puzzling seaside investigation. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:49 Original Broadcast 15:44 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Plantagenet Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast March 6, 1956. This is installment two of a five-part CBS serial, with Bob Bailey starring as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. In Vicksburg, Virginia, a seemingly routine hotel-safe burglary assignment takes a darker turn when a young woman who sought Dollar’s help is found dead. As he searches for answers, the mystery begins to reach beyond the case that first brought him to town. Written by John Dawson and directed by Jack Johnstone. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:48 Original Broadcast 15:23 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar — “The Amy Bradshaw Matter, Part 1” originally aired on CBS Radio Network on November 21, 1955. This is episode 266, the first chapter of a five-part serial, written by Robert Ryf and directed by Jack Johnstone. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads to New York City after Broadway star Amy Bradshaw receives a threatening message. At the Criterion Theater, Johnny meets the people surrounding Amy’s latest production—but as the warning begins to feel more immediate, he finds that protecting a difficult, glamorous client may be no simple assignment. Bob Bailey stars as Johnny Dollar, with Virginia Gregg as Amy Bradshaw. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:53 Original Broadcast 15:33 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Matter of Reasonable Doubt, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on May 29, 1956. In this second chapter of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in a script by Les Crutchfield, directed by Jack Johnstone. Dollar continues his investigation into a Nevada banker’s concerns over an insured trust involving Flintrock Ranch outside Las Vegas. With the ranch’s elderly owner, her teenage granddaughter, and a troubling earlier death all part of the puzzle, Johnny follows a lead that takes him into the local morgue and closer to the reason for the banker’s doubts. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:53 Original Broadcast 15:36 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Phantom Chase Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on October 15, 1956. In this opening chapter of an unusually long nine-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Robert Ryf and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. Dollar is assigned to trace Thomas “Tom” Chase, a New York investment-firm partner accused of embezzling $120,000 and then vanishing after jumping bail. With Chase, the missing money, and a respected brokerage’s reputation all at stake, Johnny begins digging into the questions behind the disappearance. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:51 Original Broadcast 15:23 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Cronin Matter Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 9, 1955. This concluding installment of the five-part 1955 serial stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and was written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone. Assigned to protect the heavily insured Circle of Fire diamond-and-emerald necklace, Dollar finds himself at Dolly McLean Cronin’s Adirondack estate during a Roaring Twenties reunion. After a stormy night, tensions among the guests and unanswered questions press the investigation toward its final chapter. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:54 Original Broadcast 15:26 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Bennett Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast February 23, 1956. In this fourth chapter of the five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. The episode is commonly catalogued as number 336. Dollar continues his San Francisco investigation into the suspicious fire that destroyed a newly completed office building, leaving five insurance companies facing a combined $500,000 loss. As developer Arnold Bennett has yet to file a claim, Dollar follows the competing interests surrounding the case. Written by John Dawson, a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman, and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone for CBS Radio. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:57 Original Broadcast 15:30 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Kranesburg Matter Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on August 31, 1956. Series episode 468, this is the sixth and concluding installment of an unusual six-part Johnny Dollar serial. Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, in a script by Les Crutchfield and direction by Jack Johnstone. In Kranesburg, Ohio, Dollar’s investigation of a missing insured pearl necklace has grown into a murder case. As he untangles the Krane family’s troubled circumstances and the figures surrounding the claim, the case moves toward its resolution. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:53 Original Broadcast 15:50 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Nick Shurn Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on December 19, 1955. In this first chapter of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone, it is commonly cataloged as episode 286. Sent to New York to investigate a $100,000 life-insurance claim following the shooting of nightclub owner Mel Pryker, Johnny finds suspicion centered on Pryker’s partner, Nick Shurn. A frightened Chez Colette employee may hold the key, and Johnny must locate her before the trail goes cold. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:51 Original Broadcast 15:23 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio--7224389/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio