Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Casque of Death Matter (EP5000)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1959
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Also starring Harry Bartell, Forrest Lewis, Bartlett Robinson, Parley Baer, and Marvin Miller.
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone.
Announcer: Dan Cubberly.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.7 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's |
| 0:40.8 | episode of yours truly Johnny Dollar. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the |
| 0:47.0 | podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And I do want to go ahead and acknowledge that this is a milestone episode. |
| 0:58.0 | It is our 5,000th daily episode of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio as we began this podcast |
| 1:07.2 | on October the 26th, 2009. And I want to just go ahead and thank everyone who's listened to |
| 1:14.9 | us along the way and been supportive of the podcast over the years. We'll, of course, have a |
| 1:20.3 | 5,000th episode special coming up on Sunday. But now, from May 24th, 1959, here is the Cask of Death Matter. |
| 1:38.2 | Johnny Dollar. This is Harry Branson at Philadelphia Mutual Liability and Casualty Company. |
| 1:42.7 | Harry, it's been a long time. What's on |
| 1:44.4 | your mind? John, I have a case for you involving several of our very important client. Good, then it ought to pay me a nice, big fee. I'm not sure about that, John. Of course, we'll pay your regular expenses and your regular commission. But no extra fee? I don't know. You, huh? That is to say, it all depends on what you're able to, shall we say, on earth. |
| 2:01.5 | Something or some one, Harry. |
| 2:03.4 | What? |
| 2:03.8 | You said on earth, didn't you? What facts you're able to ascertain is what I meant. Oh. So what about these very important clients of yours? John, they have disappeared. Oh, and maybe unearth is the proper term. What? What do the police got to say about them? |
| 2:17.6 | You did call in the police, didn't you? |
| 2:18.8 | Oh, yes, but they gave up years ago. |
| 2:21.0 | At least in the case... Years ago? That's right. At least in the case... Wait a minute, Harry. You say they disappeared years ago. Well, some of them... But now, all of a sudden, you expect me to be able to... What did you say the extra fee will be on this case? |
| 2:33.5 | I told you, it all depends. |
| 2:35.8 | Exactly. |
| 2:36.2 | Yeah, on whether I'm able to literally... What did you say the extra fee will be on this case? I told you, it all depends. |
| 2:35.8 | Exactly. |
| 2:36.3 | Yeah, on whether I'm able to literally dig them up for you. |
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