Épisodes

  • The Cumberland Theft Matter: A Disappearance, A Ransom, and a Convenient Case of Amnesia

    The Cumberland Theft Matter: A Disappearance, A Ransom, and a Convenient Case of Amnesia
    Mar 9 2026
    Originally Aired: August 22, 1951

    In The Cumberland Theft Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar travels to New York to look into the mysterious disappearance of wealthy grocery chain owner Leland Case. With a substantial insurance policy at stake, the company wants answers—but the circumstances surrounding Case’s vanishing quickly grow complicated. Case’s much younger wife reports him missing, while his lawyer insists the overworked businessman has simply taken a much-needed rest away from the pressures of business and marriage. When a mysterious caller demands $10,000 in ransom for Case’s safe return, the situation escalates into a tense race against time. Dollar and the police set a trap during a daylight ransom exchange in Manhattan, capturing a petty criminal who claims he only staged the extortion after reading about the disappearance in the newspapers. His story seems absurd—but without proof of a real kidnapping, the investigation stalls. The mystery deepens when Case is finally discovered wandering near White Plains, badly beaten and suffering from apparent amnesia. Unable—or unwilling—to remember his life, his business empire, or even his beautiful young wife, Case leaves everyone questioning what really happened during his disappearance. But Johnny Dollar notices something in Case’s behavior that suggests the truth may be far more deliberate than anyone realizes. Was it kidnapping, coincidence, or a carefully planned escape from a life he no longer wanted? Johnny Dollar may be the only one who suspects the answer.
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    29 min
  • The Jane Doe Matter: A Mother’s Prayer, A Lover’s Betrayal

    The Jane Doe Matter: A Mother’s Prayer, A Lover’s Betrayal
    Feb 28 2026
    Originally Aired: May 19, 1951
    In The Jane Doe Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is dispatched to Chicago to investigate the disappearance of a young bank messenger—and the $80,000 in cash he was carrying. When Henry Lillis vanishes en route to complete a routine transfer, suspicion quickly falls on the quiet, dutiful son who seemed above reproach.
    Teaming up with weary private detective Pat Shade, Dollar uncovers a tangled web of hidden romance and desperation. Lillis had been involved with Lillian Shade—Pat’s troubled daughter—whose dreams of wealth and freedom pushed the young messenger toward a reckless decision. What begins as a presumed kidnapping spirals into betrayal, violence, and murder at a secluded house near Lake Bluff.
    As confessions unravel and alibis collapse, Dollar pieces together the truth behind a staged fight, a fabricated accomplice, and a fatal blow delivered in anger. In the end, the stolen money is recovered—but at the cost of shattered lives and broken families. A haunting exploration of parental guilt, misguided love, and the tragic consequences of ambition, this episode delivers classic noir tension with a deeply human edge.
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    30 min
  • The Latourette Matter: Fire on the Golden Road

    The Latourette Matter: Fire on the Golden Road
    Feb 23 2026
    Originally Aired: February 6, 1953

    In The Chicago Fraud Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is summoned to Chicago when a $50,000 life insurance policy turns suspicious after the insured, Christopher Lane, dies of malnutrition—despite having passed a recent physical examination. As Dollar digs deeper, he discovers that Lane had been a long-time alcoholic in severe decline, raising the unsettling question: who really took the insurance exam? Clues point toward collusion between a respected insurance broker and Lane’s ambitious sister, Lydia Staley—the policy’s sole beneficiary. As legal threats mount and key evidence is destroyed, Dollar uncovers a calculated scheme built on deception, desperation, and romantic manipulation. But when betrayal breeds violence, the carefully laid fraud unravels in a shocking rooftop confrontation. What begins as a questionable claim spirals into a deadly tale of greed, heartbreak, and revenge in this gripping episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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    29 min
  • The Chicago Fraud Matter: Love, Lies, and a $50,000 Betrayal

    The Chicago Fraud Matter: Love, Lies, and a $50,000 Betrayal
    Feb 18 2026
    Originally Aired: February 6, 1953
    In The Chicago Fraud Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is summoned to Chicago when a $50,000 life insurance policy turns suspicious after the insured, Christopher Lane, dies of malnutrition—despite having passed a recent physical examination. As Dollar digs deeper, he discovers that Lane had been a long-time alcoholic in severe decline, raising the unsettling question: who really took the insurance exam?
    Clues point toward collusion between a respected insurance broker and Lane’s ambitious sister, Lydia Staley—the policy’s sole beneficiary. As legal threats mount and key evidence is destroyed, Dollar uncovers a calculated scheme built on deception, desperation, and romantic manipulation. But when betrayal breeds violence, the carefully laid fraud unravels in a shocking rooftop confrontation.
    What begins as a questionable claim spirals into a deadly tale of greed, heartbreak, and revenge in this gripping episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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    30 min
  • The Kay Bellamy Matter: Veils, Vows, and Vengeance

    The Kay Bellamy Matter: Veils, Vows, and Vengeance
    Feb 15 2026
    Originally Aired: January 30, 1953
    In The Kay Bellamy Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is dispatched to New York to investigate a puzzling application for a two-million-dollar insurance policy on rising radio star Kay Bellamy. Submitted by her ambitious agent, Lou Waltham, the policy raises red flags when inconsistencies begin to surface about the singer’s background and unusual professional demands.
    Dollar’s search leads him from Broadway offices to a Boston burlesque theater, where the glamorous radio performer secretly dances under a veiled alias. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a tangled web involving a wealthy Boston heir, a jealous chorus girl, and a dangerous ex-convict with unfinished business. When Waltham is found murdered in his soundproof office, suspicion falls on those closest to Kay—including a violent enforcer and a desperate accomplice.
    What begins as a routine insurance inquiry spirals into a tale of hidden marriages, prison transfers, blackmail, and betrayal. With a daring roadside confrontation and a tragic end for one of the conspirators, Johnny Dollar untangles the truth behind Kay Bellamy’s double life—revealing a woman trapped between ambition, loyalty, and survival.
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    30 min
  • The Marigold Matter: A Snowfall of Lies and a Trail of Debt

    The Marigold Matter: A Snowfall of Lies and a Trail of Debt
    Feb 10 2026
    Originally Aired: January 23, 1953
    When small-town Marigold, Connecticut sees its first murder in years, freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called into the quiet valley to help solve the shocking death of Joe Hickey, a former colleague turned loan officer. What appears to be a simple homicide quickly twists into a tale of hidden motives, mounting debts, and long-buried secrets. As Dollar probes into Hickey’s mysterious final letter and the people he left behind—a bitter widow, a nervous secretary, and a volatile local—he uncovers a web of fraudulent loans and old grudges. But the case turns deadly once more when bullets fly, leaving a fellow investigator wounded and Dollar chasing a murderer through the snow. In a stunning finale, a disgraced ex-cop and a woman with a criminal past are exposed, revealing that Hickey’s killer was closer than anyone suspected. Justice comes with a price in this chilling winter episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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    29 min
  • The Starlet Matter: Fame, Fear, and a Killer in the Spotlight

    The Starlet Matter: Fame, Fear, and a Killer in the Spotlight
    Feb 8 2026
    Originally Aired: January 16, 1953


    Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads west to Hollywood when Twin-State Insurance becomes alarmed over a $50,000 policy taken out on a promising young actress, Toby Drake. Her agent insists she’s receiving anonymous death threats—and before Dollar can even begin his investigation, Toby is found strangled in her own home. When another former starlet, Stella Martin, is murdered in the same chilling manner, the case escalates into a race against time.
    As Dollar digs deeper into Hollywood’s underbelly of agents, forgotten starlets, and broken dreams, he uncovers a grim connection between three young women bound by a long-buried secret from the past. With one potential victim still alive, Dollar sets a dangerous trap at Ocean Park to draw out the killer. In a tense and tragic conclusion, jealousy, guilt, and greed collide, leaving Johnny Dollar to tally the human cost behind the glitter of fame in this dark and suspenseful episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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    29 min
  • The Thelma Ibsen Matter: A Stranger’s Gift, A Vanishing Act

    The Thelma Ibsen Matter: A Stranger’s Gift, A Vanishing Act
    Feb 5 2026
    Originally Aired: January 9, 1953

    In The Thelma Ibsen Matter, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is tasked with a delicate mission: track down the mysterious beneficiary of a modest $1,000 policy left by an old news vendor named John Linden. The beneficiary, Thelma Ibsen, had once spoken kindly to the old man as a child—and vanished without a trace years later. As Dollar follows a trail from Hartford to New York City, he uncovers a woman lost to herself, tangled in secrecy, and slowly unraveling. From an unexplained disappearance on Christmas Eve to reports of wild parties and police run-ins, Thelma's story darkens. But just as Dollar closes in, he finds her not hidden—but poised on the edge of death, ready to jump from a high-rise window. In a chilling and emotional standoff, Dollar uses the memory of her brief childhood kindness and an old man’s enduring gratitude to talk her back from the brink. This haunting episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar explores the redemptive power of memory and compassion in the face of despair.
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    29 min