Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Money Matter (EP4769)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Baltimore to investgate $104,000 being stolen from a tobacco company's vault.

Suspicion falls on a timid little bookkeeper.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Alan Reed; Vic Perrin; Frank Nelson

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0:00.0	The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho.
0:36.0	This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you
0:40.5	this week's episode of yours truly Johnny Dollar. But first, I want to encourage you if you are
0:47.0	enjoying the podcast to follow us using your favorite podcast software. I want to go ahead and
0:54.1	acknowledge our latest platinum Patreon, and I want to go ahead and acknowledge our latest
0:55.4	platinum Patreon, and I want to go ahead and thank Joel. Joel has been one of our
1:01.8	Patreon supporters since August of 2015. He's currently supporting the podcast at the
1:10.2	shamis level of $4 or more per month.
1:13.6	Thank you so much for your support, Joel.
1:16.3	Now, from April 13th of 1958, here is the Wayward Money Matter.
1:27.1	From Hollywood, it's time now for...
1:33.4	Johnny Deller.
1:34.8	Brent Norwood, Northeastern Indemnity, Associated.
1:37.3	Oh, hello.
1:38.0	Fran, I haven't heard from you since that case down of Managua, Nicaragua.
1:41.4	Got another nice long trip lined up for me.
1:43.3	I'm afraid not this time. But if you can leave right away, I wish you'd run down to Baltimore for us. Baltimore? Hmm, that depends. Depends on what? How free I can be with my expense account in the seafood department? Chiquettee oysters, soft shell crabs, terrapin soup. Johnny, if you can get us off the hook on this one, I'll okay your expense account blind.
2:02.4	Big one, huh? Over 100,000. Murder? Rison? $11,4211,000, missing from a safe. Wow, and you're liable for it if it isn't recovered, huh? For the full amount. But who'd keep that much cash in a safe? Outside of a bank, that is.
1:58.3	The Trillingham Tobacco Company.
1:59.8	The wine.
2:00.8	Better get the details from August Trillian. amount. But who keep that much cash in a safe? Outside of a bank, that is. The Trillingham Tobacco Company.
2:18.9	But why?
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