Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (old-time radio): every episode, 1949-1962 · page 3 of 3

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is an old-time radio detective and crime series that aired on CBS Radio from 1949 to 1962, starring Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund. Stupid Potato carries 718 episodes, listed here in the order they first aired, each with its air date, and a story for 474 of them. Every episode is free to listen to, live around the clock on its own channel, and as a podcast: no sign-up, no app.

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Episode list: 501 to 718 of 718

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  1. The Alkali Mike Matter

    · 19 min

  2. The Shy Beneficiary Matter

    · 23 min

  3. The Hope to Die Matter

    · 20 min

  4. The Sunny Dream Matter

    · 25 min

  5. The Hapless Hunter Matter

    · 19 min

  6. The Happy Family Matter

    · 24 min

  7. The Carmen Kringle Matter

    · 19 min

  8. The Latin Lovely Matter

    · 24 min

  9. The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter

    · 20 min

  10. The Boron 112 Matter

    · 20 min

  11. The Eleven O'Clock Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at a cliffside house to investigate threatening letters sent to advertising executive Ralph Appleton. That evening, a mysterious figure appears at the window, the phone goes dead, and Appleton's business partner Tom Baker unexpectedly arrives drenched from a car accident. The group retreats to a beach house to escape the tension, but Johnny senses hidden tensions and suspicious glances between some of the guests.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ralph Appleton, Grant Hillman, Mrs. Gregory, Laura Appleton, Tom Baker

  12. The Price of Fame Matter

    · 22 min

  13. The Sick Chick Matter

    · 24 min

  14. The Time and Tide Matter

    · 24 min

  15. The Durango Laramie Matter

    · 25 min

  16. The Diamond Dilemma Matter

    · 21 min

  17. The Wayward Moth Matter (1)

    · 21 min

  18. The Salkoff Sequel Matter

    · 20 min

  19. The Denver Disbursal Matter

    · 24 min

  20. The Killer's List Matter

    · 20 min

  21. The Eastern-Western Matter

    · 24 min

  22. The Wayward Money Matter (1)

    · 21 min

  23. The Wayward Trout Matter

    · 25 min

  24. The Village of Virtue Matter

    · 25 min

  25. The Carson Arson Matter

    · 26 min

  26. The Rolling Stone Matter

    · 25 min

  27. The Ghost to Ghost Matter (1)

    · 25 min

  28. The Midnite Sun Matter

    · 26 min

  29. The Wayward River Matter

    · 26 min

  30. The Delectable Damsel Matter

    · 25 min

  31. The Virtuous Mobster Matter

    · 25 min

  32. The Ugly Pattern Matter (1)

    · 22 min

  33. The Blinker Matter (1)

    · 22 min

  34. The Mojave Red Matter

    · 25 min

  35. The Mojave Red Sequel

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Lake Harvey Resort to investigate the death of Elmer Hobbs, a businessman whose boat sank during a storm. While local authorities rule it an accident, Johnny discovers evidence suggesting murder: the boat's flotation tanks were deliberately cut open and an anchor line was wrapped around the body. Now Johnny must determine who among those with motive and opportunity killed Hobbs.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jake, Buster, Red Barrett, Elmer Hobbs, Stu Manley, Jay Stewart Manley, Mr. Carson

  36. The Wayward Killer Matter

    · 22 min

  37. The Lucky 4 Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Colorado to look into the suspicious death of concert pianist Bill Cherry, whose farmhouse was destroyed when his dam allegedly gave way during a storm. Ray Smith, who knew Cherry, believes the dam failure was no accident and shows Johnny evidence of sabotage—a bomb rigged in a vehicle—suggesting Cherry's worthless nephew Tommy Walker may be behind the murder.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ray Smith, Tommy Walker, Ralph Kimbell, Bill Cherry

  38. The Two Faced Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar investigates a missing $58,000 from the O-Lang Zion furniture company in North Weldon, Massachusetts. The company's owner, Mr. J. Worthington-Keasley, discovered the vault empty and attributes the theft to Roscoe James Pula, an employee who vanished three years, five months and sixteen days earlier, leaving only a note that says "Good-bye suckers." Johnny must track down the missing employee and recover the stolen building fund.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Nick Weldon, Mr. J. Worthington-Keasley, Roscoe James Pula

  39. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to look into the death of wealthy Broadway producer Lamont Scofield, who died supposedly of natural causes. The insurance company suspects his nurse and current beneficiary, Mary T. Smith, may have hastened his death with an overdose of medication to collect the $750,000 policy.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Waldo R. Westbury, Dr. Lamont Scofield, Mary T. Smith, Doctor

  40. The Malibu Mystery Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Malibu after a $150,000 diesel yacht explodes and sinks off the coast, killing the captain. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, survive along with two crew members, but Johnny must investigate the explosion and determine whether Mrs. Merrill's jewelry, initially thought lost, was actually aboard when the disaster occurred.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Henley, Captain Rowland, Mr. Merrill, Mrs. Merrill, The Skipper

  41. The Wayward Diamonds Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar discovers that Mrs. Merrell's insured jewels are fakes and suspects she plans to claim insurance fraud while her husband faces charges related to a yacht incident. When Dollar places a detective to watch her movements, the man is attacked at the Merrell home and Mrs. Merrell disappears, forcing Dollar and insurance man Peter Hanley to investigate her sudden flight.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Peter Hanley, Mrs. Merrell, Mr. Merrell, Detective Sam Benjamin

  42. The Johnson Payroll Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar travels to California to help recover $100,000 stolen in a New York payroll robbery. An anonymous informant arranges a meeting at Carado Beach, but Johnny arrives to find the man dead with a knife in his ribs. Complicating matters, Johnny encounters the mysterious woman from his cab ride in Los Angeles at a local bar, and a confrontation with another man erupts.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat McCracken, The informant (dead at pier), A woman from the cab, A man at the bar

  43. The Gruesome Spectacle Matter

    · 24 min

  44. The Double Trouble Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Sarasota to settle a claim on a 65,000 dollar policy belonging to Albert Kingman, who died in a hurricane 20 years ago. Two men have suddenly appeared, each claiming to be Henry Kingman, the deceased's son and sole beneficiary, both with plausible stories about their lives since the disaster.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Pormann, Henry Kingman (first claimant), Gertrude Pormann

  45. The Hair Raising Matter

    · 21 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at the home of a wealthy man who has been found dead in his bedroom. While the doctor attributes the death to natural causes and a heart condition, Johnny senses something is amiss at the scene, though he cannot immediately identify what troubles him about the circumstances.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Brit Milk, Gerten, Doctor, Sergeant, Miss

  46. The Hollywood Mystery Matter

    · 20 min

  47. The Deadly Doubt Matter

    · 20 min

  48. The Doting Dowager Matter

    · 20 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to the Manhattan home of wealthy widow Mrs. Dora Harkness Ballon after a small statue of her Civil War general grandfather disappears from her reception room. When a ransom note arrives demanding $75,000 for the statue's return, Mrs. Ballon insists on paying despite the high sum, threatening to cancel all her insurance if Dollar doesn't recover it.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Dora Harkness Ballon, Harold Winters, Higgins, George (at Floyd's of England)

  49. The Date with Death Matter (1)

    · 20 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is forced to abandon his dinner date when his boss Bert Guels calls with urgent news: Curly Waters, a criminal Johnny had sent to prison two years ago and who later swore vengeance, has escaped from the hospital where he was being held under guard. When Johnny rushes to check on his date Betty Lewis, he finds her apartment empty. A stolen car and a captured accomplice suggest Curly may still be in town, setting a trap.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bert Guels, Lieutenant Howard Daley, Curly Waters, Gympie Taylor, Betty Lewis, Riley

  50. The Shankar Diamond Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is asked by his old flame Martha Mayfield to escort her to her son Edgar's wedding in Greensboro, North Carolina. Martha insists on bringing the Shankar Diamond, a nearly priceless gem reputed to bring good luck, which has attracted the attention of jewel thieves in the past. As they prepare to fly to the wedding, Johnny suspects Martha knows more about a potential threat to the diamond than she's telling him.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Steve Kilmer, Martha Mayfield Maryman, Larkin, Edgar, Mary Louanne Melanie, Sergeant Bell

  51. The Blue Madonna Matter (1)

    · 20 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives a call from a mysterious Parisian character named Chagri about a valuable painting called the Blue Madonna. Dollar bets his boss that the painting currently hanging in the Gavin Galleries in Philadelphia is not genuine, and travels there with art expert Foster Harmon to investigate the suspicious transaction.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, George Reed, Chagri (Demarsak), Foster Harmon, Kingsley Holland, Arnold Gavin

  52. The Net of Circumstance Matter (1)

    · 24 min

  53. The Baldero Matter

    · 24 min

  54. The Lake Mead Mystery Matter

    · 25 min

  55. The Jimmy Carter Matter

    · 24 min

  56. The Frisco Fire Matter (opening clipped)

    · 24 min

  57. The Fairweather Friend Matter

    · 26 min

  58. The Cautious Celibate Matter

    · 19 min

  59. The Winsome Widow Matter

    · 23 min

  60. The Fatal Filet Matter

    · 25 min

  61. The Twin Trouble Matter

    · 19 min

  62. The Casque of Death Matter

    · 20 min

  63. The Big H Matter

    · 20 min

  64. The Wayward Heiress Matter

    · 20 min

  65. The Wayward Sculptor Matter (opening cut)

    · 20 min

  66. The Life at Stake Matter

    · 20 min

  67. The Mei-Ling Buddha Matter

    · 19 min

  68. The Only One Butt Matter

    · 18 min

  69. The Frantic Fisherman Matter

    · 19 min

  70. The Will and a Way Matter

    · 20 min

  71. The Bolt out of the Blue Matter

    · 20 min

  72. The Deadly Chain Matter

    · 19 min

  73. The Lost by a Hair Matter

    · 19 min

  74. The Night in Paris Matter

    · 19 min

  75. The Embarcadero Matter

    · 20 min

  76. The Really Gone Matter

    · 20 min

  77. The Backfire That Backfired Matter

    · 20 min

  78. The Leumas Matter

    · 19 min

  79. The Little Man Who Was There Matter

    · 24 min

  80. The Buffalo Matter

    · 20 min

  81. The Further Buffalo Matter

    · 19 min

  82. The Double Identity Matter

    · 23 min

  83. The Missing Missile Matter

    · 29 min

  84. The Hand of Providential Matter

    · 25 min

  85. The Larson Arson Matter

    · 25 min

  86. The Bayou Body Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to Sarasota, Florida after learning that a man he recently insured for $50,000 has been found dead floating under his agent's dock. What initially appears to be a heart attack becomes a murder investigation when the coroner discovers the man was struck fatally in the face with a wrought iron poker. As police search for the missing Mrs. Carter, suspicion falls on the wife, though a younger beneficiary—a former stripper named Mitzi Taylor living in New York—also had motive.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Poorman, Sergeant Wade, Dr. Phillips, Dr. Theo Foote, Ralph Carter, Mrs. Carter, Mitzi Taylor

  87. The Fancy Bridgework Matter

    · 25 min

  88. The Wrong Man Matter

    · 21 min

  89. The Hired Homicide Matter

    · 20 min

  90. The Sudden Wealth Matter

    · 25 min

  91. The Red Mystery Matter

    · 25 min

  92. The Burning Desire Matter

    · 25 min

  93. The Hapless Ham Matter

    · 24 min

  94. The Unholy Two Matter

    · 23 min

  95. The Evaporated Clue Matter

    · 25 min

  96. The Nuclear Goof Matter

    · 25 min

  97. The Merry-Go-Round Matter

    · 25 min

  98. The Sidewinder Matter

    · 23 min

  99. The P.O. Matter

    · 25 min

  100. The Alvin's Alfred Matter

    · 25 min

  101. The Look Before The Leap Matter

    · 25 min

  102. The Moonshine Matter

    · 25 min

  103. The Deep Down Matter

    · 25 min

  104. The Saturday Night Matter

    · 25 min

  105. The False Alarm Matter

    · 24 min

  106. The Double Exposure Matter

    · 25 min

  107. The Deadly Swamp Matter

    · 25 min

  108. The Silver Queen Matter

    · 23 min

  109. The Fatal Switch Matter

    · 22 min

  110. The Phony Phone Matter

    · 24 min

  111. The Mystery Gal Matter

    · 24 min

  112. The Man Who Waits Matter

    · 22 min

  113. The Red Rock Matter

    · 24 min

  114. The Canned Canary Matter

    · 24 min

  115. The Harried Heiress Matter

    · 26 min

  116. The Flask of Death Matter

    · 19 min

  117. The Wholly Unexpected Matter

    · 25 min

  118. The Collector's Matter

    · 25 min

  119. The Back to the Back Matter

    · 25 min

  120. The Rhymer Collection Matter

    · 21 min

  121. The Paradise Lost Matter

    · 21 min

  122. The Twisted Twin Matter

    · 22 min

  123. The Deadly Debt Matter

    · 25 min

  124. The Killer Kin Matter

    · 21 min

  125. The Too Much Money Matter

    · 22 min

  126. The Real Smokey Matter

    · 23 min

  127. The Five Down Matter

    · 31 min

  128. The Stope Of Death Matter

    · 24 min

  129. The Recompense Matter

    · 25 min

  130. The Twins of Tahoe Matter

    · 24 min

  131. The Unworthy Kin Matter

    · 24 min

  132. The What Goes Matter

    · 24 min

  133. The Super Salesman Matter

    · 25 min

  134. The Bad One Matter

    · 24 min

  135. The Double Deal Matter

    · 23 min

  136. The Empty Threat Matter

    · 24 min

  137. The Earned Income Matter

    · 23 min

  138. The Wayward Kilocycles Matter

    · 22 min

  139. The Paperback Mystery Matter

    · 24 min

  140. The Very Fishy Matter

    · 25 min

  141. The Short Term Matter

    · 24 min

  142. The Who's Who Matter

    · 24 min

  143. The Wayward Fireman Matter

    · 25 min

  144. The Touch-Up Matter

    · 22 min

  145. The Morning After Matter

    · 24 min

  146. The Ring of Death Matter

    · 25 min

  147. The Informer Matter

    · 26 min

  148. The Two's a Crowd Matter

    · 25 min

  149. The Wrong Sign Matter

    · 24 min

  150. The Captain's Table Matter

    · 25 min

  151. The Latrodectus Matter

    · 24 min

  152. The Rat Pack Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar travels to Summit Hill, a wealthy retirement community, to investigate a series of expensive car thefts and vandalism by a group of reckless young troublemakers. Using a fake Federal survey as cover, Johnny arrives in the small town to find the locals living in fear of the so-called rat pack, who steal and wreck vehicles under cover of darkness.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, George (insurance company contact), Gas station attendant, Mrs. Brierley, Henry Brierley

  153. The Simple Simon Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Los Angeles to look into the death of Jerry Hilton, a man with a $16,000 life insurance policy whose car went off a cliff near Newhall. While police believe it was suicide made to look like an accident, an anonymous caller insists Dollar meet him in San Diego, claiming to have information that could prove otherwise and suggesting the insurance must be paid.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Frank Francis, Jerry Hilton, Margery Hilton

  154. The Lone Wolf Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is hired by Thomas Morgan, a successful stockbroker, who is being blackmailed by Henry B. Wolfe, his former partner in a stock swindle from 25 years ago. Wolfe demands $10,000 and threatens to expose their crime to Morgan's family and business unless he pays, claiming he has written a full confession to be released if anything happens to him. Johnny must locate Wolfe and determine how to handle the blackmail threat.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Thomas Morgan, Henry B. Wolfe, Harvey

  155. The Yaak Mystery Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is summoned to remote Yak, Montana to investigate wealthy client John Turner Whitaker, who has vanished on a hunting trip with his daughter Valerie and son-in-law Lou Larson. The search party finds Lou Larson alone, barely conscious on horseback, and as he regains awareness, he must reveal what happened to the others in the snow-covered wilderness.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Steve Yocum, John Turner Whitaker, Valerie, Lou Larson, Shorty Bessum, Mrs. Bessum

  156. The Stock-In-Trade Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to the small town of Somerville, Tennessee to investigate the murder of Volney Bourgard Exum, a client of Worldwide Mutual Insurance. The elderly man was found dead at his desk with his head bashed in, and with no apparent clues or suspects, Dollar must uncover who killed him and why, starting with interviews of the three beneficiaries of his $35,000 insurance policy.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ripley, Volney Bourgard Exum, Clara Bell Lockway Exum, Volney Bourgard Exum (nephew), Van Buren Ovalthorpe, Don Lekato

  157. The Big Date Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar is in Florida trying to avoid going back north when his insurance company contact Don Boonhauer calls him to Sarasota with what he claims is an urgent matter. It turns out the emergency is just a tax form that needs signing, but when Johnny steps outside Don's office, a blonde woman's car begins backfiring loudly, drawing a crowd. Johnny helps investigate the car trouble and finds himself charmed by the mysterious young woman.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Don Boonhauer, A blonde woman with car trouble, Police sergeant

  158. The Low Tide Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by Trim Mutual to locate two missing business partners, Charles Foster and Michael Brady, who have gone on a fishing trip together. Trim Mutual holds a partnership policy worth $500,000 on the two men, and the company fears that the younger, ambitious Brady may have foul play in mind for the aging Foster.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Frederick Benham, Charles Foster, Michael Brady, Mrs. Charles Foster, Kathy Brady

  159. The Imperfect Crime Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is hired to investigate a case involving author J. Stanley Porter, whose previous four wives all died suddenly within a year or two of marriage. Porter's current wife, Denise, fears she may be his next victim, particularly since he spends all his time writing about perfect crimes and murders. Johnny must determine whether Porter is a dangerous killer or simply a macabre writer whose dark imaginings are being misinterpreted.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lou Little, Denise Porter, J. Stanley Porter, Lieutenant Randy Singer

  160. The Well of Trouble Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar accepts a thousand-dollar check from policyholder Stanley Porter through his broker Lou Little. When Lou mentions an eccentric client named Jeremy Withers who mails insurance premiums in cash without proper precautions, Johnny becomes curious about a stack of bills in Lou's office. He drives to Withers' remote cabin in Oklahoma and discovers the old man has unknowingly received stolen money from the First National Bank robbery in nearby Millville—over twenty thousand dollars in new twenty-dollar bills with consecutive serial numbers starting with triple-six, double-four.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lou Little, Jeremy Withers, Stanley Porter

  161. The Fiddle Faddle Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Florida by his old friend Earl Foreman to investigate the theft of a rare Bicyac violin called the Canary, valued at ten thousand dollars. The instrument was stolen from the shop of violin repairman Antonio DiPelido after the shop was broken into and the elderly craftsman was knocked unconscious. When Johnny arrives, he learns that the violin's owner, wealthy collector Joseph R. Tetrick, has died under mysterious circumstances shortly after claiming he knew who the thief was.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, Don Boomer, Joseph R. Tetrick, Antonio DiPelido

  162. the old fashioned murder matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Denver after receiving an urgent call from Herbert Lynn, a state unity official who fears that his elderly client Howard Hartsell, a 73-year-old wealthy man with a quarter-million-dollar insurance policy, will be murdered. Lynn believes one of Hartsell's three beneficiaries—his nieces Clara and Bonnie, or his nephew Tony—is planning to kill him, pointing to recent mysterious incidents including a car that tried to run Hartsell down and a puzzling illness that Lynn suspects is poisoning. Dollar begins investigating the relatives to uncover who poses the real threat.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Herbert Lynn, Howard Hartsell, Clara Johnson, Bonnie Briggs, Harry Briggs, Tony, Dr. East today

  163. The Chuckanut Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to a small town near Seattle to investigate suspicious insurance claims on a couple heavily insured with half-million-dollar policies. When he arrives at their mountain property, he discovers that one spouse has just died in a car crash on the treacherous road leading to their home, and he must determine whether it was a genuine accident or something more sinister.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lucian Peterson, Mark Brittingham, Myra Brittingham, Sergeant Bill Foreman

  164. The Philadelphia Miss Matter

    · 25 min

  165. the perilous padre matter (cut open)

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas, summoned by his friend Doug Johnston to investigate a matter on Padre Island. When Johnny learns that Doug's friend Jackson Price has gone missing after calling for Johnny's help, the two men set out across the causeway to the island armed with shovels and a rifle, and Doug begins to tell Johnny about a fascinating history involving a Spanish treasure fleet from 1553.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Doug Johnston, Jackson Price, O'Brien

  166. The Wrong Doctor Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives in Corpus Christi, Texas to take on a case from Jack Price. After settling into his hotel room, a large man with a gun forces his way in, and the two engage in a violent struggle. When hotel staff break down the door, the man is dead, and Johnny discovers the intruder was Diego Hernandez, a recently released convict and shrimp boat captain connected to Jack's case.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jack Price, Diego Hernandez, Dr. Rodden, Chambermaid, House Detective

  167. Too Many Crooks Matter

    · 24 min

  168. the shifty looker matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Floyd's of England office by Jeffrey Reed, who has taken over for his brother George. Reed presents an unusual kidnapping case: the young daughter of retired Mr. Looker has disappeared, and the family has an extraordinary insurance policy that will pay up to $100,000 in ransom, but only if Johnny and Reed keep the authorities completely out of the matter.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jeffrey Reed, George Reed, Mr. Looker, Sarah, Cynthia Looker

  169. The All Wet Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Casey, South Carolina to investigate a mysterious package received by wealthy widow Melanie Ramsey Pembroke. The package, postmarked from Chicago, contains a crude time bomb that Melanie safely disarms by throwing it out the window into a fish pond, damaging the detonating device.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Thurston, Melanie Ramsey Pembroke, Peter Pembroke

  170. The Buyer and the Cellar Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to San Francisco to investigate the disappearance of Harvey Lehman, a commission buyer of rare antiques who vanished a week ago after traveling to Los Angeles to meet with wealthy film producer John Arthur Whittington-Meener. Don Reglet, Johnny's contact at the insurance company, suspects foul play, but Johnny must determine whether Lehman has deliberately fled his domineering wife Doris or met with something worse.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Don Reglet, Harvey Lehman, Doris Lehman, John Arthur Whittington-Meener

  171. The Double-Barreled Matter

    · 29 min

    Johnny Dollar is called to San Diego by Phil East of the insurance company to investigate a series of seven burglaries at the apartment of Charles and Trudy Warner over the past two months. The unusual aspect is that nothing has ever been stolen, yet someone keeps breaking in and searching through the place. Johnny arrives and meets Trudy Warner, who is frustrated by her husband's refusal to call the police and worried about what might happen if she's home alone when a burglar breaks in.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Phil East, Charles Hastings Warner, Trudy Warner

  172. The Medium Rare Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives in Corpus Christi to investigate a fraudulent psychic named Udi Vishnu, who operates a spiritualist temple just beyond the city limits. Insurance investigator Jack Price believes Vishnu is manipulating his followers into naming him as beneficiary on their insurance policies, and two of their clients have been mysteriously murdered. Dollar attends one of Vishnu's evening séances to observe the con artist at work.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jack Price, Udi Vishnu

  173. The Three for One Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar is summoned to Boston by his old contact Christian Albeck at International Life and Casualty to investigate the disappearance of John Stuart Kirkman, a wealthy retired businessman with a quarter-million-dollar policy. Albeck hints that three suspects with possible motives—Charles Hockaway (who owes Kirkman $100,000), Mildred Armstrong (Kirkman's ex-wife), and Tony Benson (a young drifter)—have all recently moved to the Santa Harbor area in New Hampshire where Kirkman lives. When Johnny arrives at Santa Harbor, Police Chief Mike Sharp reveals that Kirkman has been found dead.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Christian Albeck, John Stuart Kirkman, Mona Kirkman, Chief Mike Sharp, Charles D. Hockaway, Mildred Armstrong, Tony Benson

  174. The Bee or Not to Bee Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is given a case by Pat Fuller at Universal Adjustment Bureau involving a couple running a fake injury scam at hotels across the country. The pair registers at hotels, stages a fall or slip, and demands cash settlements while threatening lawsuits. After hitting thirteen hotels in four months, Johnny receives a photograph of the suspects and a list of target cities, and begins to formulate a theory about their next move based on a curious pattern.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat Fuller, Pat McCracken

  175. The Monticello Mystery Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Port Jarvis, New York by insurance representative Henry Foreman regarding a wealthy client. Dollar travels to an isolated and beautiful lodge near Monticello owned by Rudy and Nancy Teckler, where he meets the couple and learns the lodge was previously owned by Nancy's first husband, Horace Rathbun Mellinger of a vast steel and oil fortune.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Henry Foreman, Rudy Teckler, Nancy Teckler

  176. The Wrong One Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Florida to visit an unusual client named Emmett Denery who has sent an urgent, misspelled letter demanding quick payment on an insurance policy before something happens. Earl Foreman, Johnny's boss, claims the visit is just a routine client call, but Johnny suspects there's more to the story given his history of stumbling into trouble in Florida. Johnny heads into the dangerous Everglades swamp country to locate Denery and his partner Waldo Blake.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, Emmett Denery, Waldo Blake, Ben Osceola, Pete Fisher, Mike Foreman, Don Boomer

  177. The Guide to Murder Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives in Sarasota, Florida for a fishing vacation, but his friend Earl Foreman drags him to his office before they can leave. Earl finally convinces Johnny that a fishing trip with Captain Barney Beale at Lemon Bay is purely recreational—no insurance matters involved. However, when they return to the dock and visit Captain Beale's garage to see his prized 1922 Maxwell automobile, they discover a dead man slumped behind the wheel.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, Captain Barney Beale, Dr. Hill

  178. The Mad Bomber Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives in tiny Muddy Gap, Wyoming, where newspaper editor and insurance agent Hank Parnell reports receiving mysterious phone calls from Billy Benbow, a violent man from the town who was drafted decades ago and later escaped from an asylum. Benbow was trained in explosives during the war and has threatened revenge on the town, and now with Muddy Gap surrounded by massive oil storage tanks, Parnell fears Benbow plans devastating destruction.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Hank Parnell, Billy Benbow

  179. The Cinder Elmer Matter

    · 27 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to the snowy mountains of Crestline, California to investigate the disappearance of Bartley Harmon, a small businessman who vanished while on holiday at Hillcrest Lodge with his wife Nora and his business partner Elmer Eitzen. With the company holding a $200,000 accidental death policy with double indemnity on Harmon, Dollar must determine whether he met with an accident or something more sinister.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Charlie Warren, Bartley Harmon, Nora Harmon, Elmer Eitzen, Roy Turner

  180. The Phony Phone Matter (Network)

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar takes on a case involving Harvey L. Hallett, a man Bert Helfer suspects of filing phony insurance claims for burglaries he stages himself. When Johnny calls Hallett to investigate, a mysterious explosion erupts at a building connected to Hallett's operations, and Johnny must determine whether Hallett is genuinely victimized or orchestrating crimes for insurance payouts.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bert Helfer, Harvey L. Hallett, Mary Hallett

  181. The One Too Many Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is unexpectedly recruited on New Year's Eve to investigate a potential murder plot. Dr. Begley believes one of Mrs. Nancy Cunningham's two nephews, Walter Bader or Donald Kingman, plans to kill her before she can change her will to exclude them as beneficiaries. Johnny agrees to stay with Mrs. Cunningham while the nephews visit for the holiday.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Hal Kempert, Dara Kempert, Dr. Albert Begley, Mrs. Nancy Cunningham, Walter Bader, Donald Kingman

  182. The Hot Chocolate Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is called to investigate a $104,000 diamond theft from Mac Bilby's jewelry store on Madison Avenue in New York. A night watchman named McDuggins was shot during the robbery, and a cleaning boy named Daniel Fairling has disappeared. Johnny begins tracking leads, visiting the wounded watchman in the hospital and searching for Fairling's whereabouts.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Lieutenant Randol Singer, Mac Bilby, McDuggins, Miss Tovish, Daniel Fairling, Mr. Dubin, Dr. Leffman

  183. The Terrible Torch Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar investigates a series of suspicious fires near the small town of Woodbine, New Jersey. Two factories at an industrial complex have already burned, and insurance investigator Fred Larkin fears more fires are coming. Johnny travels to the area and teams up with Smoky Sullivan, a reformed arsonist turned consultant, to uncover whether the fires are part of an organized scheme.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Fred Larkin, Smoky Sullivan, Mr. Becker

  184. The Can't Be So Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at the scene of a young man's death in a New York apartment building. The victim, Willoughby, appears to have been shot by someone he knew well. Dollar learns that Willoughby had recently been seen having lunch with Connie, the wife of Les Wallers, an insurance company colleague, raising questions about Les's possible involvement and motive.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mary, Mr. Harmon, Sergeant Tommy Bravo, Les Wallers, Connie Wallers, Willoughby

  185. The Nugget of Truth Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar meets with his insurance company contact Ted Newberry, who arranges for Johnny to see Pandora Peters, a glamorous and wealthy woman married to inventor Philip Truesdale. Pandora reveals she has been receiving threatening notes for two months, starting after her husband patented an electronic battery invention. The notes quote scripture and demand the invention be given to the world rather than profited from by one person, with increasingly violent threats against Pandora's life.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ted Newberry, Pandora Peters, Philip Truesdale

  186. The Do It Yourself Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is called in by the Greater Southwest Insurance Company to investigate a series of nine fires that have occurred in Seamy Valley near Moore Park over six weeks. The company suspects arson, especially since a young, aggressive insurance agent named Harry Walterson has been capitalizing on the fires to sell new policies, though the claim payouts far exceed the premium income.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Harkins, Royal J. Hunter, Harry Walterson, Mrs. Hatcher, Mr. Pretty, Mr. Burton

  187. The Takes A Crook Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is attacked and knocked unconscious in his garage while retrieving evidence—a fake mouth—from his car trunk. When he comes to, the evidence has been stolen. Dollar must determine who struck him and locate the missing evidence before the federal agents arrive from Washington.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Les Walters, Hal

  188. The Mixed Blessing Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar is called to Kingman, Arizona by his insurance company to deliver $41,000 cash to Barney Blessing, who wants his retirement policy paid out in full rather than in monthly installments. Jake Kessler, the company's local agent, is laid up with injuries from a horse-riding accident and reveals that Blessing is a former prohibition-era gunman with a mysterious connection to another man named Higbee.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Charlie Warren, Jake Kessler, Barney Blessing, Higbee

  189. The Top Secret Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to investigate three fatal explosions at the Bascom Development Company, a secret rocket fuel research facility hidden along the California coast near Monterey. The deaths occurred while testing a revolutionary new solid rocket fuel formula developed by a young East German scientist. As Johnny arrives at the heavily guarded compound, another explosion suddenly rocks the buildings.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Len Walker, George, The young East German scientist

  190. The Golden Dream Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to Kingman, Arizona to help his old friend Jake Hasler investigate a suspicious mining stock scheme. A young engineer named Myron Kingsley was hired to inspect the Golden Dream mine for a suspicious stockholder but disappeared a week ago after checking into the Lake Mojave Resort. Jake and Ham Pratt, the resort manager, suspect foul play involving Marty Spiller, who has been promoting worthless mining stock to unsuspecting easterners.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jake Hasler, Myron Kingsley, H. R. Pratt (Ham), Marty Spiller

  191. The Ike And Mike Matter

    · 25 min

  192. The Shadow of a Doubt Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to Los Angeles at the request of his old friend Ted Orloff to investigate an embezzlement at a bottling plant owned by Barney Garrison. Garrison claims that nearly $170,000 has been stolen and believes his business partner Ralph Betterly is responsible, though Betterly hasn't yet been confronted about the missing money.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ted Orloff, Barney Garrison, Ralph Betterly

  193. The Blue Rock Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at a remote farmhouse on the Isopus River in upstate New York, supposedly for the trout fishing season opener. His real assignment is to watch over five-year-old Barry Aspenwald and his stepfather Tom, who stands to inherit the boy's share of a million-dollar estate if Barry dies before the family's dying patriarch. The dangerous Blue Rock pool below the bridge seems like the perfect place for Tom to stage a fatal accident.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Phil, Thomas Gerald Aspenwald, Emery Archibald, Nancy Archibald, Barry Aspenwald, Fritz Hornblock, Mrs. Hornblock

  194. The Ivy Emerald Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Boston to investigate the theft of the Ivy Emerald, a valuable gold brooch shaped like Boston ivy that was stolen from the home of Mrs. Oscar B. Sterling-Wait. The emerald was taken from a hidden safe in her library, and Johnny must determine how the thief learned the combination to what was supposed to be an impenetrable safe.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bob Baker, Mrs. Oscar B. Sterling-Wait, Hendrix the butler, Harry Darlington, Arnold, Evelyn Meiness

  195. The Wrong Idea Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives in Knoxville to protect Marilyn Brannigan, whose husband Alfie was released from prison two weeks ago after serving time for embezzlement. Years ago in court, Alfie made a cold, menacing threat that he would get revenge on both Marilyn and the man who testified against him. Now Marilyn has disappeared, and Johnny must find her before Alfie does.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tim Harrington, Marilyn Brannigan, Alfie Brannigan, Sergeant Seymour Jefferson Piper

  196. The Skidmore Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to the small Texas town of Skidmore to investigate a series of thefts from a warehouse belonging to Doug Johnson, who runs a home for old folks in Corpus Christi. Heavy equipment parts worth thousands of dollars have been disappearing from the storage facility, and the elderly watchman Jose Hernandez is determined to stop the thieves with his oversized six-gun.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jack Price, Doug Johnson, Jose Hernandez, Carmella

  197. The Grand Canyon Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to the Grand Canyon to track down Christy Orloff, a small-time criminal suspected of possessing a stolen ruby and emerald necklace worth nearly a million dollars. The thieves who stole it from a jewelry firm have already been caught and claim they handed the necklace to Orloff, but police found no trace of it on him. Lieutenant Singer believes Orloff is heading to the Grand Canyon to make a contact and pass off the jewels, so he sends Johnny out to intercept him.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Bill Kramer, Lieutenant Randolph Singer, Christy Orloff, Rafe Kelly

  198. The Burma Red Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar takes on a case involving the Burma Red, a large stolen ruby that was taken from the home of wealthy Mrs. Harvey Laramond Brittigan in Hartford four weeks ago. Police suspect master safe cracker Oscar Mayfield, who was in town at the time and has the skills to match the safe-cracking method, but he has an alibi they cannot break and must be released.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Jimmy Bartell, Oscar Mayfield, Sergeant Holcomb, Lieutenant Randy Singer, Mrs. Harvey Laramond Brittigan

  199. The Lust for Gold Matter

    · 25 min

    Johnny Dollar receives an urgent telegram from his old friend Emmett Gowan inviting him to Cozumel, Mexico for what seems like a fishing vacation. Pat Fuller at the insurance bureau arranges the trip at company expense, but mentions a missing person case in Mexico City that Johnny may investigate afterward. Upon arriving at Cozumel, Johnny finds the fishing extraordinary, but suspects there's more to Emmett's invitation than meets the eye.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pat Fuller, Emmett Gowan

  200. The Two Steps to Murder Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Las Vegas to investigate the death of Harvey Skilman, an insurance salesman. Skilman is found dead from penorcin alkalate poison in his coffee cup and sugar bowl, with the local doctor concluding it was suicide. However, Skilman's boss Pete Brenneman insists it must be murder and asks Johnny to prove Skilman didn't kill himself, revealing that Skilman had been working hard to pay for his sister Mary's medical treatment at top clinics.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pete Brenneman, Harvey Skilman, Doc Porter, Mary Skilman, Lippy Lorenzo, Sergeant Call

  201. The Zipp Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Las Vegas to investigate a suspicious insurance claim. Frederick Payton has died, leaving a $120,000 policy to be split equally among three beneficiaries: his nephew Willard Swift, his niece Doreen Clayford, and his nephew Kenneth Kermatt. Johnny discovers that Swift is a compulsive gambler deeply in debt to a dangerous loan shark and may be missing from town, while tension simmers between the two nephews.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Pete Breneman, Willard Swift, Doreen Clayford, Kenneth Kermatt, Shorty Callahan

  202. The Wayward Gun Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to his boss Dorfman's office to explain his expense account for the Martin case investigation. Before they can finish their discussion, Sergeant Bell arrives with a bombshell: Johnny's own gun has turned up at police headquarters, and he's being arrested on suspicion of murdering contractor Alfred W. Barriman, a case Johnny didn't even know about.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Mr. Dorfman, Sergeant Bell, Al Spangler, Lieutenant Randy Singer

  203. The All Too Easy Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a series of six fires on properties owned by elderly millionaire Alpheus Brockway. Insurance adjuster Ted Olof is convinced Brockway is committing arson to collect insurance on worthless buildings while retaining the valuable land beneath them. Johnny agrees to investigate, but suspects the case may be more complicated than it appears on the surface.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ted Olof, Alpheus Brockway, Ben Plater, Fred Klein

  204. The Hood Of Death Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Nashville to investigate a suspicious accident claim filed by elderly millionaire Henry Sweetwater, whom his cousin Luther believes is trying to defraud the company. As Johnny and Luther drive to Sweetwater's home to confront him, their car is sabotaged with a bomb wired to the ignition. When they arrive at the house, a dynamite explosion destroys much of Sweetwater's living room, leaving the old man badly injured and forcing Johnny to reconsider whether Sweetwater is really the schemer or if someone else has a murderous motive.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Luther Pennyroyal, Henry Sweetwater, Bella Mae Sweetwater, Padda Jane, Dr. Caraway

  205. The Vociferous Dolphin Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is summoned to sunny California by his insurance company to investigate an unusual claim: Professor Doctor Yeriantha wants to insure the lives of two dolphins named Petey and Sue. Upon arriving at her private oceanarium near San Diego, Johnny discovers the eccentric professor is conducting experiments to translate dolphin communication into human language, and her worried niece Penelope hints that mysterious accidents have been plaguing the operation.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Wilbur Burnett, Professor Doctor Yeriantha, Penelope Warman, Carl

  206. The Rilldoe Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to Laguna Beach to meet his contact Ted Flugger, who reluctantly takes him fishing while hinting at trouble involving Barney Bessum, an appliance dealer whose partners are suspected criminals. As they fish off San Clemente Island, Ted finally reveals that last night's low tide exposed something significant that he needs to show Johnny.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Ted Flugger, Barney Bessum, Tony and Joe (Bessum's partners), Manuel (dock worker), A beautiful girl in a convertible

  207. The Weather or Not Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Sarasota, Florida, where his old friend Earl Foreman has called him in to investigate potential trouble. Earl's client, the wealthy retired T. Rockway Mayfield, is throwing a birthday party tomorrow, and his estranged stepchildren Betty and Frank Merritt are flying in to attend. Earl fears the siblings may be planning something sinister to gain access to Mayfield's considerable fortune.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, T. Rockway Mayfield, Don Boomhauer, Betty Merritt, Frank Merritt, Cinnamon the bartender

  208. The Skimpy Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired to look into a case involving Skimpy Dingle, a recently paroled criminal who once threatened former city attorney Amos Crutchfield in court. When Johnny visits Crutchfield's home in Lakewood, he finds the elderly man shot and unconscious. A mysterious visitor then appears at Johnny's apartment claiming to be Percy Dingo, Skimpy's older brother and a psychologist, requesting Johnny's sympathy and understanding.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Danny Nixon, Amos Crutchfield, Skimpy Dingle, Mary Barlow, Percy Dingo, Dr. Franklin Edwards

  209. The Four Is a Crowd Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at a Colorado mountain ranch to protect Melvin Lockerty, a wealthy man who believes one of his three visiting relatives—the children of his deceased brother Henry—is plotting to murder him. Lockerty claims his brother made a deathbed promise that one of them would seek revenge for money Lockerty once took from him, and he has been receiving threatening letters.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Dennis Taylor, Melvin Lockerty, Kitty Lockerty, Frickler, Marion Lockerty, Cottie Dick

  210. The Case of Trouble Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Des Moines to investigate a series of explosions and fires at paper products company warehouses owned by brothers Albert and Ed Case. The fires, which have cost tens of thousands of dollars, show signs of arson but leave no concrete evidence. When Johnny visits Albert Case's home with Tom Bartlett and his wife Millie, he discovers Albert dead at his desk under mysterious circumstances.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Tom Bartlett, Albert Case, Ed Case, Mildred Bartlett, Police officer

  211. The Oldest Gag Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives at the scene of Lloyd Briskham's death, which Sergeant Gilbert quickly deems a suicide. Briskham is found slumped over his desk with a .38 revolver in hand and powder burns indicating a close-range shot to the forehead. Johnny remains skeptical despite the physical evidence and begins interviewing those present: insurance agent Larry Spangler, Briskham's business partner John Barber, his adopted son Mike, and his employee Trudy Wilson.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sergeant Danny Gilbert, Larry Spangler, Lloyd Briskham, John Barber, Mike Briskham, Trudy Wilson, Dr. Thaddeus Frambler

  212. The Lorelei Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar receives an urgent and cryptic phone call from Timothy Jared, a wealthy former stock manipulator, who mentions murder and demands Johnny visit him immediately. When Johnny arrives at Jared's apartment building, he encounters the man's young and beautiful wife, Lorelai, who has just returned from a painting trip and suspects her eccentric husband has conjured up another worry to fret about.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Timothy Jared, Ed Williams, Lorelai Lambert Jared

  213. The Gold Rush Matter

    · 26 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in San Francisco to look into a gold rush matter, then travels to Virginia City and the remote Scarlet Queen mine in Six Mile Canyon. Upon arrival at the mine, he's shot at and nearly killed by Leona, a woman protecting the property, who mistakes him for whoever has been causing trouble at the mine. Leona reveals that someone has been using explosives at the mine, killing at least one person and blinding her Uncle Dave.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Paul, Dave Halver, Leona, Jake, Jake Bekley

  214. The Doninger Doninger Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar must locate Walter Peter Donninger VII to deliver a $40,000 insurance payment within ten days of his sister's death. Morris Parkley from the New Jersey State Mutual Life Insurance Company reveals that Donninger has disappeared, leaving behind eight different addresses scattered across the state. Dollar discovers a hidden pattern in Donninger's movements and believes he knows where to find him.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Morris Parkley, Walter Peter Donninger VII

  215. The Four Cs Matter

    · 25 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate Harvey Crutton, a senior partner in an importing business who has just died in a car accident on a dangerous mountain road. Crutton was heavily insured for $250,000 with double indemnity, and his wife is the beneficiary. But Johnny's client suspects foul play, noting that both of Crutton's business partners—Wilbur Carding and Earl Kellinger—had recently threatened to kill him, and both stand to gain from his death through a partnership agreement.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Betty Lewis, Harvey Crutton, D'Arish Crutton, Wilbur Carding, Earl Kellinger, Mr. Harken

  216. The No Matter Matter

    · 24 min

    Johnny Dollar arrives at Raymond Tilleton's apartment in response to a late-night phone call, only to find a dead brunette woman with a bullet wound. When he confronts Tilleton at his office, the man claims he was in New Haven all night visiting his mother and never called Johnny. Johnny must unravel what really happened and why someone impersonated Tilleton.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Raymond Tilleton, Police Detective Austin, A dead brunette woman, Tilleton's elderly mother

  217. The Deadly Crystal Matter

    · 23 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to Connecticut to investigate the theft of $300,000 worth of jewels from eccentric Mrs. Weatherwell's bedroom. The jewels mysteriously vanish while she bathes and are just as mysteriously returned by a young woman named Lynn Peters, who delivers them to the house and then disappears. Johnny becomes convinced there is more to the case than a simple theft and recovery.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Les Wallers, Mrs. Weatherwell, Lynn Peters, Lieutenant Randy Singer

  218. The Tip-Off Matter

    · 24 min

    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar visits a dying safe cracker named Turner McGacky in a prison hospital ward. McGacky reveals that $100,000 from an old heist is hidden in a safe on Long Island, with the combination split between two men: Pirelli, posing as a fisherman, and Danny Rutsiloff, a dangerous criminal who is being released from prison that very day. Dollar must race to find Pirelli before the deadly Rutsiloff does.

    Characters: Johnny Dollar, Turner McGacky, Danny Rutsiloff, Pirelli, Dick Spindell, Warden, Assistant Warden, Gas station attendant

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