Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Trout Matter (EP4774)|Mystery Audiodrama
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson; Edgar Barrier; Junius Matthews; Barney Phillips; Eleanor Audley
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.3 | This is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:37.4 | In a moment, we're going to get into this |
| 0:39.2 | week's episode of yours truly Johnny Dollar. But first, I do want to encourage you if you're |
| 0:44.9 | enjoying the podcast to follow us using your favorite podcast software, and also encourage you |
| 0:50.7 | as you're making your travel plans to remember johnny dollarair.com. |
| 0:54.5 | Johnny dollarair.com is a price line affiliate link, so part of your purchase price |
| 0:59.0 | supports the great detectives of old time radio at no additional cost to you. |
| 1:04.3 | But now, from April 20th, 1958, here is the Wayward Trout Matter. |
| 1:12.5 | From Hollywood, it's time now for... |
| 1:18.6 | Johnny Dollar. |
| 1:19.6 | Pat McCracken, Johnny, Universal Adjustment Bureau. |
| 1:22.0 | Oh, hi, Pat. |
| 1:22.9 | Johnny, you've handled a lot of difficult cases for the companies we represent. |
| 1:26.9 | It's done a magnificent job, saved some of them a lot of money. Ah. Sometimes nipped things in the butt even before they've happened. Right. And there have been times when you've given up personal plans to take them on at a moment's notice and without question. Listen, that bush you're beating around is getting pretty big. All right, did I get to the point? Johnny, why don't you take yourself a holiday at company expense? |
| 1:27.8 | What? Like Mojave Resort, maybe, where I understand you love to fish. At company expense, huh? That's right. Okay, Pat, I'll grab the first plane. Good boy. But, brother, just wait till you see the expense account I pile up for you. Boy, Johnny. Because if I ever smelled a rat, believe me, it's now. |
| 2:09.6 | Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. |
| 2:14.9 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. |
| 2:17.9 | Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. |
| 2:37.8 | Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut. |
| 2:41.9 | Following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wayward trout matter. |
| 2:57.3 | Expense account item 1, 174.50, plane fare, Hartford to Los Angeles, and Los Angeles to Las Vegas. |
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