Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 4

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full cast

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Enjoy 16 of his greatest cases from radio’s golden age!

The golden age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite detective find out "who done it?"

From 1949 until 1962, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular detective shows on the air. Dollar was an insurance investigator who received a cut of the money he saved his agency for proving an insurance claim was not on the level. His insurance cases usually led to murder and a beautiful woman.

Many actors played the role of Johnny Dollar over the years. This collection of 16 half-hour adventures stars Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, and Bob Bailey as Dollar.

Episodes include:

• 8/24/50 "The Trans-Pacific Import-Expert Company, South China Branch"
• 8/31/50 "The Virginia Beach Matter"
• 10/28/50 "The Joan Sebastian Matter"
• 4/14/51 "The Mickey McQueen Matter"
• 8/1/51 "The Horace Lockhart Matter"
• 10/20/53 "The Allen Saxton Matter"
• 10/27/53 "The Howard Arnold Matter"
• 7/20/54 "The Jean Maxwell Matter"
• 9/1/57 "The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter"
• 9/8/57 "The Charmona Matter"
• 10/6/57 "The Bum Steer Matter"
• 3/2/58 "The Diamond Dilemma Matter"
• 3/23/58 "The Denver Dispersal Matter"
• 4/6/58 "The Eastern-Western Matter"
• 4/27/58 "The Village of Virtue Matter"
• 5/4/58 "The Carson Arson Matter"

Public Domain (P)2020 Black Eye Entertainment

Great sampling throughout the years

This is a great sampling of Johnny across the years - single episodes that include some commercials. You can tell something of the events of the time of recording in the script details and social comments.

There is one episode that is a re-recording of an earlier episodes. Nearly identical scripts with a few names changed,