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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bennett Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4114)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Johnny's sent to San Francisco to investigate a fire at a building owned by a ruthless financier.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 20 and 21, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Lillian Buyeff, Stacy Harris, Chester Stratton, Will Wright, Marvin Miller, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Parley Baer

Episode concludes on Friday in EP4117

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0:00.0

Music

0:28.0

Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham.

0:38.0

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1:04.0

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1:16.0

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1:24.0

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1:32.0

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1:40.0

Now it is time for this week's Johnny Dollar cereal, we'll be playing episodes one and two today, and episodes three through five on Friday.

1:50.0

The original air dates for today's episodes, February 20th and 21st of 1956, and here now is the Bennett Matter.

2:02.0

From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny Dollar.

2:12.0

Andrew Court, Johnny, how'd you like to go to San Francisco?

2:14.0

What's up, Andy?

2:15.0

We've written a lot of insurance for an independent contractor out there, a man named Arnold Bennett.

2:19.0

Uh-huh.

2:20.0

Last night his latest project went up in smoke and office building he completed a month ago.

2:24.0

How much is the policy worth?

2:26.0

There were five companies involved, they took it on at a hundred thousand a piece and turned it over to us.

2:30.0

Half a million bucks?

2:32.0

Yep, I talked with the Austin Inspector for National Fire Underwriters in San Francisco.

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