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Today’s journey will take us back to 1955 and one of the first old time radio shows I ever listened to. Your’s Truly Johnny Dollar, which had several different hosts over the years, found its most successful format in a nightly serial starring Bob Bailey. As a serialized show, each story was told over five, fifteen minute nightly episodes which I have combined into one long story for today’s show. This format was instituted by writer and director Jack Johnstone.
The life of an insurance investigator doesn’t sound all that interesting; however, that is not the case with the man with “the action packed expense account”. Each tale is told from Johnny's perspective, as he tells his account of events, and tallies his expenses to send back to whichever agency has hired him.
Each episode of YTJD as it is commonly referred to, starts with a phone call from an insurance adjuster, calling to Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. These can range from fraud, missing people, suspicious deaths, or in this case, something much simpler.
A poor old newspaper salesman recently passed and left behind all he had to a young girl who had helped him one day when she was just 11 years old. Now Johnny gets a call to find this woman and deliver this special check to her. The tale starts in Hartford, CT where Johnny receives yet another phone call. So please, sit back, relax, and turn back the clock 66 years to November 14th, 1955 and Your’s Truly Johnny Dollar with The Broderick Matter.
