The Welcome to down these mean streets where today we're catching up with America's

fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny Dollar.

From 1949 all the way up until the end of the golden age of

radio in 1962 the man with the action-packed expense account traveled the world

on cases of insurance fraud, theft, and

suspicious deaths. Including various audition programs, eight different actors

played Johnny Dollar, but most old time radio fans, this one included, feel the best

of the bunch was the man we'll hear today. Bob Bailey.

He's no stranger to the podcast. We've heard Mr Bailey not only as Johnny Dollar, but also in his earlier radio detective series, Let George do it.

Today, we'll hear him again in his signature role and episodes pulled from the strongest run of the series,

the 1955 to 56 season that saw the show revamped as a nightly serial.

An entire story was told Monday through Friday. revamped as a nightly serial.

An entire story was told Monday through Friday,

giving the show's writers and the producer director Jack John Stone

the chance to tell more complex mysteries

with richer characterization.

The five-part serialized shows aren't just the best that Johnny Dollar has to offer.

There's some of the best dramatic radio of the era.

This week we'll hear all five installments of the era. This week will hear all five installments of the Star of Cape Town

Matter, an international adventure that originally aired between July 16th and July 20th, 1956. Johnny has dispatched to South Africa to convince the owner of a

fabulous diamond to lock the gem away for safe keeping. But the owner is

murdered and the diamond is stolen. The search leads to an

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