Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road.

And those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you were about to hear is true.

Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.

The Adventures of the Saint,

starring Vincent Price.

Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures

of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

Music Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and more old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.

Summer is in full swing.

So this week we're joining one of our favorite radio gumshoes on vacation, with Bob Bailey in a five-part adventure

of yours truly Johnny Dollar. Of course, even on vacation, America's fabulous freelance

insurance investigator is never too far from danger and intrigue. Today, we'll hear him in the

Lamar matter, originally aired on CBS between March 26th and

March 30th, 1956. This story aired the week after the five-part serial The Jolly Roger Fraud, and in a nice

bit of continuity, it finds Johnny having just closed that case and preparing to enjoy a bit of R&R in California.

Johnny was about to take a vacation when he was roped into the Jolly Roger case, so now he's taking that vacation on expense account, courtesy of Pat McCracken at Universal Adjustment. By the way,

if you want to hear the Jolly Roger Fraud, you can check out episode 276 of this podcast, and I'll

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