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Private Detective · 1948–1962

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

717 episodes · CBS

Play “Death Takes a Working Day (The Loyal B Martin Matter)”

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About this show

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a private detective radio series (1948–1962) on CBS. Hosted by Hy Averback.

Cast & guest stars

Voices you hear across this show

Bob Bailey

440 episodes

Virginia Gregg

216 episodes

Forrest Lewis

107 episodes

John Lund

71 episodes

Howard McNear

70 episodes

Harry Bartell

69 episodes

Lawrence Dobkin

96 episodes

Edmond O'Brien

69 episodes

Junius Matthews

31 episodes

Ben Wright

18 episodes

Hosts & announcers

Who brought the night on the air

Hy Averback

10 episodes

Jackson Beck

2 episodes

Sponsors

Commercial partners — breaks intact on Goldie

Fitch Shampoo

16 episodes

4-Way Cold Tablets

15 episodes

No Doz

9 episodes

Mentholatum Rub

8 episodes

Sinclair Dino Gasoline

7 episodes

Pepsi-Cola

6 episodes

Kellogg's All Bran

5 episodes

Kellogg's Cereals

5 episodes

Sinclair Gasoline

5 episodes

Wrigley's Spearmint Gum

5 episodes

Networks

Where this series was heard

CBS

717 episodes

CBS net

682 episodes

NBC net

2 episodes

Episodes

On Goldie — 40 episodes · page 1 of 3

1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 All years

Ep 34
Feb 3, 1950 · Death Takes a Working Day (The Loyal B Martin Matter)
A murdered man has been killed by a gun fired from a long distance, but the powder burns show that the gun was fired from close up! The first show of the series starring Edmond O'Brien.
30:01
Ep 35
Feb 10, 1950 · The S.S. Malay Trader Ship
Johnny signs on as a sailor to prevent an insurance fraud on a ship full of rubber.
30:03
Ep 36
Feb 17, 1950 · The Gravedigger's Spades (Mr & Mrs Arbuthnel Trump)
Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnel Trump in North Dakota are threatening to commit suicide. "How the gravedigger's spades came close to being Trumps."
30:05
Ep 37
Feb 24, 1950 · The Archeologist (The Disappearance of Bruce Lambert)
Bruce Lambert, an archeologist ("Who never should have left his tomb") has disappeared in Egypt. Lambert's sister asks Johnny to dig him up.
30:28
Ep 38
Mar 3, 1950 · Bodyguard to the Late Robert W Perry
29:02
Ep 39
Mar 7, 1950 · Alec Jefferson, The Youthful Millionaire (Rebel Wildcatters, How I Got a Wildcat Oil Operation by the Tail)
The show has moved from Fridays to Tuesdays. Alec Jefferson, a youthful millionaire, has disappeared in California. Was it murder? "They were drilling for oil, what they struck was me." Part of the system cue has been deleted.
29:27
Ep 40
Mar 14, 1950 · The Eighty-Five Little Minks
A Boston department store heist and a murdered night watchman starts Johnny on the trail of a safe cracker.
30:01
Ep 41
Mar 21, 1950 · The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death (Stuart Palmer, Writer)(Unedited Drama Portions)
No music cues are heard on this recording. A crazed writer tries to get himself killed to collect on a $100,000 policy. The music credit is given to Leith Stevens, but none of his music is present. The system cue has been deleted. Possibly recorded March 16, 1950.
26:33
Ep 42
Mar 28, 1950 · The Village Scene (The Missing Masterpiece)
A $250,000 painting is stolen from a failing Boston art gallery. Possibly recorded March 23, 1950.
30:01
Ep 43
Apr 4, 1950 · The Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse (Unedited Drama Portions)
A school burns in Nebraska, due to inflammable corruption. Big Jim Madden and his boys look guilty. See cat. #48101 for a show with a very similar script, produced six years later. Possibly recorded March 18, 1950.
30:02
Ep 44
Apr 11, 1950 · The Dead First-Helpers
Johnny goes to work in a Pittsburgh steel mill to solve a series of seniority murders. A good story, possibly recorded March 25, 1950.
29:26
Ep 45
Apr 18, 1950 · The Story of the Ten-O-Eight (Unedited Drama Portions)
No music cues. Johnny investigates a strange railroad heist...a $247 barrel of jeweler's rouge! Possibly recorded March 30, 1950.
30:03
Ep 46
Apr 25, 1950 · Pearl Carrasa
Johnny gets beat up by Las Vegas narcotics crooks while trying to pay a beneficiary $5000. The program was possibly recorded April 1, 1950.
30:01
Ep 47
May 2, 1950 · The Able Tackitt Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)
Johnny is off to Borneo to find a man insured for $700,000. No music cues are heard, indicating a rehearsal or unedited tape. The record was possibly made April 6, 1950.
28:31
Ep 48
May 9, 1950 · The Harold Trandem Matter
A wealthy man is murdered right in front of Johnny after a threat on his life. The program was possibly recorded April 13, 1950.
30:00

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