The Case of the Hundred Thousand Dollar Legs: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (April 15, 1949)

“The Case of the Hundred Thousand Dollar Legs” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 15, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Hollywood to bodyguard movie star Marilyn Major for 48 hours under a publicity policy insuring her legs for $100,000. He finds her already murdered in her apartment, and discovers the case involves letters from two men—one signed Barren and another signed Lawrence—connected to a woman's death and a man's suicide.

Hollywood, California; Marilyn Major's penthouse apartment at the Horizon View Apartments on the Sunset Strip; Los Angeles

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Harvey Anthony, Marilyn Major, Lieutenant, Miller

Listen for: The murder mystery unfolds as Johnny Dollar investigates the identity of the mysterious men behind the letters and their connection to the dead movie star.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.