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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 — Edmond O'Brien Era (1950–1952)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-edmond-o-brien-era-1950-1952--7215296</link><description><![CDATA[Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account," a freelance insurance investigator hired week after week to untangle suspicious claims, faked deaths, and elaborate frauds. During his stint in the role from 1950 to 1952, actor Edmond O'Brien brought a harder-edged, tougher persona to the character than his predecessors, giving these episodes a distinctly hard-boiled noir bite. Each case unfolds as Dollar dictates his expense account back to the insurance company that hired him, turning cab fares and hotel bills into a wry running commentary on the danger and temptation of the job. It's a sharp, briskly plotted detective series for anyone who loves the shadowy world of classic radio mystery.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7215296/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/bac19757cf538f57b50b87fe5571e96c.jpg</url><title>Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — Edmond O'Brien Era (1950–1952)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-edmond-o-brien-era-1950-1952--7215296</link></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:25:31 +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/bac19757cf538f57b50b87fe5571e96c.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account," a freelance insurance investigator hired week after week to untangle suspicious claims, faked deaths, and elaborate frauds. During his stint in the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account," a freelance insurance investigator hired week after week to untangle suspicious claims, faked deaths, and elaborate frauds. During his stint in the role from 1950 to 1952, actor Edmond O'Brien brought a harder-edged, tougher persona to the character than his predecessors, giving these episodes a distinctly hard-boiled noir bite. Each case unfolds as Dollar dictates his expense account back to the insurance company that hired him, turning cab fares and hotel bills into a wry running commentary on the danger and temptation of the job. It's a sharp, briskly plotted detective series for anyone who loves the shadowy world of classic radio mystery.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>a41a0a1d-f0e5-5ed0-b289-cbb9ee75c37c</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>The Port-O-Call Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-port-o-call-matter--74737984</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four branches of a San Francisco loan company get robbed in a single, meticulously timed morning — and Johnny Dollar is pulled off a Chicago beneficiary case and flown west to sort out the chaos. Between a rattled robbery detective drowning in witness statements and a missing cabbie who might be more than a coincidence, Dollar starts pulling at threads in a heist that was almost too well-planned. Classic hard-boiled Edmond O'Brien-era Dollar, expense account and all.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74737984</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:01:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74737984/ytjd_1951_01_13_078_the_port_o_call_matter.mp3" length="7490212" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four branches of a San Francisco loan company get robbed in a single, meticulously timed morning — and Johnny Dollar is pulled off a Chicago beneficiary case and flown west to sort out the chaos. Between a rattled robbery...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four branches of a San Francisco loan company get robbed in a single, meticulously timed morning — and Johnny Dollar is pulled off a Chicago beneficiary case and flown west to sort out the chaos. Between a rattled robbery detective drowning in witness statements and a missing cabbie who might be more than a coincidence, Dollar starts pulling at threads in a heist that was almost too well-planned. Classic hard-boiled Edmond O'Brien-era Dollar, expense account and all.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1840</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s crime drama,bank heist,insurance investigator,missing persons,noir detective,old time radio,radio mystery,san francisco</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Port-O-Call Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-port-o-call-matter--74737097</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four loan company branches across San Francisco get hit by the same gang in a single, breathless morning — a coordinated heist that leaves the police scrambling and a case too big for coincidence. Great Eastern pulls Johnny Dollar off a beneficiary trail in Chicago and rushes him west to untangle the $47,000 job, where a missing cab driver may be the first loose thread. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature grit to a fast-moving robbery mystery steeped in fog, cabs, and cons.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74737097</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:01:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74737097/ytjd_1951_01_13_078_the_port_o_call_matter.mp3" length="7490212" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7/476515f2-1970-4275-b346-a9a8502376d7.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four loan company branches across San Francisco get hit by the same gang in a single, breathless morning — a coordinated heist that leaves the police scrambling and a case too big for coincidence. Great Eastern pulls Johnny...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jan 13th, 1951. Four loan company branches across San Francisco get hit by the same gang in a single, breathless morning — a coordinated heist that leaves the police scrambling and a case too big for coincidence. Great Eastern pulls Johnny Dollar off a beneficiary trail in Chicago and rushes him west to untangle the $47,000 job, where a missing cab driver may be the first loose thread. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature grit to a fast-moving robbery mystery steeped in fog, cabs, and cons.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1840</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s crime drama,bank heist,insurance investigator,missing person,noir detective,old time radio,radio mystery,san francisco</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Leland Blackburn Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-leland-blackburn-matter--74719495</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When fellow investigator Gene Rimer is gunned down in Charleston while probing the bludgeoning death of wealthy broker Leland Blackburn, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally. As he digs into a tangled web of an old flame, a jealous husband, and a family of Southern aristocrats guarding their secrets, Johnny has to decide how far friendship goes when murder's on the books. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this twisty double-murder investigation.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74719495</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:01:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74719495/ytjd_1950_12_16_074_the_leland_blackburn_matter.mp3" length="6894350" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When fellow investigator Gene Rimer is gunned down in Charleston while probing the bludgeoning death of wealthy broker Leland Blackburn, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally. As he digs into a tangled web of an old flame, a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When fellow investigator Gene Rimer is gunned down in Charleston while probing the bludgeoning death of wealthy broker Leland Blackburn, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally. As he digs into a tangled web of an old flame, a jealous husband, and a family of Southern aristocrats guarding their secrets, Johnny has to decide how far friendship goes when murder's on the books. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this twisty double-murder investigation.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1691</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,detective fiction,film noir,hard-boiled,insurance investigator,murder 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/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Two Murders in Charleston</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-murders-in-charleston--74719355</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When a fellow insurance investigator turns up shot dead in Charleston, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally — the victim was an old friend, and his grieving widow is an old flame with secrets of her own. As Johnny digs into the dead man's last case, a brutal bludgeoning of a wealthy policyholder, he finds the two killings may be tangled together in ways that hit closer to home than he'd like. Sharp, moody, and laced with old regrets, this is hard-boiled radio noir at its best.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74719355</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:01:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74719355/ytjd_1950_12_16_074_the_leland_blackburn_matter.mp3" length="6894350" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b/6a1b9a93-c5a8-4a00-a692-ec988c153c8b.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When a fellow insurance investigator turns up shot dead in Charleston, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally — the victim was an old friend, and his grieving widow is an old flame with secrets of her own. As Johnny digs into...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Dec 16th, 1950. When a fellow insurance investigator turns up shot dead in Charleston, Johnny Dollar takes the case personally — the victim was an old friend, and his grieving widow is an old flame with secrets of her own. As Johnny digs into the dead man's last case, a brutal bludgeoning of a wealthy policyholder, he finds the two killings may be tangled together in ways that hit closer to home than he'd like. Sharp, moody, and laced with old regrets, this is hard-boiled radio noir at its best.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1691</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,charleston setting,hard-boiled fiction,insurance investigator,murder mystery,noir detective,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/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Woodward, Manila, Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodward-manila-matter--74698253</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets across the Pacific to Manila, where a hardware store's safe has been cracked for $75,000 and a trusted clerk has vanished into the crowded streets. Between gimlets in his hotel room and a tense interrogation at police headquarters, Dollar untangles a case where the obvious suspect may just be a convenient one. A moody, exotic detour for the action-packed expense account, steeped in postwar Manila atmosphere.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74698253</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:01:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74698253/ytjd_1950_11_25_073_the_woodward_manila_matter.mp3" length="7496752" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets across the Pacific to Manila, where a hardware store's safe has been cracked for $75,000 and a trusted clerk has vanished into the crowded streets. Between gimlets in his hotel room and a tense interrogation...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets across the Pacific to Manila, where a hardware store's safe has been cracked for $75,000 and a trusted clerk has vanished into the crowded streets. Between gimlets in his hotel room and a tense interrogation at police headquarters, Dollar untangles a case where the obvious suspect may just be a convenient one. A moody, exotic detour for the action-packed expense account, steeped in postwar Manila atmosphere.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1842</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,burglary mystery,detective noir,insurance investigator,manila philippines,missing person,old time radio,postwar setting</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Woodward, Manila Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woodward-manila-matter--74698226</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to Manila to investigate a $75,000 burglary at a hardware store's local office, where the prime suspect—a trusted clerk—has vanished without a trace. Between gimlets in his hotel room overlooking the harbor and a tense jailhouse interview with a petty thief the police insist is their man, Dollar starts to wonder if the local police have the right suspect at all. It's a hard-boiled expense-account mystery steeped in postwar Pacific atmosphere.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74698226</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:01:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74698226/ytjd_1950_11_25_073_the_woodward_manila_matter.mp3" length="7496752" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22/f712b43a-f957-40cf-858d-b6f1725b4d22.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to Manila to investigate a $75,000 burglary at a hardware store's local office, where the prime suspect—a trusted clerk—has vanished without a trace. Between gimlets in his hotel room...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 25th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to Manila to investigate a $75,000 burglary at a hardware store's local office, where the prime suspect—a trusted clerk—has vanished without a trace. Between gimlets in his hotel room overlooking the harbor and a tense jailhouse interview with a petty thief the police insist is their man, Dollar starts to wonder if the local police have the right suspect at all. It's a hard-boiled expense-account mystery steeped in postwar Pacific atmosphere.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1841</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,burglary case,expense account,insurance investigator,manila philippines,noir mystery,old time radio,postwar pacific</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Nora Falkner Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nora-falkner-matter--74697840</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a young Los Angeles wife applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy naming her husband as beneficiary, the company sends Johnny Dollar to find out why. Dollar's inquiries pull him into a tense household ruled by a controlling mother-in-law, a moody husband, and a wife who's vanished without explanation — and every answer just raises more questions about what Nora Falkner is really planning. Edmond O'Brien's tougher, harder-edged Dollar navigates a domestic web thick with suspicion, old grudges, and secrets nobody wants to share.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74697840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74697840/ytjd_1950_11_18_072_the_nora_falkner_matter.mp3" length="7335462" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a young Los Angeles wife applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy naming her husband as beneficiary, the company sends Johnny Dollar to find out why. Dollar's inquiries pull him into a tense household...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a young Los Angeles wife applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy naming her husband as beneficiary, the company sends Johnny Dollar to find out why. Dollar's inquiries pull him into a tense household ruled by a controlling mother-in-law, a moody husband, and a wife who's vanished without explanation — and every answer just raises more questions about what Nora Falkner is really planning. Edmond O'Brien's tougher, harder-edged Dollar navigates a domestic web thick with suspicion, old grudges, and secrets nobody wants to share.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,domestic suspense,edmond o'brien,family secrets,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,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/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Nora Falkner Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nora-falkner-matter--74681979</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a Los Angeles woman applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy on herself, naming her husband as sole beneficiary, Johnny Dollar heads west to find out why. What he uncovers is a tangled domestic knot: a controlling mother-in-law, a husband who doesn't know his own wife, and a mysterious trip to Las Vegas nobody wants to explain. It's less a case of fraud than a family unraveling in real time — and Dollar is caught right in the middle of it.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74681979</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:01:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74681979/ytjd_1950_11_18_072_the_nora_falkner_matter.mp3" length="7335462" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179/490b066c-2202-4aee-8d2b-cc8cfabd6179.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a Los Angeles woman applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy on herself, naming her husband as sole beneficiary, Johnny Dollar heads west to find out why. What he uncovers is a tangled domestic knot:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 18th, 1950. When a Los Angeles woman applies for a suspiciously large $200,000 life insurance policy on herself, naming her husband as sole beneficiary, Johnny Dollar heads west to find out why. What he uncovers is a tangled domestic knot: a controlling mother-in-law, a husband who doesn't know his own wife, and a mysterious trip to Las Vegas nobody wants to explain. It's less a case of fraud than a family unraveling in real time — and Dollar is caught right in the middle of it.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s los angeles,domestic suspense,family intrigue,insurance fraud,mystery,noir detective,old-time radio,radio drama</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Adam Kegg Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adam-kegg-matter--74639426</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A New York jewel heist worth $125,000 takes a bizarre turn when the thief communicates through a cryptic ransom message spelled out in altered classified ads. Johnny Dollar heads to the apartment of the wealthy, thoroughly unpleasant Adam Kegg and his young wife Sylvia to untangle a case where the victim seems oddly indifferent to his own missing fortune. The trail leads Dollar toward a late-night rendezvous in Montclair, New Jersey, and a maid who may hold the real key to the crime.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74639426</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:01:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74639426/ytjd_1950_11_11_071_the_adam_kegg_matter.mp3" length="7011552" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A New York jewel heist worth $125,000 takes a bizarre turn when the thief communicates through a cryptic ransom message spelled out in altered classified ads. Johnny Dollar heads to the apartment of the wealthy, thoroughly...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A New York jewel heist worth $125,000 takes a bizarre turn when the thief communicates through a cryptic ransom message spelled out in altered classified ads. Johnny Dollar heads to the apartment of the wealthy, thoroughly unpleasant Adam Kegg and his young wife Sylvia to untangle a case where the victim seems oddly indifferent to his own missing fortune. The trail leads Dollar toward a late-night rendezvous in Montclair, New Jersey, and a maid who may hold the real key to the crime.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1720</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s mystery,classic radio drama,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,jewel heist,noir detective,old-time radio,ransom code</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Adam Kegg Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adam-kegg-matter--74638856</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A Fifth Avenue jewel heist takes a bizarre turn when the victim's family receives a ransom demand spelled out in cut-up magazine advertisements. Johnny Dollar heads to a bickering, wealthy household to sort out a hostile husband, a resigned maid, and a bellboy who may know more than he's saying — all before a mysterious phone booth rendezvous in Montclair. It's classic Dollar: cab fares, cold cash, and a client who'd rather not cooperate.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74638856</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:01:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74638856/ytjd_1950_11_11_071_the_adam_kegg_matter.mp3" length="7011552" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0/d9efc1ba-7b3f-48d1-9fce-9efdaa55bdc0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A Fifth Avenue jewel heist takes a bizarre turn when the victim's family receives a ransom demand spelled out in cut-up magazine advertisements. Johnny Dollar heads to a bickering, wealthy household to sort out a hostile...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 11th, 1950. A Fifth Avenue jewel heist takes a bizarre turn when the victim's family receives a ransom demand spelled out in cut-up magazine advertisements. Johnny Dollar heads to a bickering, wealthy household to sort out a hostile husband, a resigned maid, and a bellboy who may know more than he's saying — all before a mysterious phone booth rendezvous in Montclair. It's classic Dollar: cab fares, cold cash, and a client who'd rather not cooperate.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1720</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s mystery,insurance investigator,jewel heist,johnny dollar,noir detective,old time radio,radio drama,ransom note</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Case of the Priceless Pistols</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-of-the-priceless-pistols--74576686</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 4th, 1950. Johnny Dollar is called in when a pair of antique Queen Anne flintlocks, insured for a small fortune, become the target of a string of violent robbery attempts on their journey from London to Boston. As the battered courier hands off the precious cargo, Dollar must trace the guns from a cluttered antique shop to a mysterious buyer's doorstep before the thieves strike again. It's a brisk, hard-boiled hunt through 1950s New England, with Edmond O'Brien's Dollar turning every cab fare and plane ticket into sharp-tongued commentary on the case.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74576686</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:01:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74576686/ytjd_1950_11_04_070_the_queen_anne_pistols_matter.mp3" length="7343442" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37/ff745c94-9bf4-49a3-8563-1d8a0ee13f37.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Nov 4th, 1950. Johnny Dollar is called in when a pair of antique Queen Anne flintlocks, insured for a small fortune, become the target of a string of violent robbery attempts on their journey from London to Boston. As the battered courier hands...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Nov 4th, 1950. Johnny Dollar is called in when a pair of antique Queen Anne flintlocks, insured for a small fortune, become the target of a string of violent robbery attempts on their journey from London to Boston. As the battered courier hands off the precious cargo, Dollar must trace the guns from a cluttered antique shop to a mysterious buyer's doorstep before the thieves strike again. It's a brisk, hard-boiled hunt through 1950s New England, with Edmond O'Brien's Dollar turning every cab fare and plane ticket into sharp-tongued commentary on the case.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s boston,antiques,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,mystery,noir detective,old time radio,radio drama</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Joan Sebastian Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-joan-sebastian-matter--74515765</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 28th, 1950. A beautiful young woman is pulled from a shallow stream outside Boston, and the police can't decide between suicide and murder. Johnny Dollar digs into her double life, a mysterious heart-shaped key, and a string of anonymous lovers her roommate is too rattled to name. It's classic Edmond O'Brien-era Dollar: hard-boiled, methodical, and quietly suspicious of easy answers.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74515765</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:01:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74515765/ytjd_1950_10_28_069_the_joan_sebastian_matter.mp3" length="7196074" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a/a1a87d43-3e89-4357-9f06-84c43e4cd19a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 28th, 1950. A beautiful young woman is pulled from a shallow stream outside Boston, and the police can't decide between suicide and murder. Johnny Dollar digs into her double life, a mysterious heart-shaped key, and a string of anonymous...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 28th, 1950. A beautiful young woman is pulled from a shallow stream outside Boston, and the police can't decide between suicide and murder. Johnny Dollar digs into her double life, a mysterious heart-shaped key, and a string of anonymous lovers her roommate is too rattled to name. It's classic Edmond O'Brien-era Dollar: hard-boiled, methodical, and quietly suspicious of easy answers.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1766</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s mystery,boston setting,classic radio drama,detective drama,film noir,insurance investigator,murder or suicide,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/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Jack Madigan Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jack-madigan-matter--74451057</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 21st, 1950. A shady New York bail bondsman hires Johnny Dollar to track down two federal witnesses who vanished rather than testify against mob boss Jack Madigan. With $50,000 on the line and a $2,500 retainer already burning a hole in his pocket, Dollar has to figure out whether he's hunting missing men or corpses, all while dodging warnings that Madigan doesn't leave loose ends. Edmond O'Brien brings a hard-boiled edge to this tense noir case of skipped bonds and mob intimidation.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74451057</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:01:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74451057/ytjd_1950_10_21_068_the_jack_madigan_matter.mp3" length="7344294" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad/e385039e-c950-4ee9-b959-526470b53fad.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 21st, 1950. A shady New York bail bondsman hires Johnny Dollar to track down two federal witnesses who vanished rather than testify against mob boss Jack Madigan. With $50,000 on the line and a $2,500 retainer already burning a hole in his...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 21st, 1950. A shady New York bail bondsman hires Johnny Dollar to track down two federal witnesses who vanished rather than testify against mob boss Jack Madigan. With $50,000 on the line and a $2,500 retainer already burning a hole in his pocket, Dollar has to figure out whether he's hunting missing men or corpses, all while dodging warnings that Madigan doesn't leave loose ends. Edmond O'Brien brings a hard-boiled edge to this tense noir case of skipped bonds and mob intimidation.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s crime drama,bail bond fraud,hard-boiled mystery,insurance investigator,missing witnesses,mob intimidation,noir detective,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/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Yankee Pride Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yankee-pride-matter--74451056</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets off to Singapore to investigate a $300,000 marine insurance claim on a cargo ship crippled by mysterious mechanical breakdowns and a looming deadline. When he learns the local adjuster who first probed the case turned up dead, Dollar starts to suspect the ship's troubles are sabotage, not bad luck, and follows the trail from a feverish chief engineer to a grieving brother on Bencoolen Street. A steamy, shadow-drenched noir case with international stakes and murder in the mix.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74451056</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:01:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74451056/ytjd_1950_10_14_067_the_yankee_pride_matter.mp3" length="7333350" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a/8334d70c-0ae6-477c-b743-a0d79cb7f76a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets off to Singapore to investigate a $300,000 marine insurance claim on a cargo ship crippled by mysterious mechanical breakdowns and a looming deadline. When he learns the local adjuster who first probed the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets off to Singapore to investigate a $300,000 marine insurance claim on a cargo ship crippled by mysterious mechanical breakdowns and a looming deadline. When he learns the local adjuster who first probed the case turned up dead, Dollar starts to suspect the ship's troubles are sabotage, not bad luck, and follows the trail from a feverish chief engineer to a grieving brother on Bencoolen Street. A steamy, shadow-drenched noir case with international stakes and murder in the mix.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,insurance investigator,marine insurance fraud,murder mystery,noir detective,old time radio,sabotage mystery,singapore</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Richard Splain Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-richard-splain-matter--74382271</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 7th, 1950. A New York tenement bears every sign of a brutal murder—smashed furniture, blood on the floor—except for a body. When insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to look into a policy found at the scene, he untangles a trail leading from an estranged wife to a merchant sailor with a little black book full of secrets. As Dollar digs through the wreckage of Richard Splain's double life, he finds plenty of people who knew him, but no one willing to admit how well.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74382271</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:01:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74382271/ytjd_1950_10_07_066_the_richard_splain_matter.mp3" length="7547146" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2/dccfc0a3-7ffe-473f-a76e-1e87b056bda2.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Oct 7th, 1950. A New York tenement bears every sign of a brutal murder—smashed furniture, blood on the floor—except for a body. When insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to look into a policy found at the scene, he untangles a trail...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Oct 7th, 1950. A New York tenement bears every sign of a brutal murder—smashed furniture, blood on the floor—except for a body. When insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to look into a policy found at the scene, he untangles a trail leading from an estranged wife to a merchant sailor with a little black book full of secrets. As Dollar digs through the wreckage of Richard Splain's double life, he finds plenty of people who knew him, but no one willing to admit how well.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1854</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s new york,hard-boiled detective,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,missing person,noir mystery,old-time radio,radio drama</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Blood River Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-blood-river-matter--74297931</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 3rd, 1950. A rancher named Max Coburn is gunned down in a remote outpost called Blood River, and Johnny Dollar heads west to investigate the fifty-thousand-dollar policy behind the killing. Between a tense hospital deathwatch, a grieving son and daughter, and a lawman who may have made a fatal call, Dollar finds the case is far from the routine claim check he expected. It's classic hard-boiled Old West noir, with Edmond O'Brien's Dollar chasing the truth through dust, blood, and a cold-eyed posse.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74297931</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:01:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74297931/ytjd_1950_08_03_060_the_blood_river_matter.mp3" length="7342180" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614/2fcd1f99-bcad-4e39-a8b0-914f4ca45614.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 3rd, 1950. A rancher named Max Coburn is gunned down in a remote outpost called Blood River, and Johnny Dollar heads west to investigate the fifty-thousand-dollar policy behind the killing. Between a tense hospital deathwatch, a grieving...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 3rd, 1950. A rancher named Max Coburn is gunned down in a remote outpost called Blood River, and Johnny Dollar heads west to investigate the fifty-thousand-dollar policy behind the killing. Between a tense hospital deathwatch, a grieving son and daughter, and a lawman who may have made a fatal call, Dollar finds the case is far from the routine claim check he expected. It's classic hard-boiled Old West noir, with Edmond O'Brien's Dollar chasing the truth through dust, blood, and a cold-eyed posse.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,deathbed mystery,detective noir,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,old time radio,small town crime,western mystery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Grudge That Wouldn't Die</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grudge-that-wouldn-t-die--74241158</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 20th, 1950. An insurance investigator's five-year-old testimony comes back to haunt him when the ex-con he helped convict walks free and shows up at his apartment door. What starts as a routine surveillance job for Johnny Dollar turns into a tense standoff involving a forged telegram, an old flame lured into danger, and a former lab technician with an unsettling bedside manner. It's vintage hard-boiled radio drama, full of sharp banter and slow-building menace.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74241158</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74241158/ytjd_1950_07_20_058_the_henry_j_unger_matter.mp3" length="7335335" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c/3c815b91-9d30-4e43-aa41-9f9a640a4a3c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 20th, 1950. An insurance investigator's five-year-old testimony comes back to haunt him when the ex-con he helped convict walks free and shows up at his apartment door. What starts as a routine surveillance job for Johnny Dollar turns into...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 20th, 1950. An insurance investigator's five-year-old testimony comes back to haunt him when the ex-con he helped convict walks free and shows up at his apartment door. What starts as a routine surveillance job for Johnny Dollar turns into a tense standoff involving a forged telegram, an old flame lured into danger, and a former lab technician with an unsettling bedside manner. It's vintage hard-boiled radio drama, full of sharp banter and slow-building menace.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,edmond o'brien era,ex-con revenge,film noir,hard-boiled detective,insurance investigator,old-time radio,suspense thriller</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Calgary Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-calgary-matter--74176456</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 13th, 1950. A cryptic phone call about a $300,000 payroll heist thought to be tied to the Brink's robbers pulls Johnny Dollar into a web of nervous middlemen, coded rendezvous, and a gang reportedly turning on itself over stolen loot. As Dollar chases the trail from a Hartford apartment to a seedy Bridgeport hotel, he finds himself lured deeper into a mystery where no one wants to show their face — and every meeting place changes at the last minute.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74176456</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74176456/ytjd_1950_07_13_057_the_calgary_matter.mp3" length="7207067" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279/e7e68b19-da73-481e-9473-0ecc3fa26279.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 13th, 1950. A cryptic phone call about a $300,000 payroll heist thought to be tied to the Brink's robbers pulls Johnny Dollar into a web of nervous middlemen, coded rendezvous, and a gang reportedly turning on itself over stolen loot. As...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 13th, 1950. A cryptic phone call about a $300,000 payroll heist thought to be tied to the Brink's robbers pulls Johnny Dollar into a web of nervous middlemen, coded rendezvous, and a gang reportedly turning on itself over stolen loot. As Dollar chases the trail from a Hartford apartment to a seedy Bridgeport hotel, he finds himself lured deeper into a mystery where no one wants to show their face — and every meeting place changes at the last minute.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1769</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,hardboiled crime,heist mystery,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,noir detective,old-time radio,payroll robbery</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Belo Horizonte Railroad</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-belo-horizonte-railroad--74100900</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 6th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets to Brazil to untangle a string of deadly train wrecks plaguing a small manganese-hauling railroad. With the ailing company president crying sabotage against a rival ore baron and a foreman blaming bad luck, Johnny has to sort fact from fear before the next locomotive goes off the rails. A globe-trotting hard-boiled mystery steeped in corporate rivalry, ulcers, and dead men.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74100900</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:03:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74100900/ytjd_1950_07_06_056_the_belo_horizonte_railroad.mp3" length="7333997" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd/4a101b58-85d8-47c0-85a4-ed367c3f50fd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jul 6th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets to Brazil to untangle a string of deadly train wrecks plaguing a small manganese-hauling railroad. With the ailing company president crying sabotage against a rival ore baron and a foreman blaming bad luck,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jul 6th, 1950. Johnny Dollar jets to Brazil to untangle a string of deadly train wrecks plaguing a small manganese-hauling railroad. With the ailing company president crying sabotage against a rival ore baron and a foreman blaming bad luck, Johnny has to sort fact from fear before the next locomotive goes off the rails. A globe-trotting hard-boiled mystery steeped in corporate rivalry, ulcers, and dead men.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,brazil setting,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,noir detective,old-time radio,railroad sabotage</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Barbara James Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-barbara-james-matter--74026753</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 29th, 1950. An aging Denver millionaire's young trophy wife vanishes without a trace, and after six weeks of dead ends, the police assume the worst. Johnny Dollar digs into her secret nightlife at a downtown cabaret to find out whether she ran off, or never got the chance to.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74026753</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:02:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74026753/ytjd_1950_06_29_055_the_barbara_james_matter.mp3" length="7331111" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18/c30e850e-8600-4b17-88f4-3e92f470fb18.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 29th, 1950. An aging Denver millionaire's young trophy wife vanishes without a trace, and after six weeks of dead ends, the police assume the worst. Johnny Dollar digs into her secret nightlife at a downtown cabaret to find out whether she...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 29th, 1950. An aging Denver millionaire's young trophy wife vanishes without a trace, and after six weeks of dead ends, the police assume the worst. Johnny Dollar digs into her secret nightlife at a downtown cabaret to find out whether she ran off, or never got the chance to.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1800</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,detective mystery,film noir,insurance investigator,missing persons,nightclub intrigue,old time radio,wealthy socialite</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The London Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-london-matter--73953096</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 22nd, 1950. A Treasury Department tip leads Johnny Dollar aboard a transatlantic liner, tailing a movie director's household staff and half a million dollars in smuggled narcotics bound for London. Between shipboard flirtations and a web of servants, secretaries, and Scotland Yard operatives, Dollar has to figure out who packed more than luggage into those trunks.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73953096</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73953096/ytjd_1950_06_22_054_the_london_matter.mp3" length="7335705" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40/0be072ef-9f3c-4748-a28f-53df09da1b40.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 22nd, 1950. A Treasury Department tip leads Johnny Dollar aboard a transatlantic liner, tailing a movie director's household staff and half a million dollars in smuggled narcotics bound for London. Between shipboard flirtations and a web of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 22nd, 1950. A Treasury Department tip leads Johnny Dollar aboard a transatlantic liner, tailing a movie director's household staff and half a million dollars in smuggled narcotics bound for London. Between shipboard flirtations and a web of servants, secretaries, and Scotland Yard operatives, Dollar has to figure out who packed more than luggage into those trunks.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,insurance investigator,narcotics smuggling,noir detective,ocean liner mystery,old-time radio,scotland yard,transatlantic voyage</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Arrowcraft Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-arrowcraft-matter--73875552</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 15th, 1950. A fleet of pleasure cruisers is sinking off the California coast, one after another, with no survivors — and a million-dollar liability suit hanging over Johnny Dollar's client. Dollar boards a derelict wreck in dense fog to find a chilling clue that turns a string of marine disasters into a case of cold-blooded murder. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this tense, waterlogged noir mystery.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73875552</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73875552/ytjd_1950_06_15_053_the_arrowcraft_matter.mp3" length="7314785" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8/19c89efa-f17e-4d47-8ca5-e70ec0fc12c8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 15th, 1950. A fleet of pleasure cruisers is sinking off the California coast, one after another, with no survivors — and a million-dollar liability suit hanging over Johnny Dollar's client. Dollar boards a derelict wreck in dense fog to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 15th, 1950. A fleet of pleasure cruisers is sinking off the California coast, one after another, with no survivors — and a million-dollar liability suit hanging over Johnny Dollar's client. Dollar boards a derelict wreck in dense fog to find a chilling clue that turns a string of marine disasters into a case of cold-blooded murder. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this tense, waterlogged noir mystery.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1796</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective,boat sinking,edmond o'brien,fog and sea,insurance investigator,maritime mystery,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Howard Caldwell Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-howard-caldwell-matter--73831943</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 30th, 1950. A devoted mother's letters and a $200,000 policy send Johnny Dollar to San Francisco chasing a runaway heir whose parting note reads like a suicide letter. Behind a locked apartment door and a drawer full of matchbooks marking secret nights out, Dollar starts to suspect Howard Caldwell's disappearance is far stranger than a simple case of a boy running from his mother.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831943</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831943/ytjd_1950_09_30_065_the_howard_caldwell_matter.mp3" length="7048524" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1/f925fb05-0d21-4056-88ca-cab00325eab1.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Sep 30th, 1950. A devoted mother's letters and a $200,000 policy send Johnny Dollar to San Francisco chasing a runaway heir whose parting note reads like a suicide letter. Behind a locked apartment door and a drawer full of matchbooks marking...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Sep 30th, 1950. A devoted mother's letters and a $200,000 policy send Johnny Dollar to San Francisco chasing a runaway heir whose parting note reads like a suicide letter. Behind a locked apartment door and a drawer full of matchbooks marking secret nights out, Dollar starts to suspect Howard Caldwell's disappearance is far stranger than a simple case of a boy running from his mother.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1729</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,detective fiction,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,missing person case,noir mystery,old time radio,san francisco setting</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Bodyguard Assignment</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bodyguard-assignment--73831942</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 31st, 1950. Johnny Dollar takes on a rare job for East Coast Underwriters: playing bodyguard to a young Virginia Beach woman whose ex-convict fiancé is being released from prison and has sworn to kill her. But between a suspiciously well-dressed new maid and a client who may not be quite as innocent as she claims, Dollar senses the case is more tangled than a simple protection detail. Sun, sand, and a five-year grudge collide in this hard-boiled entry from the Edmond O'Brien era.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831942</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:01:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831942/ytjd_1950_08_31_064_the_virginia_beach_matter.mp3" length="7241516" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8/a23dbd85-22be-4696-a9ba-84d58febaed8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 31st, 1950. Johnny Dollar takes on a rare job for East Coast Underwriters: playing bodyguard to a young Virginia Beach woman whose ex-convict fiancé is being released from prison and has sworn to kill her. But between a suspiciously...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 31st, 1950. Johnny Dollar takes on a rare job for East Coast Underwriters: playing bodyguard to a young Virginia Beach woman whose ex-convict fiancé is being released from prison and has sworn to kill her. But between a suspiciously well-dressed new maid and a client who may not be quite as innocent as she claims, Dollar senses the case is more tangled than a simple protection detail. Sun, sand, and a five-year grudge collide in this hard-boiled entry from the Edmond O'Brien era.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1778</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,bodyguard plot,ex-convict revenge,hard-boiled mystery,insurance investigator,noir detective,old time radio,virginia beach</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/48ba50830b72df50762003ec04bdad5b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Kowloon Fire Claim</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kowloon-fire-claim--73831941</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 24th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to war-shadowed Hong Kong, chasing a $250,000 fire claim from the Trans-Pacific Import-Export Company's South China branch. Refugee-choked streets, a chilly American consul, and a company with a suspiciously familiar habit of collecting insurance right before disaster strikes all point to fraud — and the last investigator who tried to prove it wound up dead. As Dollar settles into a room above the steep stairway streets of Sheung Wan, he quickly learns someone in the shadows is already watching him.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831941</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:01:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831941/ytjd_1950_08_24_063_the_trans_pacific_import_export_company_south_china_branch_matter.mp3" length="7232480" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03/995c6412-71a8-473b-9dc1-0b5c0be20c03.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 24th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to war-shadowed Hong Kong, chasing a $250,000 fire claim from the Trans-Pacific Import-Export Company's South China branch. Refugee-choked streets, a chilly American consul, and a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 24th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies halfway around the world to war-shadowed Hong Kong, chasing a $250,000 fire claim from the Trans-Pacific Import-Export Company's South China branch. Refugee-choked streets, a chilly American consul, and a company with a suspiciously familiar habit of collecting insurance right before disaster strikes all point to fraud — and the last investigator who tried to prove it wound up dead. As Dollar settles into a room above the steep stairway streets of Sheung Wan, he quickly learns someone in the shadows is already watching him.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1775</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s,cold war era,hong kong,insurance fraud,mystery,noir detective,old-time radio,radio drama</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Mickey McQueen Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mickey-mcqueen-matter--73831940</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 17th, 1950. A veteran Hartford beat cop calls his old friend Johnny Dollar in the dead of night, hinting at a murder plot he can't quite bring himself to name. By the next afternoon, Mickey McQueen is dead in his own apartment, and the grieving young wife left behind has secrets of her own. Johnny sets aside the paperwork this time to dig into the death of a friend, following whispers of corruption and betrayal on the Hartford force.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831940</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831940/ytjd_1950_08_17_062_the_mickey_mcqueen_matter.mp3" length="7343722" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b/12c03551-769e-412f-ab1d-c1200cd29c2b.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 17th, 1950. A veteran Hartford beat cop calls his old friend Johnny Dollar in the dead of night, hinting at a murder plot he can't quite bring himself to name. By the next afternoon, Mickey McQueen is dead in his own apartment, and the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 17th, 1950. A veteran Hartford beat cop calls his old friend Johnny Dollar in the dead of night, hinting at a murder plot he can't quite bring himself to name. By the next afternoon, Mickey McQueen is dead in his own apartment, and the grieving young wife left behind has secrets of her own. Johnny sets aside the paperwork this time to dig into the death of a friend, following whispers of corruption and betrayal on the Hartford force.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,hartford connecticut,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,murder mystery,noir detective,old-time radio,police corruption</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hartford Alliance Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hartford-alliance-matter--73831939</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 10th, 1950. A four-alarm blaze guts a building on Hartford Alliance's third floor, and the police catch a strange young arsonist fleeing the scene — one who confesses to everything but refuses to give his name. As Johnny Dollar digs into the fire's cause and the shaky finances of the building's owner, he starts to suspect the real story behind the flames is far more calculated than a simple confession suggests. It's a tightly wound noir puzzle built on unanswered questions and a $300,000 policy.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73831939</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:01:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73831939/ytjd_1950_08_10_061_the_hartford_alliance_matter.mp3" length="7734544" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc/4950d41d-2d58-4242-af7f-ec17f98b1bdc.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Aug 10th, 1950. A four-alarm blaze guts a building on Hartford Alliance's third floor, and the police catch a strange young arsonist fleeing the scene — one who confesses to everything but refuses to give his name. As Johnny Dollar digs into...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Aug 10th, 1950. A four-alarm blaze guts a building on Hartford Alliance's third floor, and the police catch a strange young arsonist fleeing the scene — one who confesses to everything but refuses to give his name. As Johnny Dollar digs into the fire's cause and the shaky finances of the building's owner, he starts to suspect the real story behind the flames is far more calculated than a simple confession suggests. It's a tightly wound noir puzzle built on unanswered questions and a $300,000 policy.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1901</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective drama,arson case,classic crime fiction,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,noir mystery,old time radio,radio drama</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/637c91d0000da599906db920ccd97a52.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Caligio Diamond Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-caligio-diamond-matter--73601740</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 8th, 1950. A $200,000 diamond with a body count of its own vanishes the same night its latest owner turns up murdered in his study. Johnny Dollar starts pulling at threads through a grieving daughter, her fiancé, and a fast-talking family lawyer who can't get off the phone long enough to answer a straight question — and finds no shortage of people who knew where the gem, and its safe combination, could be found. Classic O'Brien-era hard-boiled insurance sleuthing, one expense-account entry at a time.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73601740</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:01:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73601740/ytjd_1950_06_08_052_the_caligio_diamond_matter.mp3" length="7336011" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219/8f59e72d-4f4f-49ad-96ce-d7db67439219.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Jun 8th, 1950. A $200,000 diamond with a body count of its own vanishes the same night its latest owner turns up murdered in his study. Johnny Dollar starts pulling at threads through a grieving daughter, her fiancé, and a fast-talking family...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Jun 8th, 1950. A $200,000 diamond with a body count of its own vanishes the same night its latest owner turns up murdered in his study. Johnny Dollar starts pulling at threads through a grieving daughter, her fiancé, and a fast-talking family lawyer who can't get off the phone long enough to answer a straight question — and finds no shortage of people who knew where the gem, and its safe combination, could be found. Classic O'Brien-era hard-boiled insurance sleuthing, one expense-account entry at a time.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,jewel heist,johnny dollar,murder mystery,noir detective,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Port-au-Prince Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-port-au-prince-matter--73540303</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 30th, 1950. A dying playboy heir, a suspicious $150,000 life insurance policy, and rumors of a voodoo curse send Johnny Dollar sailing into the sweltering harbor of Port-au-Prince. Between waterfront bar gossip, a shifty old boat hand who claims to know everything about the island, and a beautiful woman guarding the yacht where Ralph Gordon lies wasting away, Dollar must separate genuine dread from a very human scheme. It's classic hard-boiled Johnny Dollar with a tropical, superstition-soaked twist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73540303</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73540303/ytjd_1950_05_30_051_the_port_au_prince_matter.mp3" length="7264297" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264/cb8a392e-ae38-47d4-8437-3c84870f0264.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 30th, 1950. A dying playboy heir, a suspicious $150,000 life insurance policy, and rumors of a voodoo curse send Johnny Dollar sailing into the sweltering harbor of Port-au-Prince. Between waterfront bar gossip, a shifty old boat hand who...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 30th, 1950. A dying playboy heir, a suspicious $150,000 life insurance policy, and rumors of a voodoo curse send Johnny Dollar sailing into the sweltering harbor of Port-au-Prince. Between waterfront bar gossip, a shifty old boat hand who claims to know everything about the island, and a beautiful woman guarding the yacht where Ralph Gordon lies wasting away, Dollar must separate genuine dread from a very human scheme. It's classic hard-boiled Johnny Dollar with a tropical, superstition-soaked twist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1783</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,edmond o'brien,film noir mystery,haiti setting,insurance investigator,johnny dollar,old time radio,voodoo curse</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Earl Chadwick Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-earl-chadwick-matter--73540300</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 23rd, 1950. A four-year-old boating death and a $30,000 embezzlement collide when a Bermuda tourist swears she's just seen the supposedly drowned Earl Chadwick alive and well. Johnny Dollar flies to the island paradise under an assumed identity to track down a con man calling himself George Brewster, before the tab on his expense account climbs any higher. Sun, rum drinks, and a very reluctant reunion await.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73540300</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:01:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73540300/ytjd_1950_05_23_050_the_earl_chadwick_matter.mp3" length="7251335" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f/082e59cb-22d1-4edb-81ce-11764f1af82f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 23rd, 1950. A four-year-old boating death and a $30,000 embezzlement collide when a Bermuda tourist swears she's just seen the supposedly drowned Earl Chadwick alive and well. Johnny Dollar flies to the island paradise under an assumed...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 23rd, 1950. A four-year-old boating death and a $30,000 embezzlement collide when a Bermuda tourist swears she's just seen the supposedly drowned Earl Chadwick alive and well. Johnny Dollar flies to the island paradise under an assumed identity to track down a con man calling himself George Brewster, before the tab on his expense account climbs any higher. Sun, rum drinks, and a very reluctant reunion await.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1780</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,bermuda setting,detective fiction,embezzlement,faked death,insurance investigator,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Midnight at the Mausoleum</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/midnight-at-the-mausoleum--73420644</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 16th, 1950. A frantic ransom call sends Johnny Dollar racing through a thunderstorm to Kansas City, twenty-five thousand dollars in hand, to save a kidnapped boxer before a midnight deadline at a cemetery mausoleum. When the payoff doesn't go quite as planned, Dollar digs into the seedy world of a run-down boxing club to find out who really wanted Sidney Rykoff gone. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature grit to this tense, fast-moving case of ransom notes, chartered planes, and back-alley boxing rackets.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73420644</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73420644/ytjd_1950_05_16_049_the_sidney_rykoff_matter_unedited_drama_portions.mp3" length="6609320" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/8e224b070c41a20683035cfc7a6a51db/raw/YTJD%201950-05-16%20049%20The%20Sidney%20Rykoff%20Matter%20(Unedited%20Drama%20Portions).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 16th, 1950. A frantic ransom call sends Johnny Dollar racing through a thunderstorm to Kansas City, twenty-five thousand dollars in hand, to save a kidnapped boxer before a midnight deadline at a cemetery mausoleum. When the payoff doesn't...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 16th, 1950. A frantic ransom call sends Johnny Dollar racing through a thunderstorm to Kansas City, twenty-five thousand dollars in hand, to save a kidnapped boxer before a midnight deadline at a cemetery mausoleum. When the payoff doesn't go quite as planned, Dollar digs into the seedy world of a run-down boxing club to find out who really wanted Sidney Rykoff gone. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature grit to this tense, fast-moving case of ransom notes, chartered planes, and back-alley boxing rackets.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1620</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,boxing world,cemetery suspense,film noir,kidnapping plot,old-time radio,private investigator,ransom drop</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A Wisp of Blue Smoke</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-wisp-of-blue-smoke--73364721</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 9th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to a lavish Bel-Air estate to look into a warning that reclusive millionaire Harold Tranham's life is in danger—only to watch him gunned down on his own terrace moments after they meet. With a tight-lipped bodyguard, a grieving young widow, and a single cryptic dying word to go on, Johnny starts piecing together who wanted Tranham dead and why. It's a sharp, hard-boiled slice of 1950s radio mystery from the Edmond O'Brien era of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73364721</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73364721/ytjd_1950_05_09_048_the_harold_trandem_matter.mp3" length="7331017" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/56fdf6d2096ccde4947cc7bc44ef7c63/raw/YTJD%201950-05-09%20048%20The%20Harold%20Trandem%20Matter.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 9th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to a lavish Bel-Air estate to look into a warning that reclusive millionaire Harold Tranham's life is in danger—only to watch him gunned down on his own terrace moments after they meet....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 9th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar flies to a lavish Bel-Air estate to look into a warning that reclusive millionaire Harold Tranham's life is in danger—only to watch him gunned down on his own terrace moments after they meet. With a tight-lipped bodyguard, a grieving young widow, and a single cryptic dying word to go on, Johnny starts piecing together who wanted Tranham dead and why. It's a sharp, hard-boiled slice of 1950s radio mystery from the Edmond O'Brien era of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1800</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,bel-air estate,insurance investigator,murder mystery,noir mystery,old-time radio,radio detective,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Abel Tackitt Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-abel-tackitt-matter--73364718</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: May 2nd, 1950. A young widow's plea sends Johnny Dollar halfway around the world, chasing rumors of a vanished planter through the fever-heat and jungle rot of British North Borneo. What starts as a routine missing-persons claim curdles into something stranger as Dollar hears the same name — Abel Tackitt — spoken with dread by sailors, colonial officers, and a man nursing an old knife scar. Edmond O'Brien's Dollar is at his hardest-boiled here, tracking a man everyone fears but no one seems to actually know.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73364718</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73364718/ytjd_1950_05_02_047_the_able_tackitt_matter_unedited_drama_portions.mp3" length="6975462" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/40a515c2bff16f4827de302050fe937b/raw/YTJD%201950-05-02%20047%20The%20Able%20Tackitt%20Matter%20(Unedited%20Drama%20Portions).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: May 2nd, 1950. A young widow's plea sends Johnny Dollar halfway around the world, chasing rumors of a vanished planter through the fever-heat and jungle rot of British North Borneo. What starts as a routine missing-persons claim curdles into...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: May 2nd, 1950. A young widow's plea sends Johnny Dollar halfway around the world, chasing rumors of a vanished planter through the fever-heat and jungle rot of British North Borneo. What starts as a routine missing-persons claim curdles into something stranger as Dollar hears the same name — Abel Tackitt — spoken with dread by sailors, colonial officers, and a man nursing an old knife scar. Edmond O'Brien's Dollar is at his hardest-boiled here, tracking a man everyone fears but no one seems to actually know.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1711</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,borneo,detective noir,exotic setting,insurance investigator,jungle adventure,missing person,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Pearl Carrasa Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pearl-carrasa-matter--73364716</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 25th, 1950. A convicted killer counts down his final hour on death row, but Johnny Dollar wants to know who really benefits from the $5,000 policy on his victim. As Dollar chases a mysterious, well-traveled young woman's trail through Sing Sing, police headquarters, and a shabby Lower East Side rooming house, everyone who knew her warns him to leave the case alone. Hard-boiled insurance investigation meets a genuinely eerie mystery about a girl nobody really knew.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73364716</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73364716/ytjd_1950_04_25_046_pearl_carrasa.mp3" length="7335420" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/1a5db2e97798dce6ebe63a82fa3927ce/raw/YTJD%201950-04-25%20046%20Pearl%20Carrasa.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 25th, 1950. A convicted killer counts down his final hour on death row, but Johnny Dollar wants to know who really benefits from the $5,000 policy on his victim. As Dollar chases a mysterious, well-traveled young woman's trail through Sing...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 25th, 1950. A convicted killer counts down his final hour on death row, but Johnny Dollar wants to know who really benefits from the $5,000 policy on his victim. As Dollar chases a mysterious, well-traveled young woman's trail through Sing Sing, police headquarters, and a shabby Lower East Side rooming house, everyone who knew her warns him to leave the case alone. Hard-boiled insurance investigation meets a genuinely eerie mystery about a girl nobody really knew.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,death row,hard-boiled fiction,insurance investigator,missing beneficiary,murder mystery,noir detective,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Story of the Ten-O-Eight</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-the-ten-o-eight--73267991</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 18th, 1950. Johnny Dollar races to Buffalo when the Atlantic Central Railway's overnight freight train gets robbed mid-route, half a boxcar's cargo vanishing between whistle stops. Teaming up with a grizzled old railroad cinder dick itching for one last real case, Dollar traces tire tracks along a lonely back road, chases down a mystery woman in red posing as a reporter, and tracks down a truck the color of trouble. It's classic hard-boiled Dollar: fast trains, faster lies, and an expense account that keeps growing.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73267991</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73267991/ytjd_1950_04_18_045_the_story_of_the_ten_o_eight_unedited_drama_portions.mp3" length="7344304" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/57e4819ac34e47ee2fb273a150376697/raw/YTJD%201950-04-18%20045%20The%20Story%20of%20the%20Ten-O-Eight%20(Unedited%20Drama%20Portions).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 18th, 1950. Johnny Dollar races to Buffalo when the Atlantic Central Railway's overnight freight train gets robbed mid-route, half a boxcar's cargo vanishing between whistle stops. Teaming up with a grizzled old railroad cinder dick itching...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 18th, 1950. Johnny Dollar races to Buffalo when the Atlantic Central Railway's overnight freight train gets robbed mid-route, half a boxcar's cargo vanishing between whistle stops. Teaming up with a grizzled old railroad cinder dick itching for one last real case, Dollar traces tire tracks along a lonely back road, chases down a mystery woman in red posing as a reporter, and tracks down a truck the color of trouble. It's classic hard-boiled Dollar: fast trains, faster lies, and an expense account that keeps growing.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective,insurance investigator,noir mystery,old time radio,radio drama,railroad heist,train robbery,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Dead First Helpers</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dead-first-helpers--73247349</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 11th, 1950. Johnny Dollar goes undercover as a lowly 'sinder snap' in a Pittsburgh steel mill after five veteran first helpers die in a string of supposedly accidental furnace mishaps. Trading his tailored suit for overalls and blistered hands, Dollar has to earn the trust of tight-lipped steelworkers to find out whether someone is engineering deadly 'accidents' amid the molten steel and roaring open-hearth furnaces. Edmond O'Brien brings his tough, weary edge to a case where the danger isn't a gun in an alley, but a wrong step near three-thousand-degree steel.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73247349</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73247349/ytjd_1950_04_11_044_the_dead_first_helpers.mp3" length="7197666" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/378a1416795b52dfb0976627aca7c2da/raw/YTJD%201950-04-11%20044%20The%20Dead%20First-Helpers.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 11th, 1950. Johnny Dollar goes undercover as a lowly 'sinder snap' in a Pittsburgh steel mill after five veteran first helpers die in a string of supposedly accidental furnace mishaps. Trading his tailored suit for overalls and blistered...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 11th, 1950. Johnny Dollar goes undercover as a lowly 'sinder snap' in a Pittsburgh steel mill after five veteran first helpers die in a string of supposedly accidental furnace mishaps. Trading his tailored suit for overalls and blistered hands, Dollar has to earn the trust of tight-lipped steelworkers to find out whether someone is engineering deadly 'accidents' amid the molten steel and roaring open-hearth furnaces. Edmond O'Brien brings his tough, weary edge to a case where the danger isn't a gun in an alley, but a wrong step near three-thousand-degree steel.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1767</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,industrial workplace mystery,insurance investigator,noir detective,old-time radio,steel mill,undercover investigation,working class setting</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Big Red Schoolhouse</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-red-schoolhouse--73225163</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 4th, 1950. A brand-new high school in a small Nebraska town burns and collapses just hours after Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate a tip about shoddy construction. As the town's fury turns on the building's architect and the only witness to the school's construction troubles turns up dead in the wreckage, Dollar has to sort accident from arson — and shoddy contracting from something far worse. It's small-town rage, a suspiciously convenient death, and blueprints that don't match what got built.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73225163</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73225163/ytjd_1950_04_04_043_the_story_of_the_big_red_schoolhouse.mp3" length="7341790" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/2fc517f611a633078e7677d54e69926d/raw/YTJD%201950-04-04%20043%20The%20Story%20of%20the%20Big%20Red%20Schoolhouse.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Apr 4th, 1950. A brand-new high school in a small Nebraska town burns and collapses just hours after Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate a tip about shoddy construction. As the town's fury turns on the building's architect and the only witness...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Apr 4th, 1950. A brand-new high school in a small Nebraska town burns and collapses just hours after Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate a tip about shoddy construction. As the town's fury turns on the building's architect and the only witness to the school's construction troubles turns up dead in the wreckage, Dollar has to sort accident from arson — and shoddy contracting from something far worse. It's small-town rage, a suspiciously convenient death, and blueprints that don't match what got built.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,architecture fraud,arson mystery,detective noir,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,old-time radio,small town scandal</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Village Scene Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-village-scene-matter--73225109</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 28th, 1950. A quarter-million-dollar Old Master painting vanishes from a struggling Boston art gallery, and Johnny Dollar is dispatched to untangle a case tangled up with wounded pride, a beautiful daughter, and a wealthy rival with a shady wartime past. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this brisk noir mystery of stolen art, insurance fraud, and old-world grudges. Another expense-account adventure where every mile and every dollar tells part of the story.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73225109</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73225109/ytjd_1950_03_28_042_the_village_scene_matter_the_missing_masterpiece.mp3" length="7336438" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/1998e88600f42312ee3d6c0e6e557a19/raw/YTJD%201950-03-28%20042%20The%20Village%20Scene%20Matter%20(The%20Missing%20Masterpiece).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 28th, 1950. A quarter-million-dollar Old Master painting vanishes from a struggling Boston art gallery, and Johnny Dollar is dispatched to untangle a case tangled up with wounded pride, a beautiful daughter, and a wealthy rival with a shady...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 28th, 1950. A quarter-million-dollar Old Master painting vanishes from a struggling Boston art gallery, and Johnny Dollar is dispatched to untangle a case tangled up with wounded pride, a beautiful daughter, and a wealthy rival with a shady wartime past. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-edged bite to this brisk noir mystery of stolen art, insurance fraud, and old-world grudges. Another expense-account adventure where every mile and every dollar tells part of the story.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective drama,art heist,boston setting,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,noir mystery,old-time radio,stolen art</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-who-wrote-himself-to-death--73225042</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 21st, 1950. A washed-up crime writer named Stuart Palmer takes out a $100,000 life insurance policy just days before landing in a Chicago jail on suspicion of murder. When Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate the claim, he finds a delusional "genius," a wife lost in denial, and a shady literary agent — and a case where the line between research and confession has gone dangerously blurry. It's classic hard-boiled Dollar, chasing the truth one expense-account item at a time.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73225042</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73225042/ytjd_1950_03_21_041_the_man_who_wrote_himself_to_death_stuart_palmer_writer_unedited_drama_portions.mp3" length="6503008" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/bb6717998db38909dcdde86aee035b8d/raw/YTJD%201950-03-21%20041%20The%20Man%20Who%20Wrote%20Himself%20to%20Death%20(Stuart%20Palmer%2C%20Writer)%20(Unedited%20Drama%20Portions).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 21st, 1950. A washed-up crime writer named Stuart Palmer takes out a $100,000 life insurance policy just days before landing in a Chicago jail on suspicion of murder. When Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate the claim, he finds a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 21st, 1950. A washed-up crime writer named Stuart Palmer takes out a $100,000 life insurance policy just days before landing in a Chicago jail on suspicion of murder. When Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate the claim, he finds a delusional "genius," a wife lost in denial, and a shady literary agent — and a case where the line between research and confession has gone dangerously blurry. It's classic hard-boiled Dollar, chasing the truth one expense-account item at a time.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1593</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective drama,chicago,expense account sleuth,insurance investigator,noir mystery,old-time radio,writer gone mad,wrongful arrest</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Vanishing Furs of Elwood's Favorite</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vanishing-furs-of-elwood-s-favorite--73225003</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to a Boston department store where eighty-five mink coats have vanished from a locked refrigerated vault, and the night watchman was left for dead in the cold. Between a stonewalling store manager and a wonderfully excitable furrier convinced the whole affair was foretold by bad omens, Dollar has to sort real leads from noise to save his company a fortune. It's a brisk, wry case built on frostbite, fast talk, and a $300,000 policy on the line.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73225003</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73225003/ytjd_1950_03_14_040_the_eighty_five_little_minks.mp3" length="7335726" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/0f1257daaa60c6ff2be3cc1ce43b97ec/raw/YTJD%201950-03-14%20040%20The%20Eighty-Five%20Little%20Minks.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to a Boston department store where eighty-five mink coats have vanished from a locked refrigerated vault, and the night watchman was left for dead in the cold. Between a stonewalling store manager and a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 14th, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to a Boston department store where eighty-five mink coats have vanished from a locked refrigerated vault, and the night watchman was left for dead in the cold. Between a stonewalling store manager and a wonderfully excitable furrier convinced the whole affair was foretold by bad omens, Dollar has to sort real leads from noise to save his company a fortune. It's a brisk, wry case built on frostbite, fast talk, and a $300,000 policy on the line.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective drama,boston setting,department store crime,fur heist,insurance investigator,noir mystery,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Youthful Millionaire's Oil Field Vanishing Act</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-youthful-millionaire-s-oil-field-vanishing-act--73224956</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 7th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies to a California oil field to track down Alec Jefferson, a young millionaire and insurance policyholder who vanished without a trace. Between a suspicious drilling partner, a trail of scorned women, and a wife who may know more than she lets on, Johnny's search for the truth gets complicated fast. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-boiled edge to this noir tale of oil, money, and missing persons.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73224956</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73224956/ytjd_1950_03_07_039_alec_jefferson_the_youthful_millionaire_rebel_wildcatters.mp3" length="7201679" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/d6ee28dd4316ecaa5fa21686c739d780/raw/YTJD%201950-03-07%20039%20Alec%20Jefferson%2C%20The%20Youthful%20Millionaire%20(Rebel%20Wildcatters).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 7th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies to a California oil field to track down Alec Jefferson, a young millionaire and insurance policyholder who vanished without a trace. Between a suspicious drilling partner, a trail of scorned women, and a wife...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 7th, 1950. Johnny Dollar flies to a California oil field to track down Alec Jefferson, a young millionaire and insurance policyholder who vanished without a trace. Between a suspicious drilling partner, a trail of scorned women, and a wife who may know more than she lets on, Johnny's search for the truth gets complicated fast. Edmond O'Brien brings his signature hard-boiled edge to this noir tale of oil, money, and missing persons.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1768</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s california,hard-boiled drama,insurance investigator,missing person,noir detective,oil field mystery,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/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Booby-Trapped Buzzer</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-booby-trapped-buzzer--73224901</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to New York to bodyguard an importer worth $100,000 dead to at least one person — and arrives just in time to hear the fatal buzzer sound. With a secretary's guilty conscience, a soon-to-be-ex-wife beneficiary, and a Dutch business partner owed a hefty cashier's check, Dollar has no shortage of suspects and even less luck keeping his clients alive. A tight, hard-boiled slice of expense-account detective work from the Edmond O'Brien era.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73224901</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73224901/ytjd_1950_03_03_038_bodyguard_to_the_late_robert_w_perry.mp3" length="7099486" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/228b8080d1eebd5630cf08ba3eb3e56a/raw/YTJD%201950-03-03%20038%20Bodyguard%20to%20the%20Late%20Robert%20W%20Perry.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Mar 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to New York to bodyguard an importer worth $100,000 dead to at least one person — and arrives just in time to hear the fatal buzzer sound. With a secretary's guilty conscience, a soon-to-be-ex-wife...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Mar 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar rushes to New York to bodyguard an importer worth $100,000 dead to at least one person — and arrives just in time to hear the fatal buzzer sound. With a secretary's guilty conscience, a soon-to-be-ex-wife beneficiary, and a Dutch business partner owed a hefty cashier's check, Dollar has no shortage of suspects and even less luck keeping his clients alive. A tight, hard-boiled slice of expense-account detective work from the Edmond O'Brien era.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1742</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s new york,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,murder mystery,noir detective,old time radio,radio drama,whodunit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Archaeologist Who Vanished</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-archaeologist-who-vanished--73224674</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 24th, 1950. An insurance investigator is hired to trace a brilliant young archaeologist who disappeared off a ship in New York harbor, days after smuggling priceless Egyptian relics out of Alexandria. As Johnny Dollar digs through customs records and dockside cab stands, he realizes he isn't the only one hunting for the missing man's stolen obsidian treasures. A tense, globe-spanning noir mystery of buried antiquities, family loyalty, and men who covet things better left in the sand.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73224674</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73224674/ytjd_1950_02_24_037_the_archeologist_the_disappearance_of_bruce_lambert.mp3" length="7443869" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/409507aac8733939e338100738ab47cd/raw/YTJD%201950-02-24%20037%20The%20Archeologist%20(The%20Disappearance%20of%20Bruce%20Lambert).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 24th, 1950. An insurance investigator is hired to trace a brilliant young archaeologist who disappeared off a ship in New York harbor, days after smuggling priceless Egyptian relics out of Alexandria. As Johnny Dollar digs through customs...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 24th, 1950. An insurance investigator is hired to trace a brilliant young archaeologist who disappeared off a ship in New York harbor, days after smuggling priceless Egyptian relics out of Alexandria. As Johnny Dollar digs through customs records and dockside cab stands, he realizes he isn't the only one hunting for the missing man's stolen obsidian treasures. A tense, globe-spanning noir mystery of buried antiquities, family loyalty, and men who covet things better left in the sand.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1828</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s detective drama,egyptian artifacts,insurance investigator,missing person,new york harbor,noir mystery,old time radio,smuggling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Gravedigger's Spades</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gravedigger-s-spades--73224581</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 17th, 1950. Johnny Dollar braves a brutal North Dakota winter to investigate a bizarre $80,000 policy on an elderly couple who calmly announced their plan to commit suicide. What waits at the isolated Trump estate — hothouse orchids, mysterious crates marked 'danger, do not open,' and a town too frightened to visit — turns a routine claims check into a chilling backwoods mystery. It's Edmond O'Brien at his hard-boiled best, dictating expenses while wading through snowdrifts and small-town dread.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73224581</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73224581/ytjd_1950_02_17_036_the_gravedigger_s_spades_mr_mrs_arbuthnel_trump.mp3" length="7354296" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/231a1f466d35257373a16766550d2883/raw/YTJD%201950-02-17%20036%20The%20Gravedigger's%20Spades%20(Mr%20%26%20Mrs%20Arbuthnel%20Trump).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 17th, 1950. Johnny Dollar braves a brutal North Dakota winter to investigate a bizarre $80,000 policy on an elderly couple who calmly announced their plan to commit suicide. What waits at the isolated Trump estate — hothouse orchids,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 17th, 1950. Johnny Dollar braves a brutal North Dakota winter to investigate a bizarre $80,000 policy on an elderly couple who calmly announced their plan to commit suicide. What waits at the isolated Trump estate — hothouse orchids, mysterious crates marked 'danger, do not open,' and a town too frightened to visit — turns a routine claims check into a chilling backwoods mystery. It's Edmond O'Brien at his hard-boiled best, dictating expenses while wading through snowdrifts and small-town dread.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1806</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,edmond o'brien,insurance investigator,isolated mansion,noir mystery,north dakota,old-time radio,suicide pact</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Malay Trader Matter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-malay-trader-matter--73224496</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 10th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar trades his suit for dungarees and a fake beard, signing on as a deckhand to track a suspiciously reloaded cargo of crude rubber aboard a rust-bucket freighter bound from Savannah to Mexico. Between a shipboard contact playing it cagey, a company with a shady arson history in Singapore, and the captain's alluring daughter taking a curious interest in his hands, Dollar's disguise may not last the voyage. It's hard-boiled insurance work on the high seas, Edmond O'Brien style.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73224496</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:08:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73224496/ytjd_1950_02_10_035_the_s_s_malay_trader_ship.mp3" length="7345032" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/f741f0e7bc0266b0798dc4ae13ce0d0a/raw/YTJD%201950-02-10%20035%20The%20S.S.%20Malay%20Trader%20Ship.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 10th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar trades his suit for dungarees and a fake beard, signing on as a deckhand to track a suspiciously reloaded cargo of crude rubber aboard a rust-bucket freighter bound from Savannah to Mexico....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 10th, 1950. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar trades his suit for dungarees and a fake beard, signing on as a deckhand to track a suspiciously reloaded cargo of crude rubber aboard a rust-bucket freighter bound from Savannah to Mexico. Between a shipboard contact playing it cagey, a company with a shady arson history in Singapore, and the captain's alluring daughter taking a curious interest in his hands, Dollar's disguise may not last the voyage. It's hard-boiled insurance work on the high seas, Edmond O'Brien style.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1804</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1950s radio drama,high seas adventure,insurance fraud,noir mystery,old time radio,shipping intrigue,singapore rubber trade,undercover investigator</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef3fbc4c0deecf61f63fa0059da71274.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Death Takes a Working Day</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/death-takes-a-working-day--73198986</link><description><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar drives out to a gloomy Victorian manor in Fairfield County to investigate the murder of wealthy policyholder Loyal B. Martin, found shot twice in the back in his own library. Before the insurance company pays out, Johnny has to make sure none of the beneficiaries pulled the trigger — and the suspects include a young widow out shopping the day after the killing, a jealous housekeeper, a broke brother, and a hired bodyguard. As one detective quips, if it weren't for there being only two bullets, they all did it.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73198986</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:12:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73198986/ytjd_1950_02_03_034_death_takes_a_working_day_the_loyal_b_martin_matter.mp3" length="7336076" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/keithah/86e8d7746cf268e134521efd15f6f231/raw/YTJD%201950-02-03%20034%20Death%20Takes%20a%20Working%20Day%20(The%20Loyal%20B%20Martin%20Matter).srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>07 Audio Network</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aired: Feb 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar drives out to a gloomy Victorian manor in Fairfield County to investigate the murder of wealthy policyholder Loyal B. Martin, found shot twice in the back in his own library. Before the insurance company pays out,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aired: Feb 3rd, 1950. Johnny Dollar drives out to a gloomy Victorian manor in Fairfield County to investigate the murder of wealthy policyholder Loyal B. Martin, found shot twice in the back in his own library. Before the insurance company pays out, Johnny has to make sure none of the beneficiaries pulled the trigger — and the suspects include a young widow out shopping the day after the killing, a jealous housekeeper, a broke brother, and a hired bodyguard. As one detective quips, if it weren't for there being only two bullets, they all did it.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1801</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/11282d1eca5c4a009892f75abecfdefa.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
