Episodes

  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hapless Hunter Matter (EP4651)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hapless Hunter Matter (EP4651)
    Mar 14 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to New York state to investigate the death of an insured with a $500,000 who was shot and killed by a drunk hunting guide while on a trip with an insurance beneficiary.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1957

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Stephenson; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Carleton G. Young

    Discussed: Georgia Rural Telephone Museum

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    29 mins
  • Mr. and Mrs. North: Dead Giveaway (EP4650)

    Mr. and Mrs. North: Dead Giveaway (EP4650)
    Mar 13 2025
    Today's Mystery: A woman's brother escapes a mental institution, then Pam finds her murdered, and then the body disappears.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 19, 1952

    Originating from New York City

    Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North

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    33 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Elaine Hill Murder Case

    Broadway's My Beat: The Elaine Hill Murder Case
    Mar 12 2025
    Today's Mystery: A perfume demonstrator is found murdered in the room of an out-of-town salesman.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Edwin Max; Elliott Reid; Tony Barrett; Joyce McCluskey; Virginia Gregg

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    35 mins
  • Mathew Slade: Who Killed My Penpal? (EP4648)

    Mathew Slade: Who Killed My Penpal? (EP4648)
    Mar 11 2025
    Today's Mystery: Slade goes to Los Angeles to find out what happened to the penpal of an eccentric millionaire.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 22, 1964

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy; Norman Belkin as Sid Dinelli

    Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.

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    34 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the King of Hearts (EP4647)

    The Falcon: The Case of the King of Hearts (EP4647)
    Mar 10 2025
    Today's Mystery: A gambler's wife wrote $18,000 in checks and won't tell him what they were for.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer

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    34 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Broderick Matter Omnibus (EP4646s)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Broderick Matter Omnibus (EP4646s)
    Mar 9 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny looks for an insurance beneficiary for a policy with a heartwarming story, and finds disillusionment in the course of a coast-to-coast search.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 14-18, 1955

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Barbara Eiler; Virginia Gregg; Carleton Young; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; John Dehner; Marvin Miller; Tony Barrett; Frank Gerstle; Chester Stratton; Lawrence Dobkin

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)

    Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)
    Mar 8 2025
    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are on the trail of The Rattlesnake Bandit, a sadistic robber who holds up couples in cars and inflicts violence for the pleasure of it.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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    37 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sunny Dream Matter (EP4645)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sunny Dream Matter (EP4645)
    Mar 7 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates a series of supposedly accidental deaths occurring at a rest home.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1957

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Bert Holland; Peggy Webber

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    34 mins