First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the activities of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Buck, “the person with the action-packed expense accounts.”

For 15 years, it was probably one of the most popular detective shows for the air, long lasting until the final times of network radio drama in 1962. Each tale started using a telephone call from an insurance professional calling on Johnny Dollar to investigate an unusual state. His investigations usually required Buck to about Yours Truly, Johnny Buck, Collection 1 happen to be distant locales and frequently included murder. The stories had been recounted in flashback, as Money listed each series item from his expense account: “Item one, $3.75 cab fare towards the airport.”

Over the years, many actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, including Charles Russell, John Lund and Edmund O’Brien but in 1955, Bob Bailey, took over as the series was switching to a fresh dynamic format of 75-minute storylines told in five, 15-minute installments Monday-thru-Friday. While various other radio shows had been waning in the mid 1950s, Yours Truly, Johnny Buck was at its top. Experts include these 75-minute activities as the best of the greatest from radio’s fantastic age.

5/14/56 through 5/18/56 The Moderate DONE WELL Matter5/21/56 through 5/25/56 The Tears of Night Matter5/28/56 through 6/1/56 The Reasonable Doubt Matter6/4/56 through 6/8/56 The Indestructible Mike Matter6/11/56 through 6/15/56 The Laughing Matter6/18/56 through 6/22/56 The Pearling Matter