First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the journeys of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Buck, ‘The man with the action-packed expense account.” For 15 years, it had been one of the most popular detective displays on the air, lasting before final days of network radio episode in 1962. Each tale started using a telephone call from an insurance executive calling on Johnny Dollar to research an unusual claim. His investigations generally required Dollar to about Yours Truly, Johnny Money Collection 2 happen to be distant locales and frequently included murder. The stories had been recounted in flashback, as Money listed each line item from his expense account: “Item one, $3.75 cab fare towards the airport.” Over time, many stars portrayed Johnny Money, including Charles Russell, John Lund and Edmund O’Brien but in 1955, Bob Bailey, took over while the series was turning to a new active format of 75-minute storylines told in five, 15-minute installments Monday-thru-Friday. While additional radio displays were waning in the mid-1950s, Yours Truly, Johnny Money was at its peak. Experts include these 75-minute travels as the best of the best from radio’s golden age.

1/2/56 through 1/6/56 “The Caylin Matter”

1/30/56 through 2/3/56 “The Trip Six Matter”

2/20/56 through 2/24/56 “The Bennett Matter”

2/27/56 through 3/2/56 “The Fathom Five Matter”

3/12/56 through 3/16/56 “The Clinton Matter”

3/19/56 through 3/23/56 “The Jolly Roger Scams”