Episodi

  • The Missing Mouse Matter

    The Missing Mouse Matter
    Jul 30 2026
    Aired: Dec 23rd, 1956. Johnny Dollar trades his Christmas plans for a case so absurd he almost turns it down: an eccentric millionaire's insured mouse has vanished from a Rhode Island estate, and its owner swears it's been kidnapped. Between icy front steps, a mysterious daughter, and a host who won't explain what makes the rodent so "talented," Johnny finds a five-thousand-dollar policy hiding a much stranger story. A whimsical holiday-season entry in the Bob Bailey era, full of Jack Johnstone's sly plotting and off-kilter charm.
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    30 min
  • The Rasmussen Matter

    The Rasmussen Matter
    Jul 29 2026
    Aired: Dec 16th, 1956. A dying oil-and-rubber tycoon hires Johnny Dollar to track down the widow of his estranged son, a $25,000 death benefit hanging in the balance. What starts as a simple insurance payout search turns into a hunt for a young war widow who vanished without a trace after fleeing Malaya.
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    30 min
  • The Sarasota Firebug

    The Sarasota Firebug
    Jul 28 2026
    Aired: Dec 9th, 1956. Johnny Dollar trades a New England winter for Florida sunshine, but there's no vacation in store once he lands in Sarasota to investigate a string of suspicious lumberyard fires. A $120,000 claim from a torched Orlando yard has insurance man Earl Portman convinced it's arson, but it's Portman's sharp-eyed wife Mike and the absent Carr brothers who give Johnny the real puzzle to untangle. Behind the palm trees, speedboats, and cocktails on the bay, someone stands to profit handsomely from a fire that wasn't an accident.
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    30 min
  • The Vanishing Mrs. Markham

    The Vanishing Mrs. Markham
    Jul 27 2026
    Aired: Nov 18th, 1956. Johnny Dollar flies to San Francisco to investigate a forgotten $50,000 insurance check, but the real mystery is Mrs. Markham herself: a wealthy client no one has actually seen in months. Her hairdresser, her bridge club, and her garage all tell the same story, while her husband keeps answering the phone and cashing the checks. A slow-burn case of a woman who seems to have disappeared from her own life.
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    30 min
  • The Big Scoop Matter: A Story Worth Killing For

    The Big Scoop Matter: A Story Worth Killing For
    Jul 24 2026
    Aired: Nov 11th, 1956. Freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar gets a worried call from Hartford: crusading reporter Art Wesley, insured for $100,000, is closing in on the boss of a national gambling syndicate — and someone has already tried twice to shut him up. Johnny races between smoky Third Avenue bars, an icy estranged wife, and police headquarters trying to protect a friend who insists on chasing the jackpot alone. When a scratch pad clue leads Johnny through a rainstorm to a remote lakeside lodge, he finds the story may have already claimed its price. Part one of a five-part serial from radio's classic hard-boiled detective era.
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    25 min