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Private Detective · 1948–1962

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

717 episodes · CBS

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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

Edgar Barrier

34 episodes

Stacy Harris

31 episodes

Mary Jane Croft

28 episodes

Eddie Dunstedter

25 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 — 47 episodes · page 1 of 4

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

Ep 143
Jan 2, 1953 · The Baltimore Matter
An ex-con offers Johnny a deal on the recovery of big money from a bank job...which gets Johnny two bullets and a hospital bed.
27:02
Ep 144
Jan 9, 1953 · The Thelma Ibsen Matter
Thelma has inherited $1000 from a deceased news dealer...but Thelma has disappeared. When Johnny finally tracks Thelma down, she's about to jump out of a hotel window.
28:43
Ep 145
Jan 16, 1953 · The Starlet Matter
Toby Drake, a Hollywood starlet, has been strangled with a black silk stocking. A second starlet is killed and a third murder is planned. The script was previously used on "The McCoy," an audition recorded April 22, 1951 (see cat. #6924) as, "Three wayward Girls." The system cue…
28:41
Ep 146
Jan 23, 1953 · The Marigold Matter
A friend of Johnny's has been murdered. As a loan collector, he wasn't the most popular guy in town.
29:06
Ep 147
Jan 30, 1953 · The Kay Bellamy Matter
Why is a promising radio singer wasting her time in a Boston Burlesque house?
30:00
Ep 148
Feb 6, 1953 · The Chicago Fraud Matter
How did an insurance company issue a policy on a man who died of malnutrition?
29:57
Ep 150
Feb 20, 1953 · The Latourette Matter
Johnny flies to Denver to take over a case for a fellow investigator who died on the job. The widow suspects foul play.
28:35
Ep 151
Feb 27, 1953 · The Underwood Matter
Johnny's on his way to Oklahoma to decide whether it's murder, suicide, or accidental death!
27:31
Ep 152
Mar 6, 1953 · The Jeanne Maxwell Matter
A beautiful young girl is murdered...after she committed suicide! The script was used subsequently on "Johnny Dollar" on July 20, 1954 (see cat. #16506).
30:03
Ep 154
Mar 17, 1953 · The King's Necklace Matter [AFRTS]
A $250,000 jewelry heist and murder off the coast of Cuba. See cat. #62995 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast.
27:54
Ep 155
Mar 24, 1953 · The Syndicate Matter
Johnny poses as an oil rig worker to break a loan shark and murder ring.
25:02
Ep 156
Mar 31, 1953 · The Lester James Matter
Mr. James has stolen over $4000 and refuses to say where it is...but a showgirl knows!
25:00
Ep 157
Apr 7, 1953 · The Enoch Arden Matter
Johnny finds himself about to be dumped overboard off the coast of Panama.
30:03
Ep 158
Apr 14, 1953 · The Madison Matter
A complex scheme is revealed when a woman reveals that she's been legally dead for two years! The opening has been partially deleted. See cat. #62994 for a rehearsal recording or unedited tape of the network show.
29:37
Ep 159
Apr 21, 1953 · The Dameron Matter [Network]
A four-man bank robbery team is captured...one at a time.
29:28

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