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

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

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.

Episodes

November 14, 2025 34 mins
Today's Mystery: Johnny is called to protect an insured man who witnessed a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; James McCallion; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin; John Dehner; Bill James; Vic Perrin

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Today's Mystery: An apparent accidental death of a businessman on a fishing trip is confirmed to be murder. Who did it?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes out to Lake Mohave on a tip from a guide that an apparent accidental death might not have been so accidental.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Forrest Lewis; Parley Baer; Alan Reed; Barney Phillips

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Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr.

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Frank Gerstle

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Today's Mystery:Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Chester Stratton; Barney Phillips; Jack Moyles; Frank Gerstle

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Chester Stratton; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce; Parley Baer

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Today's Mystery: The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate threats on the life of a famous stage actress.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 21-25, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Florence Wolcott; Don Diamond; Larry Thor; Vic Perrin; Carleton Young

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis

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Today's Mystery:Johnny is sent to investigate a claim that a ghost is haunting a small New Jersey town.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; Joseph Kearns; RussellThorson; Sam Edwards; Bob Bruce

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Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the theft of an under-insured diamond.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Don Diamond

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Today's Mystery:Johnny investigates a series of fires at a chain of New England grocers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Byron Kane; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Jack Edwards; Joseph Kearns; Forrest Lewis

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a series of thefts near a small South Carolina village that have endangered the peace between a colony of ex-mobsters and the locals.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Frank Nelson; Billy Halop; Jack Kruschen; Peter Leeds; Gil Stratton; Will Wright

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Today's Mystery:Johnny is sent to Lake Mojave to prevent the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry and money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson; Edgar Barrier; Junius Matthews; Barney Phillips; Eleanor Audley

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Baltimore to investgate $104,000 being stolen from a tobacco company's vault.

Suspicion falls on a timid little bookkeeper.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Alan Reed; Vic Perrin; Frank Nelson

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Florida to investigate a ranch, where a rancher claims the winter freeze cost him his entire herd of cattle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Marvin Miller; Herb Vigran; Jack Moyles; Vic PerrinWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com

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Today's Mystery: An insured man falls from a building ... or did he jump ... or was he pushed?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Virginia Gregg; Jack Moyles; Tony Barrett; Parley Baer; Carleton G. Young; Lillian Buyeff

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Today's MysteryJohnny is hired to protect a leopard in animal show.

Original Air Date: December 10, 1949

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