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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | Old Time Radio brings you classic detective mystery, crime, and suspense from the golden age of radio, following freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar as he tracks fraud, theft, murder, missing persons, and dangerous schemes across the country. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar became one of radio’s most celebrated detective series, famous for its sharp investigations, expense-account storytelling, memorable cases, and hard-boiled atmosphere. Rediscover classic old time radio de...

Episodes(40 episodes)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Bennett Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)

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 Radi...

Published: Oct 24, 2026Duration: 15m 39s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Kranesburg Matter Part 5" (Old Time Radio)

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...

Published: Oct 23, 2026Duration: 16m 0s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Nick Shurn Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)

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...

Published: Oct 22, 2026Duration: 15m 30s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Lamarr Matter Part 3" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Lamarr Matter, Part 3,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on March 28, 1956. Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in this third chapter of a five-part serial, written and directed by Jack Johnstone.Johnny’s investigation into the suspicious death of Thomas Rene LaMarr becomes increasingly personal as the questions surrounding the LaMarr family and estate continue to mount. This local archival recording carries the case forward without revealing where the trail will lead.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short...

Published: Oct 21, 2026Duration: 15m 32s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Shady Lane Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Shady Lane Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 12, 1956. In this fourth chapter of the five-part 1956 serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Les Crutchfield and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.In rural Shady Lane, Vermont, Johnny continues probing the murder investigation surrounding Ellen Bates. With Constable Jed Bramler’s help, he follows a lead involving a missing .22 rifle, local creditor Martin Priney, and the growing tangle of suspicion around the Bates household.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produc...

Published: Oct 20, 2026Duration: 15m 34s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Picture Postcard Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Picture Postcard Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 4, 1956. Catalog listings commonly identify it as episode 492. Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in this fourth chapter of a five-part serial written by Robert Ryf and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.At a Swiss ski inn, Johnny works with Zurich police inspector Honegger to trace $100,000 in stolen uncut diamonds. With postcards of the inn and a mountain ski shelter serving as key clues, the investigation moves through the snowbound village and surrounding alpine trails, where the other guests may know...

Published: Oct 19, 2026Duration: 15m 33s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Duke Red Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Duke Red Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on January 24, 1956. This is the second chapter of a five-part serial, starring Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and written by John Dawson.Johnny travels to the Abbott breeding farm near San Pietro, California, to investigate the death of the valuable racehorse Duke Red. Conversations with owner Seamster Abbott and his daughter Terry, along with troubling questions about the veterinary report, deepen the mystery surrounding the insurance claim.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced cont...

Published: Oct 18, 2026Duration: 15m 35s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Lonely Hearts Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Lonely Hearts Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on April 23, 1956. In episode 378 of the series, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in the first chapter of a five-part serial written by Les Crutchfield.A young woman believes her father’s sudden death may have been murder—soon after he met and married through a lonely-hearts club. As Dollar looks into the insurance claim, a hasty marriage and a suspicious death begin to form a troubling case.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced...

Published: Oct 17, 2026Duration: 15m 51s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Matter of the Medium-Well Done Part 1" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Matter of the Medium-Well Done, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on May 14, 1956. In this first chapter of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in a story written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone.Sent from Hartford to New York, Dollar investigates when a wealthy young woman seeks to revise the beneficiaries of her $110,000 life-insurance policy—adding a man with a troubling reputation and a purported psychic medium. With the case leading to an East River apartment hotel and the attention of the NYPD, Johnny begins...

Published: Oct 16, 2026Duration: 15m 42s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Kranesburg Matter Part 1A" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Kranesburg Matter Part 1A,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on August 27, 1956. Cataloged as series episode 464, this unusual 15-minute installment continues a six-part serial starring Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone.In Kranesburg, Ohio, Johnny continues his investigation into a stolen-pearl claim centered on the Krane family and the Krane Hotel. Krane’s increasingly peculiar behavior—and his concern for the family name—give Dollar fresh reason to question what lies behind the case.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast...

Published: Oct 14, 2026Duration: 15m 28s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on March 20, 1956. In this second installment of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar; the story was written by Jack Johnstone.Johnny continues his San Diego investigation into the destruction of the heavily insured sailing yacht Jolly Roger. With the yacht burned and sunk and an earlier investigator dead, Dollar follows a suspicious claim into increasingly dangerous waters.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing anno...

Published: Oct 13, 2026Duration: 15m 33s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Flight Six Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar presents “The Flight Six Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 2, 1956. In episode 319 of the series, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in this installment of a five-part serial written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone.Following the trail of Flight Six’s beneficiaries from Mexico City to Acapulco, Dollar and Inspector Gino Romero pursue a growing list of leads as the aviation-insurance investigation becomes increasingly unsettled. Virginia Gregg, Ben Wright, Edgar Barrier, Don Diamond, Russ Thorson, and Jack Moyles are featured in the supporting cast.Yours...

Published: Oct 12, 2026Duration: 15m 45s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Chesapeake Fraud Matter Part 4" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Part 4,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 20, 1955. Episode 244 of the series stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and was written by John Dawson.Still in Denver, Dollar refuses to let an apparent fingerprint clearance end an identity-fraud investigation. A meeting with consulting engineer Frank Bowers, an intriguing call to Baltimore, and assistance from private detective George Hanley keep the case moving in this fourth chapter of a five-part serial.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short clos...

Published: Oct 11, 2026Duration: 15m 27s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Mcclain Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The McClain Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 6, 1956. Common old-time-radio program logs list it as episode 323, though some later serial indexes use 321. Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in this five-part serial, written by John Dawson (a pseudonym of E. Jack Neuman) and directed by Jack Johnstone.At Tri-State Insurance in Hartford, Dollar hears an extraordinary account from Mrs. McClain, whose life-insurance claim and supposed death point toward a troubling case of deception, missing answers, and possible fraud reaching back to Los Angeles.Yours Truly Johnny Doll...

Published: Oct 10, 2026Duration: 15m 34s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Clinton Matter Part 1" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, “The Clinton Matter, Part 1,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on March 12, 1956. Episode 348 begins a five-part serial starring Bob Bailey as the insurance investigator with the action set in wintry Clinton, Colorado. Written by John Dawson and produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.Johnny Dollar travels from Hartford after a warning that a newly constructed, heavily insured school may not be safe. When fire destroys the building, Dollar finds a guarded mountain town, uneasy officials, and a trail leading toward the people responsible for the school’s construction.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the or...

Published: Oct 9, 2026Duration: 15m 30s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Sea Legs Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar — “The Sea Legs Matter Part 2” originally aired on CBS Radio on July 31, 1956. This is episode 447 and the second chapter of the five-part “Sea Legs Matter” serial, starring Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Johnny follows the trail of missing yachtsman Douglas R. Lanphier and his insured yacht, the Sea Legs, from Long Island to Bluefields, Nicaragua. With claimant Constance Lanphier unexpectedly joining the journey, Dollar’s inquiries along the Caribbean coast bring him into contact with Captain Ramirez and Oscar Patrick Vladimir Pascaro. Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.Yours Truly Johnny Dolla...

Published: Oct 8, 2026Duration: 16m 2s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Touch of Midas Matter Part 5" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Touch of Midas Matter, Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 6, 1956. In the concluding installment of this five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Written, directed, and produced by Jack Johnstone.Dollar remains in Kingman, Arizona, investigating a major claim after a deadly cave-in at the Midas Touch gold mine. With three insured brothers dead and questions surrounding the mine’s promoter, its rich ore, and the supposed accident, Johnny follows the evidence through the desert country near Lake Mohave.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadc...

Published: Oct 7, 2026Duration: 15m 35s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Confidential Matter Part 5" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Confidential Matter, Part 5,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 14, 1956. This concluding chapter of the five-part serial stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and was written by Les Crutchfield.In Panama, Dollar continues his search for missing former colleague Ed Morgan, following leads from the fishing wharf to police headquarters as questions surrounding an $80,000 embezzlement deepen. Virginia Gregg, Stacy Harris, Vic Perrin, and Russell Thorson are among the featured cast.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gent...

Published: Oct 6, 2026Duration: 15m 25s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Open Town Matter Part 2" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Open Town Matter, Part 2,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 24, 1956. In this second chapter of a five-part serial, Bob Bailey stars as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.Dollar continues his inquiry into a $50,000 life-insurance claim after the shooting death of Greensport, Missouri, police chief Edgar Blake. In a town with a troubling reputation, questions surrounding Blake’s widow and a city attorney’s seemingly solid alibi keep the case moving. Written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Jack Johnstone.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextu...

Published: Oct 5, 2026Duration: 14m 59s

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar - "The Indestructible Mike Matter Part 3" (Old Time Radio)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents “The Indestructible Mike Matter Part 3,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 6, 1956. Episode 408 of the series stars Bob Bailey as insurance investigator Johnny Dollar and was written and directed by Jack Johnstone.In the third chapter of this five-part serial, Dollar investigates a suspicious $50,000 insurance policy connected to Michael Jeremiah Flynn, a resident of a Bowery rescue mission. His search leads from New York City’s hard-pressed streets to an unexpectedly lavish apartment, deepening a case whose dangers are still far from settled.Yours Truly Johnny Dollar presents the original broadcast with a newl...

Published: Oct 4, 2026Duration: 15m 40s