Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4258)

Today's Mystery:Johnny goes to Nicaragua to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy insured man aboard his insured yacht.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 30 and 31, 1956

Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Gregg, Parley Baer, Don Diamond, Russell Thorson

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Episode Transcript

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at snackwagon dot net. So we'vegot a lot of great programs coming up
next week. We'll be sure andcheck them out. Well, now it
is time for this week's episode ofYours Truly Johnny Dollar, and we're beginning
this week's Johnny Dollar cereal now.As a reminder, we are going to
play episodes one and two today.If you are minded to listen to the

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complete serial together, then I wouldencourage you to wait till Friday and pause
this episode and then on Friday youcan listen to episodes one and two and
three and five right back to back. Now, I do want to say
before we play this that this isan interesting serial in that I believe it
was the last Yours Truly Johnny Dollarcereal to become fully available. Now,

(02:55):
while we do have four cereals thatare missing, Apple Jerry Hindigus on his
webside at otrsote dot com had episodefive of The Sea Legs Matter listed as
a lost episode, and with thesefive part serials. Not having a part
five essentially ruins the story. Bythe time that thought into listening to these

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in the mid to light two thousands, it had been completed. But this
was the one that for so manyyears you couldn't really listen to in a
complete fashion. So now from Julythirtieth and thirty first of nineteen fifty six,
here is The Sea Legs Matter,Episodes one and two from Hollywood.

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It's time now for Johnny Dollar.Hi, Johnny, say, didn't you
tell me one time? But you'requite ant about fishing? Is that at
McCracken at Universal Jesuit Europe? OhGonnet? You know you spiked my plans
for a fishing trip just a fewweeks ago? Oh yeah, all right,
what's on your mind? Big fish? Real big fish? You ever

(04:08):
hear of Douglas a landfair? Uhmillionaire playboy sportsman yousment had someone well,
didn't I read somewhere that he suredid? Johnny at the bottom of the
Deep Blue Sea, And a fourhundred thousand dollars claim has been filed interested
an expense account based on that willbe a pleasure tonight and every weekday night.

(04:32):
Bob Bailey in the transcribed Adventures ofthe Man with the action packed Expense
account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Yours, truly, Johnny Dollar, from Special

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Investigator Johnny Dollar to Universal Adjustment Karau, Hartford, Connecticut. Following is an
accounting of expended yours during my investigationof the Sea Legs matter. Expencer count
outam one ninety cents taxi from myapartment to the offices of Universal Adjustment where
Pat McCracken was waiting for me witha handful and a head full of information.

(05:19):
Two claims Johnny, both filed byConstance Landsfair. The wife here copies
of them. I'll come too,Pert, and number one is against Douglas
Landfair's life policy with Greater Southwest Lifeand Casually Insurance Company two hundred and fifty
thousand. Oh, what's the other? One hundred and fifty thousand International Maritime
Organization for the loss of the landFair yacht four hundred thousand clan. That's

(05:40):
right, Okay, what's the story? Well? Landfair was making a triple
on the coast of Central America andhis yacht, the Sea Legs. He
ran onto a rock or something.The boat sank and he and his crew
one went down with her. Whydo you have any reason to question the
validity of the claim by missus Landfair. Two and a half years ago,
Landfair himself filed a claim with InternationalManame. It seems he lost a power
cruiser in exactly the same place nearthe Buldaro Islands off coast of Nicaragua.

(06:06):
Eighty five thousand dollars total loss happenedin a spot where not one bit of
the reculd be salvage. Oh where'dyou learn that? Local authorities in this
small Nicaraguaan seaport and missus Landfair shewas with him on that trip, but
she wasn't with him on this one. Afore the sea lags No, or
presumably she wouldn't be around to filethe claim. Where's Constant Landfair now?

(06:26):
Pat home, as far as Iknow, lives on their small estate on
Long Island out near the town ofKutchag. You want to call her talk
to her? No, I thinkI'll go down there. Item two twenty
one to twenty Fair and miscellaneous tocut Yog Long Island. Item three A
buck even for a taxi from thelittle station to the Landfair estate state?

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Did you call it mister well,isn't it well, it used to be
before the Landfair sold awful lot ofit. That's so, I guess there
wasn't nothing else he could do,keep up with that highway of living.
Keep talking, fella well, theold man land for his father in law.
He had plenty, I guess,But after he died, all kids

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seemed to do was spend it,you know what I mean. Fancy yachts,
let's polo, playing Florida in thewinter, main the summer, all
that sort of thing. Oh,there's place now, right up ahead there
on the right. I looked,and when I saw, apparently bore out
what the taxi driver had said.A big stone wall surrounded what had evidently
been the original rather vast property belongingto the estate. Square. In the

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middle of it set what was probablyonce called a mansion, but small new
modern homes were crowding in on theold house. Hello, missus Landfair,

(07:56):
I'm Johnny Dollar. I'm representing theUniversal Adjustment Bureau in Hartford. Oh,
yes, of course, in connectionwith the insurance. Won't you come in
please writing here, mister Dollar,and do pardon the looks of the place.
I'm afraid I've neglected things somewhat sincewell said down? Please thank you?

(08:16):
Uh. I hope you don't mindanswering a few questions, missus lampeer.
But since you've already filed claims onthe insurance policies, well, I'll
try to be as brief as possible. I don't want to see in cold
blotted about it, mister Dollar.But the initial shock of losing Doug and
the loss of the yacht is past. There's nothing to be gained in just
sitting around feeling sorry for myself,particularly in view of the day to day

(08:41):
problems I have to face. Whatproblems, missus lampeer, to be perfectly
blunt about it, financial mostly Well, I must say your attitude is very
commendable. It's a necessary attitude underthe circumstances. Now, what may I
tell you? If you're sure youdon't mind talking about it, I'd like
to know all I can about thecircumstances surrounding the sinking of the yacht.

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Well, I don't quite know howto start. We were on a just
a pleasure crew. You were alongon this trip, yes, that is
up until until the day had happened. Oh, why did Doug ever happened.
I'm sorry, mister Doll. Well, we were just taking our time

(09:26):
cruising south along the east coast ofCentral America, doing a little fishing.
We'd often taken the Sea Legs downthere. That's the yacht, Yes,
a motor sailor here on the wall. This is a picture of her.
That's Doug on deck. Oh isn'tshe beautiful? Sixty eight feet over all,

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twenty foot beam, solid teak deckingeverything. Yes, that is a
good looking about. It's terrible tolose something as nice as that, isn't
it. Yes, Yes, anycar along the of Nicaragua, Dog decided
to put in at San Juan delPero. That's where the Sea Legs had
originally been built, but the sandbar formations have almost ruined San Juan is

(10:09):
a port. So we went onup to Bluefields. Oh, yes,
I understand that's now the best seaporton the Caribbean side of Nicaragua. You
know that country down there only fromwhat I've read. Oh, but go
on please. Well, while wewere there, he had some work done
on our radio equipment. We'd hadtrouble with it on the way down.

(10:30):
Ah. When the work was finished, of course, he wanted to try
it out. He'd found a radioamateur in Porta Gado, so he asked
me to stay on shore while heand the skipper went out to sea.
We kept in contact every few minuteswhile he headed her out toward the Boldero
Islands. The Boldero Islands, isn'tthat why you lost a power cruiser a
couple of years ago? Yes,the Conneo named after me, and I

(10:52):
begged him not to go up thereagain, Why, missus lampeir Because of
the treacherous currents between the two littleislands, the great deep that lies between
them, the terribly dangerous spot withpinnacles of rock that reach up almost to
the surface. Well, why didhe go out there again? To prove
a point? That's all to provea point. Look, I'm afraid I
don't follow you. Doug had blamedthe loss of the Carneo two years before

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on poor seamanship by the man atthe wheel. He wanted to prove that
he could take a boat through theresafely. Ah. Kind of looks like
he was wrong, doesn't it.His last words over the radio were that
a rock had torn the bottom outof the sea. Legs, Oh,
mister dollar. Before the signal stopped. I could hear the crunching of the
hull and the sound of the watersthat swept in and over. It was
terrible. You sent someone out thereright away, of course, yes,

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but it was no use. TheSea Legs was gone, and with it
went my husband and the man withhim, and the uh. The bodies
were never recron before. When welost the carneo, we had time to
put on life preservers launched the smallboat. I must admit I wanted how

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it was when the Sea Legs wentdown. There was time and I could
hear it over the radio, andit was terrible. It was terrible.
I'm sorry, it's all right.I'm all right, jack, mister Dollar.
I may have to go down there, missus Landfair and go through the
motions of an investigation, you know, But then you your companies will pay

(12:22):
the claims. I see no reasonnow why not. It's terrible to have
to be so frank about it,but I do need the money, Johnny.
I was telling the truth. Ididn't see any reason why the claims
shouldn't be paid. Perhaps Connie Landfair'sexplanation of why she wasn't grieving over the
loss of her husband was true,but more than once I wondered if she

(12:43):
weren't far more concerned over the lossof the yacht or about how soon she
could collect on the policies. Thenthat deliberate slip and starting to call me
by my first name, Just whatare your plans, missus Lanfair? The
plans, Johnny, I don't quiteknow what you mean. Well, I
suppose the companies make prompt payment onthese claims. That'll mean four hundred thousand

(13:05):
dollars. Well, really, misterdollar, aren't you overstepping bounds a little
bit? Maybe? But if it'llmake you feel any better, or if
it will help to hasten a settlement, I'll tell you I'll sell what is
left of this property and leave thecountry, leave for where, somewhere in
Europe, on the continent alone,I beg you. Of course, sorry,

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I just wondered. Doug and Iwere too close to even think of
my having boyfriends or whatever you wantto call it. The more I think
about it, the more I resentthat question. No particular implication meant,
missus lanf Next thing, you'll startimplying that the sea Legs wasn't wrecked at
all, that Doug is still alivesomewhere. And then if you can't dig
them up out of the sea,your precious companies can somehow contrive to keep
the money that is rightfully mine,can get out of paying off from what

(13:50):
I thought was a little The moreshe talk, the more I became convinced
that something was very wrong about thiscase. I let her vent her fury
on me. It was simulated fury, I thought. Then I called the
taxi again and left. Oh no, sir, mister, you're all wrong,
them land fears. They was thinkingtwo peas in a box, they

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tell me. Did you ever noticeany particular friends either of them may have
had? Well, there was alwaysthrowing them big bodies, that's what you
mean, big society type brawl.No no, I was thinking of girl
friends for him or boyfriends for her. Oh no, no, sir,
he was her, she was his. No playing around, not like most
people in that said, and Iknow, I know, everything goes out

(14:33):
and cut yob. Back in NewYork, I found that the best immediate
routing to Nicaragua was by playing toDallas, then to Mexico City, and
Fini to Monagua on the west coast. I made a reservation on the Dallas
plane immediately that side him four,and then spend a dollar forty that set
him five on a phone called aPat mccrackenback in Hartford. Well, sure,

(14:54):
Johnny, if you think it's importantenough, you have my full permission.
Yeah, I've already made my reservationfor the first leg of the truth.
Now, don't go overboard on theexpense account. Kat, How you
talk, but you really smell herat a well? Look, according to
report, the Landfairs were real.Buddy, buddy, she loved him,
He loved her. He had onlya couple of weeks after his death.
She's a lot more concerned over theloss of their boat than she is over

(15:15):
him. Oh, I don't knowwhat to think meantime, If you can
afford it, why didn't you havesomebody to keep a check on her?
Well, sure, Johnny, butwith what specifically in mind? I don't
know. After all, I didn'thave any real concrete reason for feeling that
this case was fishy. It wasmore a hunch than anything else, but

(15:37):
a real strong one, and Ifelt that after my visit to her,
Connie Landfair would do something just whatI hadn't the least idea But whatever it
was, I wanted to know aboutit. It was a couple of hours
later that I started to pick upthe telephone to order a cab to the
airport. Johnny Dollar, This isbad again, Johnny. Oh hih,
I ordered a man to keep tabson Connie Landfair. Good. You're all

(15:58):
friend, dective Randy Singer? Fine? But you know why? Why?
She seems to have left town ina hurry? No trace? Oh oh,
you're still going to Nicaragua. Yeah, but keep looking for her right
expense account? Adam six four toseventy five taxi and tipped to LaGuardia Feel,
where my ticket and seat reservation werewaiting for me. Within a few

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minutes, I was comfortably ensconced inmy seat by the window. The passenger
door was closed, and the bigplanes' engines were warming up for the trip
to Dallas. Then suddenly the cabindoor opened again. A feminine figure skip
lightly in and plunk herself down onthe seat next to mine. Well,
how nice, missus Landfair surprise,Johnny, Johnny Dollar, you called Hartford

(17:07):
ahead? Hello, Pat McCracken,what'd you get me out of bed for?
This time? I'm calling from theairport in Dallas. Do I mean
you're going on to Nicaragua? Yep, all right? Did I know why
you're calling the answers? No,we still haven't found any trace of Constance
Landfair. So why don't you comeon back here and start from scratch,
because I have found some trace ofConnie Landfair. Oh it's Connie now,
it sure is brother. And what'sthat supposed to me? Pat, she

(17:30):
just happened to occupy a seat aboardthe plane right next to mine. Well,
Johnny, why don't you work onthe facts of the case for a
change instead of on the woman involved. Patrick Ever hear of killing two birds
with one stone from Special Investigator JohnnyDollar location Bluefields, Nicaragua to the Universal

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Adjustment Bureau, Hartford, Connecticut,following as an accounting of expenses incurred during
my investigation of the Sea Legs Matter. Expense account item A five twenty five
late supper at the Dallas Airport forConnie and myself during the wait for our
midnight playing to Mexico City, whichwe finally bought in and which finally took

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off. And on this trip Ilearned no more, no less from Connie
than I had on the flight fromNew York to Dallas for instanced and I
was so close in everything, samefriends, the same interests. That's why
we always took the long yachting tripstogether, did everything together. As a
matter of fact, I felt thather somewhat overdone assurances of how much she
loved her late husband could have beento throw off any suspicion I might have

(18:45):
that she'd done him in another forinstance, I still can't get over the
coincidence of our boat deciding to goto Nicarague at the same time. But
believe me, Johnny, mister Donner, I'm just as anxious to clear up
this whole thing as you are.The more I thought about it, the
more certain I was that it wasnot just coincidence that had put her on
the same plane with me, Andthe more liary I felt. I know

(19:07):
the country so well too. Ithink I told you the Sea Legs was
built in a small shipyard in SanJuan del Pado at south of Bluefields.
Yeah, that's at the lower endof the East coast, isn't it.
You do know something about Nicaragua,don't you. Oh, well, only
what I've seen on the maps.Oh, let's see, we can get
a plane from Anagua to the eastcoast. Oh yes, Nicaragua boast two

(19:30):
or three commercial airlines. I'm sureat least one of them makes a direct
flight to Bluefields. That's where weput in with the sea legs. You
know before before she was, beforethe beautiful thing went down between those awful
Buldero Islands and took your husband withher. Oh yes, poor Doug.

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There it was again more apparent concernover the loss of the sea legs and
over the husband she claimed to haveloved, and still no explanation of why
she decided to go back to Nicaragua. Her decision must have been sudden too,
right after I'd seen her at herhome on Long Island. From Mexico

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City, we took a deluxe fourengine playing to Monagua, but the last
leg of the city of Bluefields wasin a two engine something that looked like
war surplus, tied together with balingwire. At midnight, we signed into
the Providencia Hotel and, after ahearty meal, retired to our respective rooms
to make up for last sleep.I had not planned to wake up at
six am, but fate decreed otherwise. H what ha, you're stealing back.

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Yeah, sure, just a minute, I'll get up and open the
door. No, no, no, no, do not disturb yourself here,
sir. Huh. There you seethere was no need to disturb yourself.
Well just a minute. Who areyou? Oscar Pathrick Vladimi posquetto at
your service, Osk Padrick, You, my dear mister Dollar, may just

(21:03):
call me Oscar now that we areworking together, working together, whatever and
no matter what your needs, IOscar Patrick Vladimiper Scarrow will provide them for
you for a small financial pittance.Of course. Here, let me straighten
your pillow a minute. Where didyou get the key you just used to

(21:23):
open this door? As you cansee, mister Dollar, I am prepared
for everything. That is fine.I can be of such unesteemable service too,
Oh the devil breakfast I order foryou, of course. Ah here,
my goodness, I will take thiscollected tip some other time. Get

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lost. This is a gag?Is some kind of How can you say
it's not a thing after I justsaved you paying that menial service? A
big tip here now Tomato juice,orange juice cream, chippep on, toast,
lamb chops, graveled little sausage,toast, funny jam, and coffee.
You expect me to eat all ofthat? If I am to be

(22:08):
of help to you in this importantcampaign, I must keep my strength up.
Oh, I beg your pardon,and at my expense of course,
of course, after all, nowhereelse in Central America can you get such
on valuable help as I can giveyou. Yeah, well, just what
gives you the idea I may needyour help? Ah? A good question.
Let me prop you up on yourpillows so that you can enjoy the

(22:29):
still like the ascare you are?Oh? The cheap it doesn't look so
good this morning. So I shalltake that and the lamp, ask you
to business while you enjoy your breakfast. Is no, no, no,
please don't wait for me, mister. Look to begin with? How did
you know my name? Easy?You signed the hotel register? Okay,

(22:51):
but then how did you know?Who has not heard that the famous freelancing
insurance tings together? It's such alovely big fat expense account lucking man.
So that's what appealed to you,of course. And who am I,
Oscar Patrick? Exactly? Who amI thought? I shouldn't learn a couple
of tricks or two from such agreat man, Oh brother, seems to
me you've learned plenty already, thankyou, And that is why I should

(23:15):
be at such magnitudinous assistance to youin the sea lings matter. For a
pittance, you understand me, sayone hundred dollars a day? How about
ten seventy thirty, fifteen twenty aday and not one pen anymore? Sorry,
Oscar, but you are not higher, mister dollar. You bleed me

(23:37):
to the creek. How else couldyou solve this case without me? Do
you really know something about the sealegs? And how did you know?
I came here to investigate it inthe second place? What else would such
a distinguished instigator by doing than thecase of the American boat lost in the
Budalla Islands, especially coming here withmissus Lanthier, and in the first place,
because I know all about it,all right, all right? Ask

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you tell me this. Do youthink there's anything funny about the loss of
the sea legs? I am sureof it. It was a crime of
the first and second bottom. Whybecause you are here? You can do
better than that? All right?Because I am always sure there is something
crooked going on, until the guiltyones are approved otherwise, or until the
innocent ones are approved whatever is left, which is besides the point, because

(24:21):
I was sure of it in thefirst place. Anyhow, the first thing
for you to do is make atrip to Portagalo, the last point of
contact with the sea legs before shewas wrecked. Exactly. I have a
plane ready and waiting for your ownpersonal use, a playing else one hundred
and fifty miles by oxcar or both. Well, no, no, no,
First, however, I'd like tocontact the authorities here in Bluefield.

(24:44):
What do the authorities know about crime? Me? I know all about it.
Yeah, I'm beginning to think youdo ask you too much? Probably,
thank you, mister. I respectyour high opinion of myself. All
right, I don't know yet whatyour wrecked is that I can make plain
to you in two words. Money. Okay. Look, if you can't
get me a small plane, hereis the address to give to the taxi

(25:07):
driver when you are ready to goto the airfield where I should be waiting
for you. Oh not the bigairport. No, no, no,
that is where the lady, missusLansler would expect you to look for transportation.
Asking you are the craziest I knewyou wouldn't want her coming along,
And if she ever gets in yourway during your cameras, you'll keep her
out of my wine. Yes,at my expense. What else I'll tell

(25:27):
you something? Asking if there isa wrong angle to this case. I
can't help wondering if she isn't apart of it. You read my mind?
You see if I like brothers underthe chin. You say you have
a plane all ready to go toplay, then we can be on our
way before missus Lampey knows we've left. Hey, you want to set the
trailer there so I can get up? Oh, yes, of course,

(25:48):
I'll set it right over here.And hey, wait a minute, what
are you going through my pockets for? Oh, just accepting a small tip
for bringing up your breakfast. Thanks. If only half of what Oscar said
was true, it was conceivable thathe could be of help to me.

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I check with the hotel manager andthe local police. They knew Oscar well
and told me that he pretty muchlived on the occasional American tourist who showed
up, that he acted as guide, chauffeur, pilot anything for a price,
that he could be trusted implicitly bywhoever happened to be paying him at
the moment, and which was importantto me. He knew the country and
his people inside out, was afund of information about anything and anybody.

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So I decided to let him tagalong for a while. The Federal Maritime,
uh well, the equivalent of ourCoastguard, had headquarters in the harbor
area, and I found a captainnarrowho spoke fair English. I'm sorry,
said your dollar, but you knowas much as we do. We sent
the board of quarters, but wefind no sign of the sea legs or
the poor people who go down withher. Nothing. Yeah. Well,

(26:56):
I'm thinking of going up to Portof Gardo, where she took off on
our last trip. You know theexcellent idea. From there you can fly
out of the Boldaro Islands where thewreck did record. And that's what I
was thinking. But in addition toan airplane, you must also need a
pilot and a guide. You havesomeone to suggest, I see there is
but one. Send you an OscarPatrick precisely, and am nine twenty cents

(27:26):
American for a three mile ride andan old model t Ford to the little
private airstrip where, true to hisword, Oscar it rented an almost brand
new two place plane for us.He had it warmed up and ready to
go. So fasten your belt,bitter Dollar, relaxed and enjoy it,
and he'll take off. You sureyou can fly this thing? Asking ha,
I am the finest pilot in thegrago, maybe in the whole world.

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I'm even a co pilot. Justhow much is the useless plane costing
me? Asking for me a specialright, so don't worry about it.
Here we go into how much willThe usual price is thirty nine dollars a
day American? But me I alwayshave a deal, and that's on account
of I give the field so muchbusiness. So now other that is,

(28:10):
ask her how much forty five dollarsa day? Do you see what the
beautiful view we have for forty five? Look the bay and the Caribbean on
one side, and the flat emptymargins and planes on the Thirty five dollars
a day is a regular rade.What's suspecial about forty five for me?
Oh? No, mister dollar forme? Surely you wouldn't expect the finest

(28:32):
pilot in the whole entire world towork FINALTI are you okay? Okay?
But Pop took you so long gettingto the airfield, mister Dollar, Oh,
a couple of calls I wanted tomake us. Oh why why you
have disappointed me? And all thetime I thought you had the uttermost confident
in me. Now what's that supposedto me? First you tell me you
do not want the lady to knowyou're awaken up and going missus Langfair?

(28:55):
Yes, and then what happens youtell for all about it? Should think
that why else would you comparing outto the airfield while I was waiting for
you in a minute ramp her tlfa plane and take off in it?
What she took off just a coupleof minutes before we did? Connie Landfair
shattering a plane? Why and togo where? And after her offer to

(29:18):
stick by me and help me,why would she do it without letting me
know? There were a lot ofquestions to be answered in this case,
and most of them to be answeredby Connie Landfair. Now here's our star

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to tell you about tomorrow's episode ofthis week's story. Tomorrow, let's see
the rocks and dear old Mother Naturebring some pretty startling facts to light,
and the case takes a sudden twist. Join us won't you Yours Truly Johnny
Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar isstarring Bob Bailey, is transcribed in Hollywood.

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It is produced and directed by JackJohnstone, who also wrote this week's
story. Be sure to join ustomorrow night, same time and station for
the next exciting episode of Yours TrulyJohnny Dollar. Roy Rowan speaking welcome Back.

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There is no question but that ConnieLandfir is madly in love. The
problem is she's in love with theboat. Her trying to sell her being
on the flight to Nicaragua as abig coincidence. Is I'm convincing to put
it mildly? Now? Oscar isan interesting character. Long time listeners will

(32:00):
remember the man called X and thatJack Johnstone was the last director of that
series, and it feels like hecreated a character that was kind of based
on me on Velasco's character of PaganZelschmidt. Some of Oscar's praising was even
similar, you know, with agood substitute for Pagan's request for a slot

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consideration. Of course, in additionto being like Pagan, Oscar has that
genuine russo Irish Mexican heritage that reallyadds something to a character. Now,
Oscar makes a reference to Johnny beingfamous, and it's worth noting that the
idea that Johnny's adventures are on theradio in universe hasn't been introduced yet,

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as it would be later in theJohnstone era. So here I just interpret
that as Oscar puffing Johnny up toget the soft touch. Well, now
we turn to listener comments and feedbackand this question by email from Derek,
who writes, Adam, can youtell me what is the suspenseful music in

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Johnny Dollar? It's for the samenotes with a pause than the four notes.
Again, it just happened while Johnnywas on the boat and was seeing
people he recognized the star of CapeTown. Matter. Is it just for
Johnny Dollar or is it an actualsong? Always gives me the creeps,
like something bad is about to happen. Thanks for the question, Derek,

(33:37):
and I think that's definitely the intent. I don't think it's part of an
actual popular song. Generally with JohnnyDollar, there are two possibilities. First,
it could be from a music library, and this was something that any
programs, particularly on NBC did startingin the fifties. You would buy the

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rights to use this library various musicalcues, and to this day, sound
designers will often use music and soundeffect libraries for video games, audio dramas,
and a whole lot of other projects. Other possibility is that this was

(34:24):
an original bit of music that wascomposed by Ricardo Amigo. So that's my
best guess. If anyone is awareof, say what music library it came
from, or if it's got asource outside of a music library. I

(34:44):
mean, I've been wrong before.Feel grate us. I me an,
email and let me know at Boxthirteen at Great Detectives dot net. And
then we go over to YouTube whereShane comments regarding the long shot matter and
he writes, I will what's adocumentary on eyewitness testimony? Human eyewitness testimony

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is horribly unreliable. It's an interestingdebate because I think oftentimes we have the
idea that eyewitness testimony is the bestpossible evidence and that physical evidence is merely
circumstantial. In reality, there's alot that can be fallible about a witness

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testimony, depending on a variety offactors. Well, in many ways physical
evidence can be more reliable, thereare also ways to make mistakes with the
collection of it can also lead toproblems or misinterpretations, and it's a complex
issue. I think that the onlything that I can offer is that everyone

(35:52):
has to be diligent about making surethat we get things right, parting with
the police officers who make arrests,prosecutors, courts, juris, and even
organizations that book at and challenge potentiallyunlawful convictions have got a role in that

(36:15):
process, like Earl Family. Gardner, the creator of Perry Mason, started
an organization called the Court of LastResort, who were neutral experts who would
examine cases where people claim to havebeen wrongly convicted. All of that has
a place one really good episode ofDragnet, and I will spoil that,

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so you may want to fast forwardahead, but we're not going to get
to it for about a year anda half, so most people will probably
forgotten what I spoiled. But inthe an episode of Dragnet, Fiday and
his partner reached a very firm conclusionthat a husband had killed his wife,

(36:59):
and they were pressing him and theywere going to get the confession, and
they took the case into Lee Jonesin the crime lab and he just kind
of took them through step by Stepanshowed the reason you think he's guilty is
you entirely misread the scene you messedup to me. That shows the top

(37:22):
of diligence you need throughout the entiresystem. Now we go over to YouTube,
where I did a poll asking listenerstheir opinion on Steven Dunn's run as
Sam Spade and so far, andthis is with one hundred and nineteen votes
in and YouTube polls don't generally close, but sixty one percent great, twenty

(37:45):
six percent good, and thirteen percentfair. And some of the listener comments.
Mock said he felt a little stiffat first, but I think that
he grew into the role. Melaniesaid he did a good job, but
had the disadvantage of coming after HowardDuff, who really managed to make the
role his own, even coming aftera great film star. Darryl said he

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had to fill big shoes. HowardDuff had made that character his own,
but he did an admirable job takingover Stephen Dunn was a talented radio actor.
And then Peter says, I reallydidn't think he'd come close to matching
Howard Duff in this role, butI'm happy to say that I was wrong.
A couple listeners were a little lessenthusias. Runcer wrote, he had

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to replace a legend. He didokay, but Howard Duff will always be
Radio Spade. Penny says, I'mhooked on Howard Duff, and Angel said
he did fine, but lacked thespark, the whimsie, the seeming bridled
fierceness that Howard Duff had. Thechemistry between Spade and Effie was not just

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effortless but energetic. When Loreene Tuttlevolleyed Duff less so with done, Steve
Dunn's voice was an astonishing match forhis predecessors, really astonishing. But ninety
nine and a half just don't dothat. The switch was obliged because the
network cave to political correctness is aside story we don't have time for.

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And it's so so bad that thelarger world had plenty of time in inclination
then and does now for it.I've give done real high marks. He
should have had his own show,should never have been brought in as a
scab, and it's not his fault. Well, thank you so much.
Appreciate the perspective. Angel, AndI think there's a lot too, But

(39:37):
you said, certainly, I thinkthat stuff was a very hard act to
follow, and he's still the actormost people will think of when they think
of Sam Spade. Now. Asto done having his own program, he
had actually had two before, bothof which were not really good, and

(39:58):
that was really down to the scriptsand to the characters that he was given
to work with. Donald. Ithink in Sam Spade he got to show
what he was capable of, andagain coming close to Howard Duff. That's
an achievement and shows how strong anactor he was. And he certainly had

(40:20):
the look, he had the personality, I think, and he did get
some chances with being the host ofthe primetime av version of Truth or Consequences.
It's hard for me to understand whythe public didn't act with him.
More so, he more than havinga great career, had a really interesting

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one with some really bad luck.Well, now it's time to thank our
Patreon supporter of the day, andI want to go ahead and think James.
James has been one of our Patreonsupporters since August of this year,
currently supporting us at the Shamas levelof four dollars or more per month.
Thank you so much for your support, James, and that will do it

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for today. If you're enjoying thepodcast, please follow us using your favorite
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We'll be back on Friday with theconclusion of this week's Johnny doll or
Cereal. But join us back heretomorrow for dangerous assignment where the night shift

(41:28):
has been abandoned lack of material andequipment. What's being done about it?
A train is on its way fromSeabas, now loaded with more than enough
material for us to resume a fullschedule. More trucks, tractors, trans
spare parts and so on. Good, well, let's get down there.
We go it on foot from here, Yes, don mis path, Come
on, this is the farthest pointyour road is reached. Yes, just

(41:52):
a moment, Miss Mitchell. Yeah, it sounds like, hey, look
out, get back. Might reachout to for Miga. Off the tray
was the first of the huge bouldersroars past us. Thank you, thank
you. Yes, I'm right,brother, I was a little too close
for comfort. Another shall we sayaccident? Yeah? Here Mark, I

(42:15):
hope you'll be with us then.In the meantime, do send your comments
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