The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)

Audio drama series about a freelance insurance investigator solving cases AI summary

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast Visit website › Fiction · EN · 724 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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Listen to the adventures of that man with the action-packed account, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. From 1949-62, the freelance insurance investigator relayed his adventures to the golden age of radio listeners via his action-packed account. In one of the longest-running old-time radio mystery detective programs.Six actors played Johnny Dollar. Currently, we're posting episodes starring Bob Bailey, the best-loved of the Johnny Dollar actors every Tuesday and Friday. However, you'll find the adventures of both previous and later Johnny Dollar actors including Charles Russell, Academy Award Winning Actor Edmond O'Brien, John Lund, Bob Readick, and Emmy-Award nominated actor Mandel Kramer. We also offer the unaired auditions of Dick Powell (Richard Diamond) and Gerald Mohr (Philip Marlowe). We offer more than 500 golden age of radio audio drama podcasts for your listening pleasure.Host Adam Graham is your guide, providing commentary on each episode as well as a dash of humor and responding to listener comments and feedback. This feed is part of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio and you can subscribe to the main podcast to enjoy four other detective programs each week.

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Identity Matter (EP5105)

2026-11-13 · 37 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar's vacation takes an alarming turn when an old police friend asks him to investigate four wealthy men who died under suspicious circumstances shortly after marrying the same woman. The…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Further in Buffalo Matter (EP5100)

2026-11-06 · 25 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar's investigation into the Buffalo Emporium robbery takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that the missing $421,216 may be aboard a yacht belonging to wealthy businessman McNair off the…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Buffalo Matter (EP5095)

2026-10-30 · 26 min

Today's Mystery: A Buffalo department store loses more than $421,000 in a daring vault robbery, and the police have few leads. Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate, but the evidence raises troubling questions about a…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Little Man Who Was Their Matter (EP5090)

2026-10-23 · 33 min

Today's Mystery: Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate the disappearance of Howard L. Edwards, a man presumed dead after his car plunged into the Hudson River. With $100,000 in insurance benefits…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Loomis Matter (EP5085)

2026-10-16 · 25 min

Today's Mystery: When wealthy businessman Elmer Loomis vanishes without a trace, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to New Jersey to find out what happened. With no clear leads and a wife who seems anything…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Backfire That Backfired Matter (EP5080)

2026-10-09 · 28 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is looking forward to making amends with Betty Lewis when an unusual pattern catches his attention: a hot rod races past her home every morning, its engine backfiring at precisely the same…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Really Gone Matter (EP5075)

2026-10-02 · 28 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is hired by a life insurance company to locate a missing beneficiary named Jonathan Doe, who is set to receive $50,000 from a policy belonging to a recently deceased farmer. The problem is…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Embarcadero Matter (EP5070)

2026-09-25 · 29 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is asked to help recover a priceless Cellini medallion stolen from the Louvre and believed to be smuggled into the United States aboard a ship carrying French wine. After traveling from…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Night in Paris Matter (EP5065)

2026-09-18 · 31 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar travels to Paris after his underworld contact Louis de Marsac claims to know the whereabouts of the Olney diamonds, a three-quarter-million-dollar necklace stolen during its owner's recent…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cronin Matter Omnibus (EP5060s)

2026-09-13 · 1 hr 19 min

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is hired to protect the Circle of Fire, a half-million-dollar diamond-and-emerald necklace belonging to former Broadway sensation Dolly Cronin, who plans to wear it while recreating the…

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Owner: Adam Graham
Oldest episode in feed: 05/2014 · over 12 years
Typical length: 36 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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