{"podcast":{"title":"The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)","slug":"the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629","podcast_index_feed_id":387629,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/47a49c/www.spreaker.com/show/4607326/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-great-dete","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f58f2293e8d951d42742e24a012d02e7.jpg","author":"Adam Graham","episode_count":708,"summary":"Listen to the adventures of that man with the action-packed account, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. From 1949-62, the freelance insurance investigator relayed his adventures to the golden age of radio listeners via his action-packed account. In one of the longest-running old-time radio mystery detective programs. Six actors played Johnny Dollar. Currently, we're posting episodes starring Bob Bailey, the best-loved of the Johnny Dollar actors every Tuesday and Friday. However, you'll find the adventures of both previous and later Johnny Dollar actors including Charles Russell, Academy Award Winning Actor Edmond O'Brien, John Lund, Bob Readick, and Emmy-Award nominated actor Mandel Kramer. We also offer the unaired auditions of Dick Powell (Richard Diamond) and Gerald Mohr (Philip Marlowe). We offer more than 500 golden age of radio audio drama podcasts for your listening pleasure. Host Adam Graham is your guide, providing commentary on each episode as well as a dash of humor and responding to listener comments and feedback. This feed is part of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio and you can subscribe to the main podcast to enjoy four other detective programs each week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:18.756223+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629"},"episode":{"title":"Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mei-Ling Buddha Matter (EP5030)","slug":"yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-mei-ling-buddha-matter-ep5030","published_at":"2026-07-31T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-mei-ling-buddha-matter-ep5030","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-mei-ling-buddha-matter-ep5030--73235290","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/47a49c/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73235290/gd5030.mp3","summary":"Today's Mystery: Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to Boston after a priceless jade statue known as the Mei-Ling Buddha is reportedly spotted for sale in a Paris antique shop—even though it should still be locked inside the home of its late owner. Johnny soon discovers that an impossible theft demands an equally unexpected solution. Original Radio Broadcast: June 28, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring Bob Bailey as Johnny DollarAlso featuring Virginia Gregg, Paul Dubov, Will Wright, and Boris Aplon Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone Support the podcast monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: None Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to:Adam Graham PO Box 15913 Boise, ID 83715 Take our listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call: 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at https://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter/X at https://twitter.com/radiodetectives","meta_description":"Today's Mystery: Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to Boston after a priceless jade statue known as the Mei-Ling Buddha is reportedly spotted f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629/episodes/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-mei-ling-buddha-matter-ep5030/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-present-yours-truly-johnny-dollar-old-time-radio-387629/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-mei-ling-buddha-matter-ep5030.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}