The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio.

From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham.

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Well, we're bringing you something a bit different today.

In years past, we brought you twice told tales, where we take

a look at one version of a radio script and how it was reused on another. This is different. I could, I suppose,

call it four times told tail. But don't let that scare you or put you off. And I know

some people might think, hearing the same exact story four times in a row doesn't sound very

interesting. I think I'll skip to the next episode. Well, let me explain a little. This is actually going to be a look

at a Yours Truly Johnny Dollar serial that was written by E. Jack Newman under the pseudonym John Dawson.

What makes Johnstone's Yours Truly Johnny Dollar serials interesting is that they are rarely a case of take one script, pat it out, and there you go.

Plus, Crestfield did a few scripts that were like that, but E. Jack Newman tended to take elements and ideas from different scripts and combine them

into the Joni Dollar serial.

In addition, you'll get to hear how different actors and creative teams handled these

particular stories.

So we're going to be bringing you Jeff Regan,

Nightbeat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund,

and then the Yours Truly Johnny Dollar serial with Bob Bailey.

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