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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

Lawrence Dobkin

96 episodes

Edgar Barrier

34 episodes

William Johnstone

11 episodes

Tim Graham

4 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 — 27 episodes · page 1 of 2

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

Ep 196
Jan 5, 1954 · The Fairway Matter [AFRTS]
An airplane crash turns out to be a nitroglycerine explosion and murder.
28:31
Ep 197
Jan 12, 1954 · The Celia Woodstock Matter [AFRTS]
Johnny sets out to find a missing wife...but only after a local private detective has failed!
27:51
Ep 199
Jan 26, 1954 · The Beauregard Matter [AFRTS]
28:28
Ep 200
Feb 2, 1954 · The Paul Gorrell Matter [AFRTS]
Johnny drives from Phoenix to L.A. with a killer and $100,000.
28:38
Ep 201
Feb 9, 1954 · The Harpooned Angler Matter [AFRTS]
Johnny's on the French Riviera to investigate the killing of a skin diver...with a spear gun!
28:48
Ep 202
Feb 16, 1954 · The Uncut Canary Matter [AFRTS]
A huge yellow diamond has disappeared from a ritzy Bevery Hills jewely store.
29:46
Ep 203
Feb 23, 1954 · The Classified Killer Matter [AFRTS]
An ad for a 1953 Cadillac leads to a murder in a Chicago snowstorm.
27:32
Ep 204
Mar 2, 1954 · The Road-Test Matter [AFRTS]
A new kind of car being tested in Detroit has crashed several times...killing the test driver.
28:24
Ep 205
Mar 9, 1954 · The Terrified Taun Matter
30:00
Ep 206
Mar 16, 1954 · The Berlin Matter [AFRTS]
Johnny's in Germany investigating the murder of an American engineer with an interesting barge.
28:41
Ep 207
Mar 23, 1954 · The Piney Corners Matter [AFRTS]
A murder in rural Pennsylvania with an old squirrel gun...for obvious reasons?
27:43
Ep 209
Apr 6, 1954 · The Sulphur and Brimstone Matter
Johnny flies to Venezuela to investigate a murder and sabotage a dam project. The program's closing credits have been deleted.
25:45
Ep 210
Apr 13, 1954 · The Magnolia and Honeysuckle Matter [AFRTS]
Johnny visits Charleston, South Carolina, to find out why a paper factory has burned down for the second time.
27:53
Ep 211
Apr 20, 1954 · The Nathan Swing Matter [AFRTS]
A smalltime hoodlum killed...what's the connection between Mr. Big and the Prosecutor's daughter?
28:23
Ep 212
Apr 27, 1954 · The Frustrated Phoenix Matter [AFRTS]
A brilliant author of the 1930's, now a drunken bum is killed...just after changing his beneficiary.
28:30

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