With over a decade on-air, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was one of the longest-running detective series on radio. It aired on CBS Radio for 15 minutes from 1948 to 1962, making it among the last series broadcast on air as the listeners' interest on radio started to wane during the 1960s.
Johnny Dollar, the series lead character, was an insurance investigator. Each episode began with a phone call from insurance executives, asking him to work on an unusual claim. This would then require Dollar to go on a journey across the United States, or sometimes on other countries. Each case he handled was referred to as a "matter," some instances of which were "The Forbes Matter," "The Silver Blue Matter," and "The Price of Fame Matter." Such titles and format were used throughout the series' run.
From a total of 811 episodes produced by the show, only 720 are still existing. It was the last radio program on what was known as the Golden Age of Radio.
The CDs begin with the 1948 audition programs, following through until the series end in 1962. Always broadcast by CBS. Johnny Dollar was "a freelance insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account.” Dollar worked for the Universal Adjustment Bureau, and his expense account allowed him to travel the world to recover goods for his company. The format of the program followed Dollar, as he dictated his expense account like this, “expense account, item one,” and he would go on to listing his travel expenses, etc., etc. until he finished the report saying, “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.” Click here to read more about Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
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Please enjoy these 728 old time radio episodes:
Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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10.24.1955 | alvin summers matter ep01of05 |
+ A trip to Santa Tomas Mexico, to find Alvin Summers, the embezzler. Fred Wilkinson from North East... | |
10.25.1955 | alvin summers matter ep02of05 |
+ A threesome on a beautiful beach: me, a girl, and a guy with a knife! Fred Wilkinson from North Ea... | |
10.26.1955 | alvin summers matter ep03of05 |
+ There are some people you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley, but sometimes it can't be helped!... | |
10.27.1955 | alvin summers matter ep04of05 |
+ How to fall into a trap...in one easy lesson. Fred Wilkinson from North Eastern Fidelity has a ca... | |
10.28.1955 | alvin summers matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. How to find what you've been looking for...the hard way! Fred Wilkins... | |
10.31.1955 | valentine matter ep01of05 |
+ An attempt on Dan Valentine's life...a retired bootlegger. The system cue has been deleted. Roy Vi... | |
11.01.1955 | valentine matter ep02of05 |
+ All the King's men try to keep one man alive, and they almost do it! The system cue has been delet... | |
11.02.1955 | valentine matter ep03of05 |
What happens to a thrity year old grudge when somebody explains it with bullets! The system cue has... | |
11.03.1955 | valentine matter ep04of05 |
+ What happens to a thrity year old grudge when somebody explains it with bullets! The system cue ha... | |
11.04.1955 | valentine matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. Johnny's gun stops the Chianti brothers. Roy Vickers calls Johnny to ... | |
11.07.1955 | lorcoe diamonds matter ep01of05 |
+ A diamond robbery in Algiers. The main suspect: a beautiful Countess! +Johnny is being hired by Be... | |
11.08.1955 | lorcoe diamonds matter ep02of05 |
A physically beautiful woman lies while a ill-bodying whisper come from of the older part of the cit... | |
11.09.1955 | lorcoe diamonds matter ep03of05 |
+ A desperate fight in an Algiers alley, a killer is named, and a lovely lady confesses her shame. ... | |
11.10.1955 | lorcoe diamonds matter ep04of05 |
+ A bungling fool, a tightening net, and a violent death in a crooked alley of the Casbah. This epis... | |
11.11.1955 | lorcoe diamonds matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. The odds are set, the last chip is down, it's the last spin of the wh... | |
11.14.1955 | broderick matter ep01of05 |
+ An exciting chase after a charming, beautiful girl. After all, who wouldn't? The system cue has be... | |
11.15.1955 | broderick matter ep02of05 |
+ The expenses go way up. It costs money to prove how wrong one man can be. The system cue has been ... | |
11.16.1955 | broderick matter ep03of05 |
+ The trail really gets hot, and goes right down on a police blotter. The system cue has been delete... | |
11.17.1955 | broderick matter ep04of05 |
+ A long look at what seven years can do to a woman's life. The system cue has been deleted. A polic... | |
11.18.1955 | broderick matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. The end of the trail, for Johnny and Lorraine Broderick! The system c... | |
11.21.1955 | amy bradshaw matter ep01of05 |
+ A famous actress has been threatened with death! The system cue and public service announcements h... | |
11.22.1955 | amy bradshaw matter ep02of05 |
+ At the Criterion theatre, a third act curtain that wasn't in the script! The system cue and public... | |
11.23.1955 | amy bradshaw matter ep03of05 |
+ A man steps onto the stage from out of the past, and into a role he doesn't want to play! The syst... | |
11.24.1955 | amy bradshaw matter ep04of05 |
+ Johnny finds that he has even more of a reason to keep Amy than he'd realized! The system cue and ... | |
11.25.1955 | amy bradshaw matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. A pretty rough wind-up. The system cue and public service announcemen... |
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