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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Mandel Kramer Era (1961–1962)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-mandel-kramer-era-1961-1962--7215294</link><description><![CDATA[Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed the exploits of a freelance insurance investigator with "the action-packed expense account," a hardboiled detective drama that ran from 1949 to 1962. This collection captures the show's final chapter, 1961 to 1962, when Mandel Kramer stepped into the title role as the last actor to play Johnny Dollar before radio drama itself gave way to television. Each episode unfolds as an itemized expense report narrated by Johnny himself, tallying cab fares and hotel bills alongside murders, frauds, and disappearances he's been hired to untangle. Kramer's understated, world-weary take on the character offers a fitting, elegiac finale to one of radio's great detective series.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7215294/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright 07 Audio Network</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9ce1216398afcc3ec8fef83207984c08.jpg</url><title>Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Mandel Kramer Era (1961–1962)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-mandel-kramer-era-1961-1962--7215294</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:12:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>07 Audio Network</itunes:name><itunes:email>info@07audio.love</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9ce1216398afcc3ec8fef83207984c08.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed the exploits of a freelance insurance investigator with "the action-packed expense account," a hardboiled detective drama that ran from 1949 to 1962. 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Kramer's understated, world-weary take on the character offers a fitting, elegiac finale to one of radio's great detective series.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>dde2a964-a447-5eda-ab7c-90bdcf04a488</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>The Zipp Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-zipp-matter--74737542</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 27th, 1962. Fresh off a Las Vegas layover, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar can't quite escape Sin City when Western Maritime and Life pulls him into a new case: a $120,000 policy split between three beneficiaries, one of whom is a hopeless gambler drowning in debt. As Johnny digs into the tangled inheritance, the math gets darker — if one heir dies before the payout, the survivors split the difference, and someone in this family may have already done the arithmetic. It's a late, world-weary entry from the final year of radio's longest-running detective drama.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74737542</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74737542/ytjd_1962_05_27_791_the_zipp_matter.mp3" length="5682014" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 27th, 1962. Fresh off a Las Vegas layover, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar can't quite escape Sin City when Western Maritime and Life pulls him into a new case: a $120,000 policy split between three beneficiaries, one of whom is a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 27th, 1962. Fresh off a Las Vegas layover, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar can't quite escape Sin City when Western Maritime and Life pulls him into a new case: a $120,000 policy split between three beneficiaries, one of whom is a hopeless gambler drowning in debt. As Johnny digs into the tangled inheritance, the math gets darker — if one heir dies before the payout, the survivors split the difference, and someone in this family may have already done the arithmetic. It's a late, world-weary entry from the final year of radio's longest-running detective drama.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1404</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,gambling,inheritance case,insurance investigator,las vegas,mandel kramer,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Zip Matter: Vegas, Vice, and a $120,000 Motive</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-zip-matter-vegas-vice-and-a-120-000-motive--74736864</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 27th, 1962. Johnny Dollar's Las Vegas stopover turns into a case when a wealthy uncle's death leaves a $120,000 life insurance policy split three ways among his nephews and niece — including a hard-luck gambler drowning in debt at the Stardust casino. With a policy clause that pays survivors more if a beneficiary dies first, Johnny senses a motive brewing behind the neon lights and clattering slot machines. It's classic Mandel Kramer-era Dollar: itemized expenses, sharp dialogue, and a mystery dealt out like a hand of blackjack.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74736864</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:01:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74736864/ytjd_1962_05_27_791_the_zipp_matter.mp3" length="5682014" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757/1dc5126d-96c7-4ed2-9b49-7e069f02f757.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 27th, 1962. Johnny Dollar's Las Vegas stopover turns into a case when a wealthy uncle's death leaves a $120,000 life insurance policy split three ways among his nephews and niece — including a hard-luck gambler drowning in debt at the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 27th, 1962. Johnny Dollar's Las Vegas stopover turns into a case when a wealthy uncle's death leaves a $120,000 life insurance policy split three ways among his nephews and niece — including a hard-luck gambler drowning in debt at the Stardust casino. With a policy clause that pays survivors more if a beneficiary dies first, Johnny senses a motive brewing behind the neon lights and clattering slot machines. It's classic Mandel Kramer-era Dollar: itemized expenses, sharp dialogue, and a mystery dealt out like a hand of blackjack.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1404</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,gambling,inheritance,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,las vegas,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Two-Step to Murder</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-two-step-to-murder--74718740</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 20th, 1962. When a promising young insurance salesman is found dead of poison in his own coffee cup, the local police call it suicide and close the books. But Johnny Dollar's old friend Pete Brennan isn't buying it, and he's flown Johnny straight to the neon glare of Las Vegas to prove a killer is still walking free. Beneath the clatter of slot machines and the desert dawn, Johnny has to untangle a $62,000 policy, a bitter dose of poison, and a dead man who everyone swears would never take his own life.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74718740</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:01:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74718740/ytjd_1962_05_20_790_the_two_steps_to_murder_matter.mp3" length="5929724" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e/51bab20f-5ed8-487b-a61b-6386ae79fe1e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 20th, 1962. When a promising young insurance salesman is found dead of poison in his own coffee cup, the local police call it suicide and close the books. But Johnny Dollar's old friend Pete Brennan isn't buying it, and he's flown Johnny...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 20th, 1962. When a promising young insurance salesman is found dead of poison in his own coffee cup, the local police call it suicide and close the books. But Johnny Dollar's old friend Pete Brennan isn't buying it, and he's flown Johnny straight to the neon glare of Las Vegas to prove a killer is still walking free. Beneath the clatter of slot machines and the desert dawn, Johnny has to untangle a $62,000 policy, a bitter dose of poison, and a dead man who everyone swears would never take his own life.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1466</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,insurance investigator,las vegas,old-time radio,poisoning mystery,radio drama,suicide or murder</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Two Steps to Murder Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-two-steps-to-murder-matter--74718735</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 20th, 1962. A frantic pre-dawn call sends Johnny Dollar racing to Las Vegas, where an old friend swears a poisoned insurance client couldn't possibly have taken his own life. Between the clatter of slot machines and the glare of the Strip, Johnny has to untangle a bitter dose of oleander cordial from a suicide that just doesn't add up. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary calm to a case where the house odds may be stacked against the truth.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74718735</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:01:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74718735/ytjd_1962_05_20_790_the_two_steps_to_murder_matter.mp3" length="5929724" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e/6cc26cdb-ea1a-40ae-bb80-4feb1586659e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 20th, 1962. A frantic pre-dawn call sends Johnny Dollar racing to Las Vegas, where an old friend swears a poisoned insurance client couldn't possibly have taken his own life. Between the clatter of slot machines and the glare of the Strip,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 20th, 1962. A frantic pre-dawn call sends Johnny Dollar racing to Las Vegas, where an old friend swears a poisoned insurance client couldn't possibly have taken his own life. Between the clatter of slot machines and the glare of the Strip, Johnny has to untangle a bitter dose of oleander cordial from a suicide that just doesn't add up. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary calm to a case where the house odds may be stacked against the truth.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1466</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1962 radio drama,detective drama,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,las vegas,noir,old-time radio,poisoning mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Lust for Gold Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lust-for-gold-matter--74697997</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 13th, 1962. Johnny Dollar trades his adjuster's desk for a fishing rod when an old friend cables him an invitation to the sunlit waters off Cozumel, Mexico. But the promised vacation comes with a familiar catch: a missing persons case waiting in Mexico City, and a trail that soon glitters with far more than sailfish and dolphin. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to this globe-trotting expense-account mystery from the twilight of radio drama.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74697997</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:01:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74697997/ytjd_1962_05_13_789_the_lust_for_gold_matter.mp3" length="5959760" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f/d38b8596-f942-4e64-ba66-deaeddb9d17f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 13th, 1962. Johnny Dollar trades his adjuster's desk for a fishing rod when an old friend cables him an invitation to the sunlit waters off Cozumel, Mexico. But the promised vacation comes with a familiar catch: a missing persons case...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 13th, 1962. Johnny Dollar trades his adjuster's desk for a fishing rod when an old friend cables him an invitation to the sunlit waters off Cozumel, Mexico. But the promised vacation comes with a familiar catch: a missing persons case waiting in Mexico City, and a trail that soon glitters with far more than sailfish and dolphin. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to this globe-trotting expense-account mystery from the twilight of radio drama.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1473</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio mystery,detective drama,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,mexico,missing person,old time radio,treasure hunt</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Cozumel Gold Trap</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cozumel-gold-trap--74698010</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 13th, 1962. A telegram promising the fishing trip of a lifetime lures insurance investigator Johnny Dollar to the sun-drenched island of Cozumel, courtesy of an old friend. But behind the sailfish and sunshine lurks a company angle: a missing client, a worried wife, and a case that will turn Johnny's dream vacation into a hunt tangled up with gold. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to this 1962 tale as Johnny's expense account trades cab fares for tropical intrigue.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74698010</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74698010/ytjd_1962_05_13_789_the_lust_for_gold_matter.mp3" length="5959760" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 13th, 1962. A telegram promising the fishing trip of a lifetime lures insurance investigator Johnny Dollar to the sun-drenched island of Cozumel, courtesy of an old friend. But behind the sailfish and sunshine lurks a company angle: a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 13th, 1962. A telegram promising the fishing trip of a lifetime lures insurance investigator Johnny Dollar to the sun-drenched island of Cozumel, courtesy of an old friend. But behind the sailfish and sunshine lurks a company angle: a missing client, a worried wife, and a case that will turn Johnny's dream vacation into a hunt tangled up with gold. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to this 1962 tale as Johnny's expense account trades cab fares for tropical intrigue.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1473</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,cozumel mexico,deep sea fishing,detective drama,gold smuggling,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old-time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Burma Red Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-burma-red-matter--74681674</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell finally tracks Johnny Dollar down after a month of missed calls, roping him into recovering the Burma Red, a massive uncut ruby lifted from a wealthy Hartford widow's safe. The police can't touch prime suspect Oscar Mayfield, a safecracker with an alibi too clean to trust, so Johnny takes the case, and an old grudge with Mayfield along with it. It's Mandel Kramer's Johnny Dollar at his driest, chasing a gem worth half a million dollars and a killer's promise.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74681674</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74681674/ytjd_1962_05_06_788_the_burma_red_matter.mp3" length="5839464" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell finally tracks Johnny Dollar down after a month of missed calls, roping him into recovering the Burma Red, a massive uncut ruby lifted from a wealthy Hartford widow's safe. The police can't touch prime...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell finally tracks Johnny Dollar down after a month of missed calls, roping him into recovering the Burma Red, a massive uncut ruby lifted from a wealthy Hartford widow's safe. The police can't touch prime suspect Oscar Mayfield, a safecracker with an alibi too clean to trust, so Johnny takes the case, and an old grudge with Mayfield along with it. It's Mandel Kramer's Johnny Dollar at his driest, chasing a gem worth half a million dollars and a killer's promise.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1443</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio,detective drama,insurance investigator,jewel theft,mandel kramer,old time radio,safecracking,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Ruby That Vanished from the Wall Safe</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ruby-that-vanished-from-the-wall-safe--74681666</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell drags Johnny Dollar off his cross-country bender to chase down the Burma Red, a massive unmounted ruby chiseled out of a wealthy widow's wall safe. All signs point to master safecracker Oscar Mayfield, but he's got an alibi the police couldn't crack — and a standing threat against Johnny if he ever interferes again. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Dollar sets off to prove the impossible alibi is a rig, expense account in hand.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74681666</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74681666/ytjd_1962_05_06_788_the_burma_red_matter.mp3" length="5839464" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857/adaf9cdc-1a0d-4d37-953e-4c03e89e6857.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell drags Johnny Dollar off his cross-country bender to chase down the Burma Red, a massive unmounted ruby chiseled out of a wealthy widow's wall safe. All signs point to master safecracker Oscar Mayfield,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 6th, 1962. Insurance man Jimmy Bartell drags Johnny Dollar off his cross-country bender to chase down the Burma Red, a massive unmounted ruby chiseled out of a wealthy widow's wall safe. All signs point to master safecracker Oscar Mayfield, but he's got an alibi the police couldn't crack — and a standing threat against Johnny if he ever interferes again. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Dollar sets off to prove the impossible alibi is a rig, expense account in hand.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1443</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,jewel heist,old time radio,radio noir,safecracker,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Grand Canyon Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grand-canyon-matter--74638437</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. A nearly million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace has vanished from a New York jeweler, and the only lead is a small-time hood with a knack for vanishing into thin air. Johnny Dollar trades Manhattan sidewalks for a flight to Phoenix, chasing a fence who knows every crooked contact on the West Coast and has a nose for trouble a mile away. With NYPD's Lieutenant Singer already a step behind, Johnny's expense account heads for the Arizona desert in search of stolen jewels and a very careful thief.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74638437</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:01:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74638437/ytjd_1962_04_29_787_the_grand_canyon_matter.mp3" length="5474111" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88/2a00a97d-9f61-4e92-99e6-7b338b8c3f88.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. A nearly million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace has vanished from a New York jeweler, and the only lead is a small-time hood with a knack for vanishing into thin air. Johnny Dollar trades Manhattan sidewalks for a flight to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. A nearly million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace has vanished from a New York jeweler, and the only lead is a small-time hood with a knack for vanishing into thin air. Johnny Dollar trades Manhattan sidewalks for a flight to Phoenix, chasing a fence who knows every crooked contact on the West Coast and has a nose for trouble a mile away. With NYPD's Lieutenant Singer already a step behind, Johnny's expense account heads for the Arizona desert in search of stolen jewels and a very careful thief.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1352</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio,detective drama,grand canyon,insurance investigator,jewel theft,mandel kramer,noir mystery,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Grand Canyon Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grand-canyon-matter--74638698</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. Johnny Dollar is dispatched to New York on Northeast Indemnity's dime after word surfaces that a small-time fence, Christie Alloff, may be holding a stolen million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace. But when the trail that should end on Fifth Avenue instead points toward the rim of the Grand Canyon, Johnny finds himself chasing a jewel thief who may be smarter than the cops who let him slip through their fingers. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this globe-trotting expense-account caper.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74638698</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:01:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74638698/ytjd_1962_04_29_787_the_grand_canyon_matter.mp3" length="5474111" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. Johnny Dollar is dispatched to New York on Northeast Indemnity's dime after word surfaces that a small-time fence, Christie Alloff, may be holding a stolen million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace. But when the trail that should...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 29th, 1962. Johnny Dollar is dispatched to New York on Northeast Indemnity's dime after word surfaces that a small-time fence, Christie Alloff, may be holding a stolen million-dollar ruby-and-emerald necklace. But when the trail that should end on Fifth Avenue instead points toward the rim of the Grand Canyon, Johnny finds himself chasing a jewel thief who may be smarter than the cops who let him slip through their fingers. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this globe-trotting expense-account caper.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1352</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s crime,detective drama,grand canyon,insurance investigator,jewel theft,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Case of the Vanishing Bulldozers</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-of-the-vanishing-bulldozers--74575632</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 22nd, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to a dusty Texas crossroads town to investigate a rash of thefts plaguing a construction equipment warehouse insured by his old friend's company. Heavy machinery — tractors, bulldozers, graders — has been disappearing piece by piece, and the only line of defense is an aged, pistol-toting watchman with an extravagantly long name. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this small-town mystery of missing hardware and big insurance payouts.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74575632</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:01:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74575632/ytjd_1962_04_22_786_the_skidmore_matter.mp3" length="5974630" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c/a7038f3a-a20a-459a-87a8-9307f0d4db1c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 22nd, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to a dusty Texas crossroads town to investigate a rash of thefts plaguing a construction equipment warehouse insured by his old friend's company. Heavy machinery — tractors, bulldozers, graders — has been...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 22nd, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to a dusty Texas crossroads town to investigate a rash of thefts plaguing a construction equipment warehouse insured by his old friend's company. Heavy machinery — tractors, bulldozers, graders — has been disappearing piece by piece, and the only line of defense is an aged, pistol-toting watchman with an extravagantly long name. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this small-town mystery of missing hardware and big insurance payouts.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1477</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio,detective drama,equipment theft,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,old time radio,radio noir,texas setting</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Wrong Idea Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wrong-idea-matter--74515338</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 15th, 1962. When embezzler Al Brannigan walks out of prison on good behavior, everyone remembers the ice-cold threat he made to his young wife Marilyn in the courtroom three years earlier. Now Marilyn has vanished without a word, the police can't find her, and Johnny Dollar races to Knoxville to track her down before her vengeful ex-husband does. A tense manhunt episode built on a slow-burn threat delivered in a single unforgettable courtroom stare.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74515338</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:01:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74515338/ytjd_1962_04_15_785_the_wrong_idea_matter.mp3" length="5922602" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72/a37dbb06-548b-46d9-8e8c-bf23cdb4bf72.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 15th, 1962. When embezzler Al Brannigan walks out of prison on good behavior, everyone remembers the ice-cold threat he made to his young wife Marilyn in the courtroom three years earlier. Now Marilyn has vanished without a word, the police...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 15th, 1962. When embezzler Al Brannigan walks out of prison on good behavior, everyone remembers the ice-cold threat he made to his young wife Marilyn in the courtroom three years earlier. Now Marilyn has vanished without a word, the police can't find her, and Johnny Dollar races to Knoxville to track her down before her vengeful ex-husband does. A tense manhunt episode built on a slow-burn threat delivered in a single unforgettable courtroom stare.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1464</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,courtroom threat,detective drama,johnny dollar,knoxville tennessee,missing person,old time radio,revenge plot</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Ivy Emerald Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ivy-emerald-matter--74515336</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 8th, 1962. A priceless gold and diamond brooch — nicknamed the "Ivy Emerald" for its Boston-ivy shape — vanishes from a wealthy widow's hidden wall safe in a Beacon Hill mansion, even though only she is supposed to know the combination. Johnny Dollar heads to Boston to chase down $625,000 in insurance money, sifting through faded society romance, a devoted old butler, and a safe-maker's suspiciously personal history with the victim. It's a classic locked-room puzzle wrapped in Johnny's signature itemized expense report.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74515336</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:01:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74515336/ytjd_1962_04_08_784_the_ivy_emerald_matter.mp3" length="5915212" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7/18fcdba5-8d8e-471a-8bf5-9244c0bab3d7.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 8th, 1962. A priceless gold and diamond brooch — nicknamed the "Ivy Emerald" for its Boston-ivy shape — vanishes from a wealthy widow's hidden wall safe in a Beacon Hill mansion, even though only she is supposed to know the combination....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 8th, 1962. A priceless gold and diamond brooch — nicknamed the "Ivy Emerald" for its Boston-ivy shape — vanishes from a wealthy widow's hidden wall safe in a Beacon Hill mansion, even though only she is supposed to know the combination. Johnny Dollar heads to Boston to chase down $625,000 in insurance money, sifting through faded society romance, a devoted old butler, and a safe-maker's suspiciously personal history with the victim. It's a classic locked-room puzzle wrapped in Johnny's signature itemized expense report.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1462</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1962,boston setting,detective drama,insurance investigator,jewel heist,locked safe mystery,old-time radio,radio noir</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Casting for a Killer at Blue Rock Pool</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/casting-for-a-killer-at-blue-rock-pool--74515335</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 1st, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads upstate for what's supposed to be a well-earned trout-fishing getaway on the Esopus River — until his old pal Pat convinces him the trip doubles as a stakeout. A scheming stepfather stands to inherit a fortune if his five-year-old stepson doesn't survive the family's fishing holiday, and the treacherous currents of Blue Rock Pool look like the perfect place for an "accident." Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this tense blend of rural idyll and quiet menace as Johnny tries to keep a little boy alive without ever tipping his hand.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74515335</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74515335/ytjd_1962_04_01_783_the_blue_rock_matter.mp3" length="6144088" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8/b5f394ad-76a2-4c62-8d66-34d6ca9e03c8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 1st, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads upstate for what's supposed to be a well-earned trout-fishing getaway on the Esopus River — until his old pal Pat convinces him the trip doubles as a stakeout. A scheming stepfather stands to inherit a fortune...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 1st, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads upstate for what's supposed to be a well-earned trout-fishing getaway on the Esopus River — until his old pal Pat convinces him the trip doubles as a stakeout. A scheming stepfather stands to inherit a fortune if his five-year-old stepson doesn't survive the family's fishing holiday, and the treacherous currents of Blue Rock Pool look like the perfect place for an "accident." Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this tense blend of rural idyll and quiet menace as Johnny tries to keep a little boy alive without ever tipping his hand.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1520</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio mystery,child in danger,detective drama,inheritance scheme,insurance investigator,old-time radio,trout fishing,upstate new york</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Shadow of a Doubt Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shadow-of-a-doubt-matter--74376716</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to Los Angeles and then Palm Springs to look into a $170,000 embezzlement from a small soft-drink bottling plant. The case pits the company's flashy, fast-living owner against his quiet, buttoned-down business partner, and Johnny has to figure out which of the two opposites is hiding something. A vintage 1962 entry from the Mandel Kramer era, full of hair-raising car rides, private planes, and desert sunshine masking a very cold-blooded crime.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74376716</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:01:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74376716/ytjd_1962_03_25_782_the_shadow_of_a_doubt_matter.mp3" length="6196024" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba/18c9d978-31b0-4aed-9aaa-bdfd5733beba.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to Los Angeles and then Palm Springs to look into a $170,000 embezzlement from a small soft-drink bottling plant. The case pits the company's flashy, fast-living owner against his quiet, buttoned-down...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to Los Angeles and then Palm Springs to look into a $170,000 embezzlement from a small soft-drink bottling plant. The case pits the company's flashy, fast-living owner against his quiet, buttoned-down business partner, and Johnny has to figure out which of the two opposites is hiding something. A vintage 1962 entry from the Mandel Kramer era, full of hair-raising car rides, private planes, and desert sunshine masking a very cold-blooded crime.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1532</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,bottling company,detective drama,embezzlement mystery,insurance investigator,old time radio,palm springs,radio drama classic</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Simi Valley Firebug</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-simi-valley-firebug--74297928</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to booming Simi Valley, where a string of suspicious brush fires is costing the Greater Southwest Insurance Company a fortune in claims. With a fast-talking young agent selling policies faster than the company can pay out losses, Johnny has to figure out whether nature or arson is behind the blazes eating through the chaparral-covered hills. A moody, slow-burn mystery from the last season of radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74297928</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:01:40 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74297928/ytjd_1962_02_11_776_the_do_it_yourself_matter.mp3" length="5813074" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f/aa33acde-383f-41dd-b6d6-acd4a0430c9f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to booming Simi Valley, where a string of suspicious brush fires is costing the Greater Southwest Insurance Company a fortune in claims. With a fast-talking young agent selling policies faster than the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to booming Simi Valley, where a string of suspicious brush fires is costing the Greater Southwest Insurance Company a fortune in claims. With a fast-talking young agent selling policies faster than the company can pay out losses, Johnny has to figure out whether nature or arson is behind the blazes eating through the chaparral-covered hills. A moody, slow-burn mystery from the last season of radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1437</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio noir,arson mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old time radio,simi valley</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Nugget of Truth Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nugget-of-truth-matter--74241156</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar gets set up on a blind date by an old insurance colleague, only to discover the stunning Pandora Peters is very much married — and both she and her inventor husband carry six-figure life insurance policies naming each other as beneficiary. As sparks and suspicions fly, Johnny has to decide whether her chilly, calculating charm is hiding something worth investigating. It's a classic slice of Mandel Kramer-era Johnny Dollar, equal parts romance, banter, and expense-account sleuthing.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74241156</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74241156/ytjd_1962_02_04_775_the_nugget_of_truth_matter.mp3" length="5968692" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247/74bfbe96-e0a2-4605-89f1-28d92fed7247.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar gets set up on a blind date by an old insurance colleague, only to discover the stunning Pandora Peters is very much married — and both she and her inventor husband carry six-figure life insurance policies naming...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar gets set up on a blind date by an old insurance colleague, only to discover the stunning Pandora Peters is very much married — and both she and her inventor husband carry six-figure life insurance policies naming each other as beneficiary. As sparks and suspicions fly, Johnny has to decide whether her chilly, calculating charm is hiding something worth investigating. It's a classic slice of Mandel Kramer-era Johnny Dollar, equal parts romance, banter, and expense-account sleuthing.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1476</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,insurance investigator,inventor plot,johnny dollar,married beneficiaries,old-time radio,radio mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Can't Be So Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-can-t-be-so-matter--74176446</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 28th, 1962. When a wealthy playboy with a shady past turns up dead in his Hartford apartment, Johnny Dollar's routine claims investigation collides with an old flame's secret lunch date and a colleague's shaky marriage. As the .45-caliber murder circles back toward someone far too close to the insurance office, Johnny must decide whether loyalty can survive the truth. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary calm to a case where everyone insists the obvious suspect simply 'can't be so.']]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74176446</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74176446/ytjd_1962_01_28_774_the_can_t_be_so_matter.mp3" length="6200049" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646/60611561-2ff8-4231-8c61-084857347646.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jan 28th, 1962. When a wealthy playboy with a shady past turns up dead in his Hartford apartment, Johnny Dollar's routine claims investigation collides with an old flame's secret lunch date and a colleague's shaky marriage. As the .45-caliber...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 28th, 1962. When a wealthy playboy with a shady past turns up dead in his Hartford apartment, Johnny Dollar's routine claims investigation collides with an old flame's secret lunch date and a colleague's shaky marriage. As the .45-caliber murder circles back toward someone far too close to the insurance office, Johnny must decide whether loyalty can survive the truth. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary calm to a case where everyone insists the obvious suspect simply 'can't be so.']]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1533</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,hartford connecticut,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,murder mystery,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Terrible Torch Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-terrible-torch-matter--74100896</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 21st, 1962. New Jersey Fire and Casualty sends Johnny Dollar to the sleepy town of Woodbine, where a cluster of struggling factories has started burning down a little too conveniently. With a family web of ownership tying the businesses together and a cold trail already a week old, Johnny recruits reformed firebug-turned-consultant Smoky Sullivan to sniff out the arsonist before the insurance company gets burned again. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Johnny Dollar navigates small-town corruption and big-money fraud in this late-era entry from radio's longest-running detective series.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74100896</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:03:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74100896/ytjd_1962_01_21_773_the_terrible_torch_matter.mp3" length="6004978" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708/5b7bbf64-94a4-49cb-ac61-aa1b678c3708.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jan 21st, 1962. New Jersey Fire and Casualty sends Johnny Dollar to the sleepy town of Woodbine, where a cluster of struggling factories has started burning down a little too conveniently. With a family web of ownership tying the businesses...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 21st, 1962. New Jersey Fire and Casualty sends Johnny Dollar to the sleepy town of Woodbine, where a cluster of struggling factories has started burning down a little too conveniently. With a family web of ownership tying the businesses together and a cold trail already a week old, Johnny recruits reformed firebug-turned-consultant Smoky Sullivan to sniff out the arsonist before the insurance company gets burned again. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Johnny Dollar navigates small-town corruption and big-money fraud in this late-era entry from radio's longest-running detective series.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1485</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio,arson mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,noir fiction,old time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hot Chocolate Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hot-chocolate-matter--74026748</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 7th, 1962. A jewelry showroom is cleaned out of over a hundred thousand dollars in gems, and the night watchman is left fighting for his life. Johnny Dollar races to New York to untangle a heist with no forced locks, an armed alarm, and a missing cleaning boy who may hold the answer. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry touch to a case where the only living witness might not survive long enough to talk.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74026748</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74026748/ytjd_1962_01_07_771_the_hot_chocolate_matter.mp3" length="5852912" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8/647417e3-11ee-402c-ac33-1f2e905523c8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jan 7th, 1962. A jewelry showroom is cleaned out of over a hundred thousand dollars in gems, and the night watchman is left fighting for his life. Johnny Dollar races to New York to untangle a heist with no forced locks, an armed alarm, and a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 7th, 1962. A jewelry showroom is cleaned out of over a hundred thousand dollars in gems, and the night watchman is left fighting for his life. Johnny Dollar races to New York to untangle a heist with no forced locks, an armed alarm, and a missing cleaning boy who may hold the answer. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry touch to a case where the only living witness might not survive long enough to talk.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1447</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s new york,detective drama,insurance investigator,jewel heist,mandel kramer,old time radio,radio noir,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The One Too Many Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-one-too-many-matter--73953093</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 31st, 1961. As New Year's Eve revelers crowd the streets, Johnny Dollar's quiet plans for a peaceful evening are interrupted by his insurance boss Hal Kemper and a worried cardiologist with a chilling warning. A wealthy widow's heart condition may not be her biggest threat tonight — one of her two visiting nephews might be planning to make sure she doesn't survive to see 1962. Johnny heads out to play bodyguard, tallying expenses while racing to stop a murder disguised as a holiday visit.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73953093</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:01:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73953093/ytjd_1961_12_31_770_the_one_too_many_matter.mp3" length="5883379" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6/1391a9a5-7d9c-4057-aa17-1ec0b2ffb5b6.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Dec 31st, 1961. As New Year's Eve revelers crowd the streets, Johnny Dollar's quiet plans for a peaceful evening are interrupted by his insurance boss Hal Kemper and a worried cardiologist with a chilling warning. A wealthy widow's heart...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 31st, 1961. As New Year's Eve revelers crowd the streets, Johnny Dollar's quiet plans for a peaceful evening are interrupted by his insurance boss Hal Kemper and a worried cardiologist with a chilling warning. A wealthy widow's heart condition may not be her biggest threat tonight — one of her two visiting nephews might be planning to make sure she doesn't survive to see 1962. Johnny heads out to play bodyguard, tallying expenses while racing to stop a murder disguised as a holiday visit.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1454</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>detective drama,inheritance murder,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,new year's eve,old-time radio,radio noir</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Phony Phone Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-phony-phone-matter--73875548</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 17th, 1961. Johnny Dollar just wants to collect a paycheck and get on with his Christmas shopping, but a cryptic urgent message pulls him into the affairs of Hallat Industries — an electronics manufacturer whose string of suspicious burglaries has been bleeding the insurance company dry. What starts as an off-the-clock favor for his friend Bert quickly threatens to swallow Johnny's holiday plans whole. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this tale of corporate theft, insurance fraud, and a call that just won't wait until after the holidays.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73875548</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:01:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73875548/ytjd_1961_12_17_769_the_phony_phone_matter_network.mp3" length="5931166" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3/7ea3e880-a5f0-4a7d-a427-6ddca66816a3.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Dec 17th, 1961. Johnny Dollar just wants to collect a paycheck and get on with his Christmas shopping, but a cryptic urgent message pulls him into the affairs of Hallat Industries — an electronics manufacturer whose string of suspicious...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 17th, 1961. Johnny Dollar just wants to collect a paycheck and get on with his Christmas shopping, but a cryptic urgent message pulls him into the affairs of Hallat Industries — an electronics manufacturer whose string of suspicious burglaries has been bleeding the insurance company dry. What starts as an off-the-clock favor for his friend Bert quickly threatens to swallow Johnny's holiday plans whole. Mandel Kramer brings his trademark weary charm to this tale of corporate theft, insurance fraud, and a call that just won't wait until after the holidays.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1466</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1961,christmas mystery,corporate espionage,detective drama,electronics theft,insurance investigator,old time radio,radio noir</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Ike And Mike Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ike-and-mike-matter--73831559</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 18th, 1962. A Corpus Christi insurance man's frantic phone call pulls Johnny Dollar into a tangled case of a $25,000 double-indemnity policy, a small-time hustler nicknamed "Smartiac," and a shadowy old con man who may have bought the coverage just to collect on it. Before Johnny can even land, the insured is dead in a house fire — and the itemized expense account that follows traces every mile of his hunt for the truth. A late entry in Mandel Kramer's run as Johnny Dollar, this one delivers the show's trademark blend of wry banter and hardboiled insurance fraud.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831559</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831559/ytjd_1962_03_18_781_the_ike_and_mike_matter.mp3" length="6034714" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a/2220a598-8742-4ab8-ab0e-e02af8fa0b6a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 18th, 1962. A Corpus Christi insurance man's frantic phone call pulls Johnny Dollar into a tangled case of a $25,000 double-indemnity policy, a small-time hustler nicknamed "Smartiac," and a shadowy old con man who may have bought the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 18th, 1962. A Corpus Christi insurance man's frantic phone call pulls Johnny Dollar into a tangled case of a $25,000 double-indemnity policy, a small-time hustler nicknamed "Smartiac," and a shadowy old con man who may have bought the coverage just to collect on it. Before Johnny can even land, the insured is dead in a house fire — and the itemized expense account that follows traces every mile of his hunt for the truth. A late entry in Mandel Kramer's run as Johnny Dollar, this one delivers the show's trademark blend of wry banter and hardboiled insurance fraud.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1492</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio noir,arson mystery,detective drama,insurance fraud,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old time radio,texas</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1966dd71ab0617127f668c1039bbf90d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Golden Dream Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-dream-matter--73831557</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads into the Arizona desert to look into a missing mining engineer who'd been sent to check out a suspicious gold-stock scheme called the Golden Dream. What starts as a routine disappearance case turns grim when a body turns up at the bottom of an old flooded mine shaft, and Johnny starts wondering if it was really an accident. Kramer's world-weary narration threads together sun-baked highways, a shady stock promoter, and a resort by Lake Mojave hiding more than fishing holes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831557</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831557/ytjd_1962_03_11_780_the_golden_dream_matter.mp3" length="6056142" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d/f5c089c7-a595-4838-b7ae-0470b798595d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads into the Arizona desert to look into a missing mining engineer who'd been sent to check out a suspicious gold-stock scheme called the Golden Dream. What starts as a routine disappearance case turns grim when...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 11th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads into the Arizona desert to look into a missing mining engineer who'd been sent to check out a suspicious gold-stock scheme called the Golden Dream. What starts as a routine disappearance case turns grim when a body turns up at the bottom of an old flooded mine shaft, and Johnny starts wondering if it was really an accident. Kramer's world-weary narration threads together sun-baked highways, a shady stock promoter, and a resort by Lake Mojave hiding more than fishing holes.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1498</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio mystery,arizona desert,detective drama,insurance investigator,lake mojave,mining stock fraud,missing person case,old-time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Top Secret Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-top-secret-matter--73831556</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to the rocky cliffs south of Big Sur to investigate a string of massive, costly explosions rocking the Baskum Development Company's rocket fuel operation. On the flight out, a chance encounter with an old friend—a chemical company executive with his own top-secret rocket fuel breakthrough—hints that Cold War stakes may be higher than a simple insurance claim. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, understated charm to this Space Age mystery of sabotage, science, and secrets along the California coast.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831556</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:01:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831556/ytjd_1962_03_04_779_the_top_secret_matter.mp3" length="6018890" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987/68987ec7-00e5-4e68-bb1c-cb92c72c9987.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to the rocky cliffs south of Big Sur to investigate a string of massive, costly explosions rocking the Baskum Development Company's rocket fuel operation. On the flight out, a chance encounter with an old...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 4th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads to the rocky cliffs south of Big Sur to investigate a string of massive, costly explosions rocking the Baskum Development Company's rocket fuel operation. On the flight out, a chance encounter with an old friend—a chemical company executive with his own top-secret rocket fuel breakthrough—hints that Cold War stakes may be higher than a simple insurance claim. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, understated charm to this Space Age mystery of sabotage, science, and secrets along the California coast.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1488</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>big sur,cold war thriller,detective drama,industrial sabotage,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old-time radio,rocket fuel</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Mixed Blessing Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mixed-blessing-matter--73831555</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads west for a promised fishing vacation at Lake Mojave, only to get roped into a simple errand: deliver $40,000 in cash to settle a retirement policy for worldwide mutual's nervous branch man in Kingman, Arizona. But Johnny's instincts tell him an easy payoff job is never quite as easy as it sounds, and a rattled colleague's strange behavior soon proves him right. It's a classic slice of Mandel Kramer-era Johnny Dollar, blending desert scenery, dry banter, and a mystery that turns dangerous fast.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831555</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:01:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831555/ytjd_1962_02_25_778_the_mixed_blessing_matter.mp3" length="5888338" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946/1c0c8584-75f6-45fe-a607-beb982f09946.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads west for a promised fishing vacation at Lake Mojave, only to get roped into a simple errand: deliver $40,000 in cash to settle a retirement policy for worldwide mutual's nervous branch man in Kingman,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 25th, 1962. Johnny Dollar heads west for a promised fishing vacation at Lake Mojave, only to get roped into a simple errand: deliver $40,000 in cash to settle a retirement policy for worldwide mutual's nervous branch man in Kingman, Arizona. But Johnny's instincts tell him an easy payoff job is never quite as easy as it sounds, and a rattled colleague's strange behavior soon proves him right. It's a classic slice of Mandel Kramer-era Johnny Dollar, blending desert scenery, dry banter, and a mystery that turns dangerous fast.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1456</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,desert mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,kingman arizona,mandel kramer,old-time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Vickershein Evidence</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vickershein-evidence--73831554</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 18th, 1962. Fresh off saving a Treasury man's life and recovering from amnesia, Johnny Dollar realizes the incriminating evidence from that case has been sitting forgotten in his car trunk for weeks. Before he can hand it off to a federal agent, a call from Worldwide Mutual pulls him into the case of a $200,000 stolen painting, the Maure Madonna, and Johnny's garage turns out to hold more danger than he expects. A tense blend of federal intrigue and high-art theft rounds out this late entry in the Mandel Kramer years.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831554</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:01:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831554/ytjd_1962_02_18_777_the_takes_a_crook_matter.mp3" length="5878640" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21/6c7bae9a-e753-4856-9543-cd81f8229d21.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 18th, 1962. Fresh off saving a Treasury man's life and recovering from amnesia, Johnny Dollar realizes the incriminating evidence from that case has been sitting forgotten in his car trunk for weeks. Before he can hand it off to a federal...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 18th, 1962. Fresh off saving a Treasury man's life and recovering from amnesia, Johnny Dollar realizes the incriminating evidence from that case has been sitting forgotten in his car trunk for weeks. Before he can hand it off to a federal agent, a call from Worldwide Mutual pulls him into the case of a $200,000 stolen painting, the Maure Madonna, and Johnny's garage turns out to hold more danger than he expects. A tense blend of federal intrigue and high-art theft rounds out this late entry in the Mandel Kramer years.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1453</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>amnesia plot,art theft,detective drama,federal evidence,insurance investigator,noir mystery,old-time radio,stolen painting</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Cinder Elmer Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cinder-elmer-matter--73598977</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 3rd, 1961. Johnny Dollar trades a cold Connecticut winter for what he's promised will be sunny Southern California, only to find himself sent straight back into the snow chasing a case up in the mountains near Crestline. A businessman named Bartley Harmon has vanished along with his wife Nora and his partner during what should have been a routine ski getaway, and it's up to Johnny to find out why. Mandel Kramer brings his dry, weary charm to this snowbound entry from the final season of radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73598977</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73598977/ytjd_1961_12_03_767_the_cinder_elmer_matter.mp3" length="6442062" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a/50e5dead-d3e6-405c-82c8-8efeea5c203a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Dec 3rd, 1961. Johnny Dollar trades a cold Connecticut winter for what he's promised will be sunny Southern California, only to find himself sent straight back into the snow chasing a case up in the mountains near Crestline. A businessman named...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 3rd, 1961. Johnny Dollar trades a cold Connecticut winter for what he's promised will be sunny Southern California, only to find himself sent straight back into the snow chasing a case up in the mountains near Crestline. A businessman named Bartley Harmon has vanished along with his wife Nora and his partner during what should have been a routine ski getaway, and it's up to Johnny to find out why. Mandel Kramer brings his dry, weary charm to this snowbound entry from the final season of radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1594</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,insurance investigator,missing persons,mountain resort,old time radio,ski lodge,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Mad Bomber Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-bomber-matter--73539252</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 26th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the tiny oil town of Muddy Gap, Wyoming, where a wounded, embittered veteran-turned-demolitions-expert has vowed revenge on the town that shipped him off to war. With a ring of towering crude oil tanks standing between Muddy Gap and disaster, Johnny races to stop a grudge-fueled bombing plot before the whole town goes up in flames. A tense small-town thriller from the final season of radio's favorite freelance insurance investigator.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73539252</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:01:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73539252/ytjd_1961_11_26_766_the_mad_bomber_matter.mp3" length="5936618" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8/351475d5-2c00-433c-8e29-5075b33ce7b8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 26th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the tiny oil town of Muddy Gap, Wyoming, where a wounded, embittered veteran-turned-demolitions-expert has vowed revenge on the town that shipped him off to war. With a ring of towering crude oil tanks...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 26th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the tiny oil town of Muddy Gap, Wyoming, where a wounded, embittered veteran-turned-demolitions-expert has vowed revenge on the town that shipped him off to war. With a ring of towering crude oil tanks standing between Muddy Gap and disaster, Johnny races to stop a grudge-fueled bombing plot before the whole town goes up in flames. A tense small-town thriller from the final season of radio's favorite freelance insurance investigator.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1468</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,insurance investigator,oil tanks,old time radio,revenge plot,small town mystery,wyoming</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Guide to Murder Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guide-to-murder-matter--73475212</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 19th, 1961. Johnny Dollar finally gets a day of fishing on the Gulf near Sarasota, guided by a salty old Cape Cod skipper piloting a boat and, on land, a 1922 Maxwell that's still running strong. But the fishing trip curdles when the two return to the garage to find a dead man slumped behind the wheel of that vintage car, dragging Johnny back onto the clock. It's a rare change of scenery for radio's favorite expense-account investigator, trading big-city intrigue for salt air and small-town secrets.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73475212</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:01:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73475212/ytjd_1961_11_19_765_the_guide_to_murder_matter.mp3" length="6156276" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/1df7db36ba81833ce081fdf36e52ab8a/raw/YTJD%201961-11-19%20765%20The%20Guide%20to%20Murder%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 19th, 1961. Johnny Dollar finally gets a day of fishing on the Gulf near Sarasota, guided by a salty old Cape Cod skipper piloting a boat and, on land, a 1922 Maxwell that's still running strong. But the fishing trip curdles when the two...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 19th, 1961. Johnny Dollar finally gets a day of fishing on the Gulf near Sarasota, guided by a salty old Cape Cod skipper piloting a boat and, on land, a 1922 Maxwell that's still running strong. But the fishing trip curdles when the two return to the garage to find a dead man slumped behind the wheel of that vintage car, dragging Johnny back onto the clock. It's a rare change of scenery for radio's favorite expense-account investigator, trading big-city intrigue for salt air and small-town secrets.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1523</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,fishing trip,florida setting,gulf coast mystery,insurance investigator,old-time radio,vintage automobile</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Wrong One Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wrong-one-matter--73419519</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 12th, 1961. Johnny trades cold New England for the Florida sun when his old army buddy Earl Corman, laid up with a broken ankle, hands him an odd case: a nearly illegible ransom-style letter from a swamp trapper demanding his insurance company pay up fast or else. What starts as an excuse for a fishing trip pulls Johnny into the Everglades to track down a missing alligator hunter and a beneficiary who may not be who he claims. Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this offbeat, backwoods entry in Johnny Dollar's final season.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73419519</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73419519/ytjd_1961_11_12_764_the_wrong_one_matter.mp3" length="6383592" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/bf6c84e507e9b0196f1262f5b52a1987/raw/YTJD%201961-11-12%20764%20The%20Wrong%20One%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 12th, 1961. Johnny trades cold New England for the Florida sun when his old army buddy Earl Corman, laid up with a broken ankle, hands him an odd case: a nearly illegible ransom-style letter from a swamp trapper demanding his insurance...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 12th, 1961. Johnny trades cold New England for the Florida sun when his old army buddy Earl Corman, laid up with a broken ankle, hands him an odd case: a nearly illegible ransom-style letter from a swamp trapper demanding his insurance company pay up fast or else. What starts as an excuse for a fishing trip pulls Johnny into the Everglades to track down a missing alligator hunter and a beneficiary who may not be who he claims. Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this offbeat, backwoods entry in Johnny Dollar's final season.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1579</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,florida everglades,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mandel kramer,old-time radio,swamp mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Monticello Mystery Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-monticello-mystery-matter--73363706</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 5th, 1961. Johnny Dollar is summoned to a secluded, lake-front hunting lodge in the Catskills at the personal insistence of Rudy Techler, husband of an heiress to a steel and oil fortune — though nobody, including the insurance agent who sent him, seems to know why. What starts as a scenic detour into some of the best bass fishing Johnny's ever seen quickly hints at deeper, more troubling currents beneath the wealthy couple's idyllic retreat. It's a slow-burn mystery steeped in old money, isolation, and unspoken motives.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73363706</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73363706/ytjd_1961_11_05_763_the_monticello_mystery_matter.mp3" length="5839018" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/5d0468b900bd45fcd6b6ad28e697318c/raw/YTJD%201961-11-05%20763%20The%20Monticello%20Mystery%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 5th, 1961. Johnny Dollar is summoned to a secluded, lake-front hunting lodge in the Catskills at the personal insistence of Rudy Techler, husband of an heiress to a steel and oil fortune — though nobody, including the insurance agent who...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 5th, 1961. Johnny Dollar is summoned to a secluded, lake-front hunting lodge in the Catskills at the personal insistence of Rudy Techler, husband of an heiress to a steel and oil fortune — though nobody, including the insurance agent who sent him, seems to know why. What starts as a scenic detour into some of the best bass fishing Johnny's ever seen quickly hints at deeper, more troubling currents beneath the wealthy couple's idyllic retreat. It's a slow-burn mystery steeped in old money, isolation, and unspoken motives.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1443</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,catskills,detective drama,hardboiled mystery,insurance investigator,old-time radio,private lake,wealthy heiress</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Slip-and-Fall Racket</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-slip-and-fall-racket--73363705</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 29th, 1961. Johnny Dollar meets Pat Fuller, the new man at Universal Adjustment Bureau, who's uncovered thirteen suspiciously similar injury claims filed across thirteen states in under four months. All point to a slick pair of con artists working hotel lobbies with a staged tumble, a hasty doctor, and a quick cash settlement before they vanish to the next town. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Johnny takes the case cross-country to catch a couple who may have turned faking a fall into an art form.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73363705</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73363705/ytjd_1961_10_29_762_the_bee_or_not_to_bee_matter.mp3" length="5917018" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/5cb67377a66dda2b7f1f246797f9d8bd/raw/YTJD%201961-10-29%20762%20The%20Bee%20or%20Not%20to%20Bee%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 29th, 1961. Johnny Dollar meets Pat Fuller, the new man at Universal Adjustment Bureau, who's uncovered thirteen suspiciously similar injury claims filed across thirteen states in under four months. All point to a slick pair of con artists...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 29th, 1961. Johnny Dollar meets Pat Fuller, the new man at Universal Adjustment Bureau, who's uncovered thirteen suspiciously similar injury claims filed across thirteen states in under four months. All point to a slick pair of con artists working hotel lobbies with a staged tumble, a hasty doctor, and a quick cash settlement before they vanish to the next town. Mandel Kramer's world-weary Johnny takes the case cross-country to catch a couple who may have turned faking a fall into an art form.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1463</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio,con artists,detective drama,hardboiled noir,hotel scam,insurance fraud,mandel kramer,old-time radio</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1966dd71ab0617127f668c1039bbf90d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Three for One Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-three-for-one-matter--73363704</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 22nd, 1961. A wealthy retired investor vanishes from his New Hampshire lakeside home the night after threatening a lawsuit that could ruin him, leaving behind a quarter-million-dollar policy and no shortage of people who wanted him gone. Johnny Dollar heads up to Center Harbor on Lake Winnipesaukee to sort fact from suspicion among an indebted former partner, a bitter ex-wife, and a third party with motives of her own. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary charm to this itemized tale of greed, grudges, and a man who may already be past saving.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73363704</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73363704/ytjd_1961_10_22_761_the_three_for_one_matter.mp3" length="6134480" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/672f8e04764c1ffe27f1ac87e0650696/raw/YTJD%201961-10-22%20761%20The%20Three%20for%20One%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 22nd, 1961. A wealthy retired investor vanishes from his New Hampshire lakeside home the night after threatening a lawsuit that could ruin him, leaving behind a quarter-million-dollar policy and no shortage of people who wanted him gone....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 22nd, 1961. A wealthy retired investor vanishes from his New Hampshire lakeside home the night after threatening a lawsuit that could ruin him, leaving behind a quarter-million-dollar policy and no shortage of people who wanted him gone. Johnny Dollar heads up to Center Harbor on Lake Winnipesaukee to sort fact from suspicion among an indebted former partner, a bitter ex-wife, and a third party with motives of her own. Mandel Kramer brings his signature weary charm to this itemized tale of greed, grudges, and a man who may already be past saving.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1517</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,lake winnipesaukee,missing person,new hampshire,old time radio,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Medium Rare Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-medium-rare-matter--73267694</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 8th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to Corpus Christi, Texas, to investigate a self-proclaimed psychic named Yogi Vishnu, whose seances are draining struggling families of their savings and insurance payouts. When two of his followers turn up murdered after naming the medium as beneficiary of their life insurance, Johnny suspects the mystic's fanatical hold over his flock runs to something far darker than séance tricks. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry edge to this tale of faith, fraud, and fatal devotion.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73267694</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:29 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73267694/ytjd_1961_10_08_759_the_medium_rare_matter.mp3" length="5856075" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/b15985b73b909939899be262715ce49e/raw/YTJD%201961-10-08%20759%20The%20Medium%20Rare%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 8th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to Corpus Christi, Texas, to investigate a self-proclaimed psychic named Yogi Vishnu, whose seances are draining struggling families of their savings and insurance payouts. When two of his followers turn up...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 8th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to Corpus Christi, Texas, to investigate a self-proclaimed psychic named Yogi Vishnu, whose seances are draining struggling families of their savings and insurance payouts. When two of his followers turn up murdered after naming the medium as beneficiary of their life insurance, Johnny suspects the mystic's fanatical hold over his flock runs to something far darker than séance tricks. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry edge to this tale of faith, fraud, and fatal devotion.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1448</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>con artist,corpus christi texas,detective drama,insurance investigator,murder mystery,old-time radio,radio noir,seance</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Chuckanut Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chuckanut-matter--73246942</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 23rd, 1961. An insurance man's hunch sends Johnny Dollar racing to the misty roads outside Bellingham, Washington, where a wealthy husband's fourth wife may be worth more to him dead than alive. Between a suspiciously fatal 'incurable disease' that mysteriously vanished and a treacherous mountain road perfect for an accident, Johnny has to figure out how to stop a murder that hasn't happened yet. A tense slice of the detective's final season, built entirely on suspicion, motive, and the itemized expense account he's famous for.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73246942</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73246942/ytjd_1961_07_23_748_the_chuckanut_matter.mp3" length="12568777" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/880c79955680b6c2501487b0f03fac59/raw/YTJD%201961-07-23%20748%20The%20Chuckanut%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 23rd, 1961. An insurance man's hunch sends Johnny Dollar racing to the misty roads outside Bellingham, Washington, where a wealthy husband's fourth wife may be worth more to him dead than alive. Between a suspiciously fatal 'incurable...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 23rd, 1961. An insurance man's hunch sends Johnny Dollar racing to the misty roads outside Bellingham, Washington, where a wealthy husband's fourth wife may be worth more to him dead than alive. Between a suspiciously fatal 'incurable disease' that mysteriously vanished and a treacherous mountain road perfect for an accident, Johnny has to figure out how to stop a murder that hasn't happened yet. A tense slice of the detective's final season, built entirely on suspicion, motive, and the itemized expense account he's famous for.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1563</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,insurance investigator,mandel kramer,mountain road suspense,old time radio,pacific northwest,suspected murder plot</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Double-Barreled Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-double-barreled-matter--73223884</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 24th, 1961. Johnny Dollar flies out to sunny San Diego to look into a bizarre string of burglaries plaguing a wealthy couple's cottage — seven break-ins in two months, and not one single item taken. With the police never even called in, Johnny has to figure out what a burglar could possibly be after when nothing's missing, and why the elegant Trudy Warner and her mysterious husband are so eager to keep it quiet. A classic Mandel Kramer-era mystery of expense accounts, oceanfront glamour, and a puzzle that doesn't add up.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223884/ytjd_1961_09_24_757_the_double_barreled_matter.mp3" length="7055891" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/95574355b321c2f30c88fa5fb7171f69/raw/YTJD%201961-09-24%20757%20The%20Double-Barreled%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Sep 24th, 1961. Johnny Dollar flies out to sunny San Diego to look into a bizarre string of burglaries plaguing a wealthy couple's cottage — seven break-ins in two months, and not one single item taken. With the police never even called in,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 24th, 1961. Johnny Dollar flies out to sunny San Diego to look into a bizarre string of burglaries plaguing a wealthy couple's cottage — seven break-ins in two months, and not one single item taken. With the police never even called in, Johnny has to figure out what a burglar could possibly be after when nothing's missing, and why the elegant Trudy Warner and her mysterious husband are so eager to keep it quiet. A classic Mandel Kramer-era mystery of expense accounts, oceanfront glamour, and a puzzle that doesn't add up.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1747</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,burglary mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,old-time radio,radio mystery,san diego,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Vanishing Antiquarian</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vanishing-antiquarian--73223853</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 10th, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads to fog-shrouded San Francisco to track down a quarter-million-dollar mystery: the disappearance of Harvey Lehman, a punctual-to-the-minute commission buyer of exotic antiques who vanished en route to a meeting with a reclusive, washed-up horror film producer in Beverly Hills. With a domineering, free-spending wife as the policy's beneficiary and a cold week-old trail, Johnny has to decide whether Lehman met with foul play or simply walked away from his life. A classic slice of hardboiled charm from the twilight of radio drama, starring Mandel Kramer in his final stretch as radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223853</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223853/ytjd_1961_09_10_755_the_buyer_and_the_cellar_matter.mp3" length="6112029" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/c03178fa2610719d44bf63730656204b/raw/YTJD%201961-09-10%20755%20The%20Buyer%20and%20the%20Cellar%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Sep 10th, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads to fog-shrouded San Francisco to track down a quarter-million-dollar mystery: the disappearance of Harvey Lehman, a punctual-to-the-minute commission buyer of exotic antiques who...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 10th, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads to fog-shrouded San Francisco to track down a quarter-million-dollar mystery: the disappearance of Harvey Lehman, a punctual-to-the-minute commission buyer of exotic antiques who vanished en route to a meeting with a reclusive, washed-up horror film producer in Beverly Hills. With a domineering, free-spending wife as the policy's beneficiary and a cold week-old trail, Johnny has to decide whether Lehman met with foul play or simply walked away from his life. A classic slice of hardboiled charm from the twilight of radio drama, starring Mandel Kramer in his final stretch as radio's favorite expense-account detective.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1511</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1961 radio drama,antiques dealer,detective drama,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,missing person,old-time radio,san francisco noir</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The All-Wet Matter: A Package for Ramseyville</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-all-wet-matter-a-package-for-ramseyville--73223831</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 3rd, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies south to a genteel old South Carolina plantation town after a wealthy widow receives a mysterious package in the mail — one her local agent swears is a bomb. As Johnny digs into the Ramsey family's centuries-old fortune and the wandering husband who married into it, he finds no shortage of people who might want the lady of the house gone. It's a slow-talking, sharp-edged mystery steeped in old Southern money and older Southern secrets.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223831</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223831/ytjd_1961_09_03_754_the_all_wet_matter.mp3" length="5850499" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/1ae59a0fa4745f7581474132fefff032/raw/YTJD%201961-09-03%20754%20The%20All%20Wet%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Sep 3rd, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies south to a genteel old South Carolina plantation town after a wealthy widow receives a mysterious package in the mail — one her local agent swears is a bomb. As Johnny digs into the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 3rd, 1961. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies south to a genteel old South Carolina plantation town after a wealthy widow receives a mysterious package in the mail — one her local agent swears is a bomb. As Johnny digs into the Ramsey family's centuries-old fortune and the wandering husband who married into it, he finds no shortage of people who might want the lady of the house gone. It's a slow-talking, sharp-edged mystery steeped in old Southern money and older Southern secrets.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1446</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,family fortune,insurance investigator,mail bomb threat,mystery,old-time radio,southern gothic</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Million-Dollar Jewel Box</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-million-dollar-jewel-box--73223757</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 20th, 1961. Johnny Dollar takes on a favor for claims man Freddie Fricton, heading to a Newport-style mansion to check up on a million-dollar jewelry policy held by the wealthy Mrs. Ambrose Wingfield. But with the household staff mysteriously given the day off and a nervous visit from a company vice president looming, Johnny senses there's more to this routine inspection than meets the eye. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to another expense-account mystery in this late-era entry from radio's favorite freelance insurance investigator.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223757</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223757/ytjd_1961_08_20_752_too_many_crooks_matter.mp3" length="5789263" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/2b82b27501ee8b3cde32b2bf10d4e963/raw/YTJD%201961-08-20%20752%20Too%20Many%20Crooks%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 20th, 1961. Johnny Dollar takes on a favor for claims man Freddie Fricton, heading to a Newport-style mansion to check up on a million-dollar jewelry policy held by the wealthy Mrs. Ambrose Wingfield. But with the household staff...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 20th, 1961. Johnny Dollar takes on a favor for claims man Freddie Fricton, heading to a Newport-style mansion to check up on a million-dollar jewelry policy held by the wealthy Mrs. Ambrose Wingfield. But with the household staff mysteriously given the day off and a nervous visit from a company vice president looming, Johnny senses there's more to this routine inspection than meets the eye. Mandel Kramer brings his weary, wry charm to another expense-account mystery in this late-era entry from radio's favorite freelance insurance investigator.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1431</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,insurance investigator,jewel theft mystery,mandel kramer,mansion setting,old-time radio,radio mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A House Call for Johnny Dollar</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-house-call-for-johnny-dollar--73223690</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 13th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the Gulf Coast port of Corpus Christi, where an old friend's tip pulls him into a case far more dangerous than the average insurance claim: an ex-con shrimp boat hand back in the narcotics trade, a heroin pipeline running up from Mexico, and a hitman waiting in Johnny's own hotel room with a silenced pistol. When the gunman botches the job and covers his tracks by staging a fake accident, he sends for "a doctor" who's really there to finish what the bullet started. It's classic Kramer-era Johnny Dollar: cab fares and hotel bills tallied alongside a very close call with death.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223690</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223690/ytjd_1961_08_13_751_the_wrong_doctor_matter.mp3" length="5944109" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/e4bfff670a0985fb3aec5403b59e5690/raw/YTJD%201961-08-13%20751%20The%20Wrong%20Doctor%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 13th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the Gulf Coast port of Corpus Christi, where an old friend's tip pulls him into a case far more dangerous than the average insurance claim: an ex-con shrimp boat hand back in the narcotics trade, a heroin...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 13th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to the Gulf Coast port of Corpus Christi, where an old friend's tip pulls him into a case far more dangerous than the average insurance claim: an ex-con shrimp boat hand back in the narcotics trade, a heroin pipeline running up from Mexico, and a hitman waiting in Johnny's own hotel room with a silenced pistol. When the gunman botches the job and covers his tracks by staging a fake accident, he sends for "a doctor" who's really there to finish what the bullet started. It's classic Kramer-era Johnny Dollar: cab fares and hotel bills tallied alongside a very close call with death.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1470</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1961 radio drama,corpus christi,gulf coast,hardboiled detective,insurance investigator,narcotics smuggling,old-time radio,texas noir</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Secret at Melcher Laboratories</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-at-melcher-laboratories--73223639</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 30th, 1961. A cryptic summons pulls Johnny Dollar down to Meridian, Mississippi, where a government research lab's top-secret trouble awaits — but the scientist who called him in vanishes to Washington before he can explain a thing. Left to cool his heels with a charming, close-lipped secretary and a overly friendly cabbie who won't stop trailing him, Johnny has to piece together just what kind of danger he's actually been hired to investigate. Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this slow-burn mystery of classified secrets and Southern hospitality.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73223639</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73223639/ytjd_1961_07_30_749_the_philadelphia_miss_matter_afrts.mp3" length="6047431" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/fcdb3625e843dbbd35156f779bf5c37c/raw/YTJD%201961-07-30%20749%20The%20Philadelphia%20Miss%20Matter%20%5BAFRTS%5D.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 30th, 1961. A cryptic summons pulls Johnny Dollar down to Meridian, Mississippi, where a government research lab's top-secret trouble awaits — but the scientist who called him in vanishes to Washington before he can explain a thing. Left to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 30th, 1961. A cryptic summons pulls Johnny Dollar down to Meridian, Mississippi, where a government research lab's top-secret trouble awaits — but the scientist who called him in vanishes to Washington before he can explain a thing. Left to cool his heels with a charming, close-lipped secretary and a overly friendly cabbie who won't stop trailing him, Johnny has to piece together just what kind of danger he's actually been hired to investigate. Mandel Kramer brings his weary charm to this slow-burn mystery of classified secrets and Southern hospitality.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1495</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s noir,detective drama,government secrets,insurance investigator,mandel kramer,mississippi,old time radio,radio mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Fiddle Faddle Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fiddle-faddle-matter--73201563</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 9th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to sunny Sarasota, Florida, at the request of an old insurance-agency friend, only to land in the middle of a bizarre theft: a priceless violin known as 'the Canary,' stolen from a retired tycoon's climate-controlled collection after his violin repairman was knocked unconscious. With no leads and a fortune in rare strings on the line, Johnny trades cab fares for clues in a case that's anything but a fiddle-faddle matter.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73201563</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73201563/ytjd_1961_07_09_746_the_fiddle_faddle_matter.mp3" length="6393679" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/73eb4642ca5da6b275d88f900997aba6/raw/YTJD%201961-07-09%20746%20The%20Fiddle%20Faddle%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 9th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to sunny Sarasota, Florida, at the request of an old insurance-agency friend, only to land in the middle of a bizarre theft: a priceless violin known as 'the Canary,' stolen from a retired tycoon's...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 9th, 1961. Johnny Dollar heads to sunny Sarasota, Florida, at the request of an old insurance-agency friend, only to land in the middle of a bizarre theft: a priceless violin known as 'the Canary,' stolen from a retired tycoon's climate-controlled collection after his violin repairman was knocked unconscious. With no leads and a fortune in rare strings on the line, Johnny trades cab fares for clues in a case that's anything but a fiddle-faddle matter.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1582</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio noir,art theft,detective drama,florida setting,insurance investigator,mandel kramer,old-time radio,stolen violin</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Well of Trouble Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-well-of-trouble-matter--73201396</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 2nd, 1961. Johnny Dollar barely has time to enjoy a surprise $1,000 windfall before a stack of freshly laundered, starched, and ironed cash sets off alarm bells at State Unity Life. The trail leads him to a reclusive Oklahoma policyholder who mails in his premiums in worn bills every year like clockwork — until this time the money looks suspiciously new. Kramer's Johnny heads out to a lonely farmhouse to find out who's really behind the door.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73201396</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73201396/ytjd_1961_07_02_745_the_well_of_trouble_matter.mp3" length="5961990" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/2b544f61042fe2f877023d1c772b76cf/raw/YTJD%201961-07-02%20745%20The%20Well%20of%20Trouble%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 2nd, 1961. Johnny Dollar barely has time to enjoy a surprise $1,000 windfall before a stack of freshly laundered, starched, and ironed cash sets off alarm bells at State Unity Life. The trail leads him to a reclusive Oklahoma policyholder...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 2nd, 1961. Johnny Dollar barely has time to enjoy a surprise $1,000 windfall before a stack of freshly laundered, starched, and ironed cash sets off alarm bells at State Unity Life. The trail leads him to a reclusive Oklahoma policyholder who mails in his premiums in worn bills every year like clockwork — until this time the money looks suspiciously new. Kramer's Johnny heads out to a lonely farmhouse to find out who's really behind the door.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1474</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,counterfeit money mystery,detective drama,insurance investigator,mandel kramer,old-time radio,radio noir,rural oklahoma</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1966dd71ab0617127f668c1039bbf90d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Imperfect Crime Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-imperfect-crime-matter--73201207</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 25th, 1961. A wealthy heiress hires Johnny Dollar after realizing her celebrated mystery-novelist husband has outlived four previous wives, each dead under quietly suspicious circumstances. As Johnny digs into a marriage built on double-indemnity policies and a locked writing study, he has to determine whether a master of fictional murder has been perfecting the real thing. A classic slow-burn of psychological suspicion from the final Mandel Kramer season of Johnny Dollar.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73201207</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73201207/ytjd_1961_06_25_744_the_imperfect_crime_matter.mp3" length="5864443" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/8d20d79888311142ac53a640128a8d1a/raw/YTJD%201961-06-25%20744%20The%20Imperfect%20Crime%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 25th, 1961. A wealthy heiress hires Johnny Dollar after realizing her celebrated mystery-novelist husband has outlived four previous wives, each dead under quietly suspicious circumstances. As Johnny digs into a marriage built on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 25th, 1961. A wealthy heiress hires Johnny Dollar after realizing her celebrated mystery-novelist husband has outlived four previous wives, each dead under quietly suspicious circumstances. As Johnny digs into a marriage built on double-indemnity policies and a locked writing study, he has to determine whether a master of fictional murder has been perfecting the real thing. A classic slow-burn of psychological suspicion from the final Mandel Kramer season of Johnny Dollar.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1450</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s radio drama,detective drama,insurance investigator,mystery novelist,noir suspense,old-time radio,suspicious deaths,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a6797fceeeb8ef03df7d8b6a11784e20.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Low Tide Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-low-tide-matter--73198984</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 18th, 1961. A stingy insurance company makes Johnny Dollar an offer he can't refuse — a case that requires a fisherman. Two business partners locked in a bitter feud have vanished together on a fishing trip, and one stands to collect half a million dollars if the other doesn't come back alive. Johnny must track them down before the tide turns deadly in this taut mystery from radio's golden age.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73198984</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:12:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73198984/ytjd_1961_06_18_743_the_low_tide_matter.mp3" length="5776020" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/17f64973b42561928ea4b2fea5ad4629/raw/YTJD%201961-06-18%20743%20The%20Low%20Tide%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 18th, 1961. A stingy insurance company makes Johnny Dollar an offer he can't refuse — a case that requires a fisherman. Two business partners locked in a bitter feud have vanished together on a fishing trip, and one stands to collect half a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 18th, 1961. A stingy insurance company makes Johnny Dollar an offer he can't refuse — a case that requires a fisherman. Two business partners locked in a bitter feud have vanished together on a fishing trip, and one stands to collect half a million dollars if the other doesn't come back alive. Johnny must track them down before the tide turns deadly in this taut mystery from radio's golden age.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1427</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d6b1f2495ee7c1240e5056a5d9e21f0.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
