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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Birdy Baskerville Matter (EP3433)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Drama, Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Johnny investigates a policy holder who has received death threats and the policy holder is shot and killed moments after Johnny leaves him. Original Air Date: November 10, 1951 When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the great

0:29.9

detectives of old-time radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. If you have

0:37.9

a comment, email it to me. Box 13 at greatdetectives.net. Follow us on Twitter at radio detectives

0:46.8

and become one of our friends on Facebook. Facebook.com slash radio detect. A reminder, as you do

0:54.0

make travel plans, remember JohnnyDollarAir.com. JohnnyDollarAir.com is a price line affiliate link,

1:02.1

so you get all the benefits of going through priceline.com, but part of the purchase price

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supports the great detectives of old-time radio at no additional cost to you. So remember, when

1:13.4

making your travel plans, check JohnnyDollarAir.com first. Well, now it's time for today's

1:20.8

episode of yours, Julie JohnnyDollar, or the original air date. November 10th, 1951, and the

1:27.0

title is The Birdie Baskerville Matter. I'm Hollywood. It's time to hop for Edmund

1:35.6

LeBrien, as Danny Donald, Philip Martin, Johnny, I've got a job for you. Fine. What is it?

1:43.0

A mystic Karl Baskerville is insured with us. I've heard the name. A retired wealthy. That's

1:48.1

the best way. His brother is the beneficiary. Baskerville called us a little while ago and said

1:52.4

he wanted the money to go to a charity in case of his death. What made him change his mind?

1:57.2

He thinks his brother is out to kill him. That's Johnny. What do you want me to do? He's insured

2:03.2

for a half a million, Johnny. He just made me a bodyguard. At least until we found out how true

2:07.8

Baskerville story is. We did some checking six years ago. He sent his brother William to prison for

2:13.1

a scanning with company funds. William was released from state prison a week ago.

2:18.1

Oh, yeah. That's where I've heard the name. I remember the case. Oh, it's a strange setup.

2:23.0

Send his brother the jail. Names him as beneficiary. He wants a change because he says his brother's

2:27.9

going to kill him. Gain and evil really started something, didn't they?

2:37.9

Edmund LeBrien and the transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed

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