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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04.20.1956 | the shepard matter ep05of05 |
+ How hard it is to kill a lie, sometimes you have to kill it twice! The conclusion of the story. Th... | |
04.23.1956 | the lonely hearts matter episodes 1 and 2 |
+ A "Lonely Heart" finds plenty of company...in the nearest morgue! The system cue has been deleted,... | |
04.25.1956 | the lonely hearts matter episodes 3 and 5 |
+ A scared girl...a shot in the dark. Did thirteen knots make a noose? The system cue has been dele... | |
04.30.1956 | the callicles matter ep01of05 |
+ The Greeks had a word for it. A search for a millionaire's son begins. System cue deleted, apparen... | |
05.01.1956 | the callicles matter ep02of05 |
+ More facts about how the Earth swallowed a man. System cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete.... | |
05.02.1956 | the callicles matter ep03of05 |
+ Trouble comes early and stays late. System cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. David Parso... | |
05.03.1956 | the callicles matter ep04of05 |
+ Calicles was a Greek, maybe the greatest Greek of them all! System cue deleted, apparently otherw... | |
05.04.1956 | the callicles matter ep05of05 |
+ The answer lies with a 3000 year old Greek. Conclusion of story. Sysyem cue deleted, apparently o... | |
05.07.1956 | the silver blue matter ep01of05 |
+ A heartless, viscious racket...80 mink coats stolen and the watchman near death. System cue delete... | |
05.08.1956 | the silver blue matter ep02of05 |
Fear stalks the streets...and brings death in a dirty alley. System cue deleted, apparently otherwi... | |
05.09.1956 | the silver blue matter ep03of05 |
+ A lonely, broken-hearted girl, a blood stained shirt, and a fight with a cornered rat. System cue ... | |
05.10.1956 | the silver blue matter ep04of05 |
+ A police net tightens and traps a frightened rat, a boy sobs quietly in a jail cell, and a man die... | |
05.11.1956 | the silver blue matter ep05of05 |
+ Conclusion of story. A cautious search, an ambush, bullets and tears, and the end is violence. Sys... | |
05.14.1956 | the matter of the medium well done ep01of05 |
+ A matter of a medium well-done...plus a seance or two. The system cue has been deleted, the progra... | |
05.15.1956 | the matter of the medium well done ep02of05 |
+ Sometimes the best laid plans take a terrible beating when a lovely girl steps into the picture. ... | |
05.16.1956 | the matter of the medium well done ep03of05 |
+ A thing or two about a killer, and a medium not so well-done. The system cue has been deleted, the... | |
05.17.1956 | the matter of the medium well done ep04of05 |
+ The Medium well-done: appears! The system cue has been deleted, the program is apparently otherwis... | |
05.18.1956 | the matter of the medium well done ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. A bit of heartbreak for a very chastened girl. The system cue has bee... | |
05.21.1956 | the tears of night matter ep01of05 |
+ A fabulous necklace, and a fabulous girl! The system cue has been deleted, the program is apparent... | |
05.22.1956 | the tears of night matter ep02of05 |
+ Johnny visits Sam Costigan, a very tough guy! The system cue has been deleted. The script is simi... | |
05.23.1956 | the tears of night matter ep03of05 |
+ A curse goes with the Wendover name...wherever it goes! The system cue has been deleted. The scrip... | |
05.24.1956 | the tears of night matter ep04of05 |
+ The old curse comes up with an old fashioned flourish. The system cue has been deleted. The scrip... | |
05.25.1956 | the tears of night matter ep05of05 |
+ The conclusion of the story. The "Tears Of Night" come home. The system cue has been deleted. The... | |
05.28.1956 | the matter of reasonable doubt ep01of05 |
+ A case of many doubts, all of them unreasonable! The system cue has been deleted. Mrs Esra Grimly ... | |
05.29.1956 | the matter of reasonable doubt ep02of05 |
+ The dead past speaks in a musty morgue, or tries to! The system cue have been deleted. Episode 2 o... |
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