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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comYours Truly, Johnny Dollar follows the adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account—a hard-boiled insurance investigator who takes on the toughest cases of the Golden Age. From mysterious deaths and fraud schemes to international intrigue and shadowy crime rings, Johnny Dollar uncovers the truth with sharp wit, cool nerves, and a flair for danger. These restored episodes capture the grit, suspense, and noir atmosphere that made the series one of radio’s most iconic detective dramas.🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio.Source: OTRR.org – Certified Public Domain Collection.Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.🎧 Listen to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and all our restored shows on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.📻 Search Old Ti
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- Today15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Primrose Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Primrose Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on October 9, 1956. This is episode 493, the second chapter of a five-part serial written by Les Crutchfield and starring Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Following a Kansas City payroll robbery involving $100,000 insured by Mid States Industrial, Dollar pursues the gang’s trail into the Arizona desert. A remote lead and a concealed vehicle deepen the mystery as he searches for the missing money and the fugitives responsible.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 Introduction00:53 Original Broadcast15:25 ClosingBecome 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
- Yesterday15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Crystal Lake Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Crystal Lake Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on August 13, 1956. In this first chapter of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Robert White and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, it is commonly listed as episode 456.Dollar is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Denver real-estate man Edward Russell, whose supposed business trip leaves behind a trail of conflicting clues. A travel folder points him toward the mountain resort of Crystal Lake, where questions about a mysterious man named Bill and an encounter with heiress Betty Norton deepen the case.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 Introduction01:00 Original Broadcast15:34 ClosingBecome 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
- 2 days ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Forbes Matter Part 5" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Forbes Matter Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on December 30, 1955. In the concluding chapter of this five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in a script by John Dawson.Johnny follows the trail of a New York embezzlement claim involving Century Styles Incorporated and bookkeeper Sheldon Forbes, as costly gifts and personal relationships complicate the case. This local archival recording preserves the final installment of the 1955 story.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 Introduction00:53 Original Broadcast15:25 ClosingBecome 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
- 3 days ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Cronin Matter Part 3" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: “The Cronin Matter, Part 3,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 7, 1955. This is episode 280, the third of five 15-minute installments in the serial, starring Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Johnny continues his assignment to safeguard the Circle of Fire, a lavish diamond-and-emerald necklace belonging to former Broadway personality Dolly McLean Cronin. As a small party travels toward an Adirondacks reunion, Dollar sizes up the people, memories, and motives surrounding the heavily insured jewel. Written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone, the episode also features Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, and Parley Baer.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 Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast15:25 ClosingBecome 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
- 4 days ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Shepherd Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar presents “The Shepherd Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 16, 1956. This installment is commonly listed as episode 373, though some catalogues number it 371. Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Sent to Providence over a suspicious life-insurance application, Dollar looks into Dr. Shepherd’s request for an additional $80,000 in coverage—and the doctor’s unsettling claim that he has reason to fear for his life. Written by John Dawson, a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman, this is the first chapter of a five-part serial reworking Neuman’s 1952 story “The James Clayton Matter.”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 Introduction00:48 Original Broadcast15:24 ClosingBecome 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
- 5 days ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Callicles Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar presents “The Callicles Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 1, 1956. Episode 384 of the weekday serial stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, with Will Wright featured.In Los Angeles, Dollar continues his search for missing bonded stockbroker David Parsons Jr., whose access to valuable negotiable securities makes his disappearance especially troubling. As those closest to Parsons offer little help, Dollar faces the unsettling question of how someone can vanish with so little apparent concern. Written by John Dawson, a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman, 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 and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:47 Original Broadcast15:23 ClosingBecome 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
- 6 days ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Phantom Chase Matter Part 6" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Phantom Chase Matter, Part 6,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on October 22, 1956. In episode 504 of this Robert Ryf serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Johnny’s search for missing investment-firm partner Thomas “Tom” Chase and $120,000 has carried him from New York to the New Orleans waterfront. A lead involving a small fishing boat, a deserted island, and an armed man places Dollar in immediate danger in this tense mid-story 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 Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast15:24 ClosingBecome 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
- 1 weeks ago15 min
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Broderick Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Broderick Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on November 17, 1955. This is episode 264 and the fourth chapter of a five-part serial, starring Bob Bailey as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.On a modest $1,500 insurance assignment, Dollar continues his cross-country search for missing beneficiary Lorraine Broderick. In Malibu and Los Angeles, a visit to the sheriff’s station, an interview with beach-colony actor Joe Tappan, and a puzzling cache of luggage at the Beverly Glen Hotel offer fresh leads. The episode was written by John Dawson, a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman.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 Introduction01:04 Original Broadcast15:36 ClosingBecome 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
About Yours Truly Johnny Dollar | Old Time Radio
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comYours Truly, Johnny Dollar follows the adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account—a hard-boiled insurance investigator who takes on the toughest cases of the Golden Age. From mysterious deaths and fraud schemes to international intrigue and shadowy crime rings, Johnny Dollar uncovers the truth with sharp wit, cool nerves, and a flair for danger. These restored episodes capture the grit, suspense, and noir atmosphere that made the series one of radio’s most iconic detective dramas.🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio.Source: OTRR.org – Certified Public Domain Collection.Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.🎧 Listen to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and all our restored shows on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.📻 Search Old Ti
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