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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a "fabulous" freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from January 14, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and more than 720 still exist today.

Each story started with a phone call from an insurance executive, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course of his investigations. Johnny's file on each case was usually referenced as a "matter," as in "The Silver Blue Matter" or "The Forbes Matter." Later episodes were more fanciful, with titles like "The Wayward Trout Matter" and "The Price of Fame Matter" (the latter featuring a rare guest-star appearance: Vincent Price).

Each story was recounted in flashback, as Johnny listed each line item from his expense account. Most of the items related to transportation and lodging, but no incidental expense was too small for Johnny to itemize, as in "Item nine, 10 cents. Aspirin. I needed them." Johnny usually stuck to business, but would engage in romantic dalliances with women he encountered in his travels; later episodes gave Johnny a steady girlfriend, Betty Lewis. Johnny's precious recreational time was usually spent fishing, and it was not uncommon for Johnny's clients to exploit this favorite pastime in convincing him to take on a job. The episodes generally finished with Johnny tallying up his account, making final remarks on the report, and traveling back to Hartford, Connecticut, where he was based.

Show Title - (125 mp3 Downloads)	Broadcast Date - Description	Filesize
The Nick Shurn Matter - Episode 3	Dec 21, 1955	8.43 MB
The Lansing Fraud Matter - Episode 3	Dec 14, 1955	8.34 MB
The Lansing Fraud Matter - Episode 1	Dec 12, 1955	8.41 MB
The Cronin Matter - Episode 1	Dec 05, 1955	3.38 MB
The Henderson Matter - Episode 3	Nov 30, 1955	6.97 MB
The Amy Bradshaw Matter - Episode 2	Nov 22, 1955	3.38 MB
The Broderick Matter - Episode 4	Nov 17, 1955	14 MB
The Broderick Matter - Episode 2	Nov 15, 1955	14 MB
The Chesapeake Fraud Matter - Episode 5	Oct 21, 1955	3.38 MB
The Molly K Matter - Episode 5	Oct 14, 1955	14 MB
The McCormack Matter - Episode 4	Oct 06, 1955	14 MB
The Hampton Line Matter (AFRS)	Aug 03, 1954	7.11 MB
The Patterson Transport Matter (AFRS)	Jun 15, 1954	6.71 MB
The Frustrated Phoenix Matter (AFRS)	Apr 27, 1954	6.23 MB
The Berlin Matter (AFRS)	Mar 16, 1954	6.27 MB
The Classified Killer Matter (AFRS)	Feb 23, 1954	6.34 MB
The Beauregard Matter (AFRS)	Jan 26, 1954	13 MB
The Barton Baker Matter (AFRS)	Dec 08, 1953	13 MB
The Gino Gambona Matter (AFRS)	Nov 03, 1953	6.40 MB
The Nelson Matter(AFRS)	Aug 25, 1953	6.79 MB
The Dameron Matter	Apr 21, 1953	6.54 MB
The Madison Matter	Apr 14, 1953	7.10 MB
The Enoch Arden Matter	Apr 07, 1953	6.95 MB
The Lester James Matter (no ending)	Mar 31, 1953	5.70 MB
The Syndicate Matter	Mar 24, 1953	13 MB
The Latourette Matter	Feb 20, 1953	6.56 MB
The Chicago Fraud Matter	Feb 06, 1953	14 MB
Kay Bellamy Matter	Jan 30, 1953	10 MB
The Marigold Matter	Jan 23, 1953	6.70 MB
The Starlet Matter	Jan 16, 1953	6.61 MB
The Thelma Ibsen Matter	Jan 09, 1953	6.61 MB
The Baltimore Matter	Jan 02, 1953	6.29 MB
The Walter Patterson Matter	Dec 26, 1952	6.29 MB
The Elliott Champion Matter	Dec 12, 1952	6.75 MB
The James Clayton Matter	Dec 05, 1952	14 MB
The Singapore Arson Matter	Nov 28, 1952	6.90 MB
The Trans-Pacific Matter (First Half) (Audition)	Nov 24, 1952	7.41 MB
The Amelia Harwell Matter	Jul 02, 1952	13 MB
The Glen English Matter	Jan 05, 1952	6.29 MB
The Alma Scott Matter	Dec 29, 1951	13 MB
The Youngstown Credit Group Matter	Dec 08, 1951	6.97 MB
The Merrill Kent Matter	Nov 17, 1951	10 MB
The Birdy Baskerville Matter	Nov 10, 1951	12 MB
The Hannibal Murphy Matter	Nov 03, 1951	13 MB
The Tolhurst Theft Matter	Oct 27, 1951	13 MB
The Millard Ward Matter	Oct 13, 1951	6.34 MB
The Douglas Taylor Matter	Oct 06, 1951	13 MB
The Protection Matter	Sep 26, 1951	13 MB
The Cuban Jewel Matter	Sep 19, 1951	6.99 MB
The Cumberland Theft Matter	Aug 22, 1951	8.37 MB
The Horace Lockhart Matter	Aug 01, 1951	13 MB
The Fairway Matter	Jul 11, 1951	6.91 MB
The Alonzo Chapman Matter	Jul 04, 1951	13 MB
The Hatchet House Theft Matter	Jun 27, 1951	6.96 MB
The Malcolm Wish, Maryland Matter	Jun 20, 1951	6.93 MB
The Arthur Boldrick Matter	Jun 16, 1951	5.73 MB
The George Farmer Matter	Jun 09, 1951	5.77 MB
The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Reh)	Jun 02, 1951	5.39 MB
The Lillis Bond Matter (Reh)	May 26, 1951	6.83 MB
The Virginia Towne Matter	May 05, 1951	8.69 MB
The Month-End Raid Matter	Apr 28, 1951	5.80 MB
The Virginia Towne Matter (Reh)	Apr 25, 1951	5.04 MB
The Willard South Matter	Apr 21, 1951	5.81 MB
The Mickey McQueen Matter	Apr 14, 1951	5.81 MB
The Edward French Matter	Apr 07, 1951	5.81 MB
The Byron Hayes Matter	Mar 24, 1951	6.87 MB
The Stanley Springs Matter	Mar 10, 1951	13 MB
The Celia Woodstock Matter	Mar 03, 1951	13 MB
The Jarvis Wilder Matter	Feb 24, 1951	13 MB
The David Rocky Matter	Jan 20, 1951	6.93 MB
The Leland Blackburn Matter	Dec 16, 1950	13 MB
The Leland Blackburn Matter	Dec 16, 1950	6.46 MB
The Jackie Cleaver Matter	Dec 09, 1950	6.99 MB
The Woodward Manila Matter	Nov 25, 1950	6.93 MB
The Nora Faulkner Matter	Nov 18, 1950	6.93 MB
The Adam Kegg Matter	Nov 11, 1950	6.58 MB
The Queen Anne Pistols Matter	Nov 04, 1950	6.89 MB
The Joan Sebastian Matter	Oct 28, 1950	14 MB
The Jack Madigan Matter	Oct 21, 1950	13 MB
The Yankee Pride Matter	Oct 14, 1950	13 MB
The Richard Splain Matter	Oct 07, 1950	6.65 MB
The Howard Caldwell Matter	Sep 30, 1950	6.62 MB
The Virginia Beach Matter	Aug 31, 1950	14 MB
The Trans-Pacific Export Matter, South China Branch	Aug 24, 1950	14 MB
The Trans-Pacific Export Matter, South China Branch	Aug 24, 1950	5.92 MB
The Mickey McQueen Matter	Aug 17, 1950	6.46 MB
The Hartford Alliance Matter	Aug 10, 1950	6.48 MB
Blood River Matter	Aug 03, 1950	6.59 MB
The London Matter	Jun 22, 1950	13 MB
The Arrowcraft Matter	Jun 15, 1950	7.08 MB
The Collegio Diamond Matter	Jun 08, 1950	7.01 MB
The Sidney Rykoff Matter (Reh)	May 16, 1950	13 MB
The Harold Trandem Matter	May 09, 1950	13 MB
The Abel Tackett Matter (Reh)	May 02, 1950	6.40 MB
The Pearl Carrasa Matter	Apr 25, 1950	6.65 MB
The Story of the Ten Oh Eight (Reh)	Apr 18, 1950	6.30 MB
The Dead First-Helpers	Apr 11, 1950	14 MB
The Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse	Apr 04, 1950	14 MB
The Village Scene Matter	Mar 28, 1950	13 MB
The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death (Reh)	Mar 21, 1950	6.22 MB
The Eighty Five Little Minks	Mar 14, 1950	13 MB
How I Got a Wildcat Oil Operation by the Tail, or the Youthful Millionaire	Mar 07, 1950	6.76 MB
Bodyguard to the Late Robert W Perry	Mar 03, 1950	11 MB
The Archeologist	Feb 24, 1950	6.99 MB
The Grave Diggers Spades	Feb 17, 1950	6.90 MB
The SS Malay Trader Ship	Feb 10, 1950	14 MB
Death Takes a Working Day	Feb 03, 1950	6.90 MB
How I Played Santa Claus and Almost Got Left Holding the Bag	Dec 24, 1949	7.02 MB
Dr Otto Schmedlich	Oct 15, 1949	6.91 MB
The Racehorse Piledriver Matter	Oct 08, 1949	6.69 MB
The Fishing Boat Affair	Oct 01, 1949	6.86 MB
The Search for Michelle Marsh	Sep 25, 1949	13 MB
The Expiring Nickels and the Egyptian Jackpot	Sep 04, 1949	14 MB
Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan	Aug 21, 1949	14 MB
Who Took the Taxis For A Ride	Jul 24, 1949	6.70 MB
The Case of Barton Drake	Apr 22, 1949	6.70 MB
The Case of the Hundred Thousand Dollar Legs	Apr 15, 1949	6.69 MB
Stolen Portrait	Apr 01, 1949	6.59 MB
Milford Brooks III Matter	Mar 25, 1949	6.47 MB
Murder Is a Merry-Go-Round	Mar 11, 1949	13 MB
Robert Perry Case	Mar 04, 1949	14 MB
The Slow Boat from China	Feb 25, 1949	13 MB
The Parakoff Policy	Feb 18, 1949	13 MB
The Parakoff Policy	Feb 18, 1949	6.30 MB
Milford Brooks III	Dec 07, 1948	13 MB