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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Originally Aired: January 2, 1953

When former convict Orrin Vance walks into Johnny Dollar’s office offering a lead on the unsolved 1946 Towner Loan Company heist, Dollar is skeptical—but intrigued. Vance claims to know two of the original six robbers and has a marked bill to prove it. As Dollar begins his investigation in New York, what begins as a cautious inquiry escalates into a violent spiral of betrayal and murder. From a murdered private detective to a wounded Dollar and a woman willing to sell out her fugitive husband, the case reveals a tangled web of greed, regret, and revenge. In the end, Johnny Dollar must navigate conflicting motives and unearth buried secrets to bring a long-dead case back into the light. A somber and explosive installment of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Originally Aired: December 26, 1952

When Johnny Dollar is called to Wilmington, Delaware, he's assigned a bizarre case involving Walter Patterson—a man declared legally dead in a plane crash five years earlier. But now, a former judge and lifelong friend claims she saw Patterson alive and well in Tucson, Arizona. With a $40,000 life insurance claim already paid out to the widow, suspicions of fraud arise. Johnny travels west to confront the mysterious William Yoler, whose uncanny resemblance to Patterson—including a distinctive limp—raises more questions than answers. Although Yoler cooperates and even provides fingerprints that seem to clear him, things take a deadly turn when he's found murdered just hours later. As Dollar digs deeper, a tangled web of deceit unravels—revealing a secret pact between a disillusioned husband who faked his death and the lawyer who envied him. The truth crashes into view when vengeance, jealousy, and a botched second chance at love lead to fatal consequences. A haunting mystery of identity, betrayal, and regret unfolds in this chilling holiday installment of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Originally Aired: December 12, 1952

When insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is dispatched to Los Angeles, he dives into the suspicious fire that gutted a ten-story office building owned by the larger-than-life Elliott Champion. While the arson seems to be amateurish, Champion’s financial troubles and a possible motive raise red flags. With the help of arson expert Norman Ives and agent Don Vickers, Dollar uncovers the name of a disgraced ex-employee—Joseph Harrison—recently released from prison and rumored to hold a grudge against Champion. But as Johnny peels back the layers, he finds Champion’s niece Mildred, quietly holding a devastating secret: she married Harrison before his conviction. When Champion turns up murdered and Harrison is found already dead from tuberculosis, suspicion falls on Mildred. What unfolds is a tragic tale of loyalty, love, and long-harbored vengeance. A deeply emotional case, “The Elliott Champion Matter” blends mystery with heartbreak in a gripping installment of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Originally Aired: December 5, 1952

When insurance investigator Johnny Dollar agrees to fill in at a colleague’s office in New York, he expects a quiet stint—until a nurse bursts in with a plea for help. Her employer, Dr. James Clayton, claims his life has been threatened by a violent and unstable man named Benjamin Harmon. But what begins as a simple protection matter quickly turns into a tangled web of deceit and murder. As Dollar digs deeper, he uncovers a forbidden love affair, a faked patient history, and an elaborate plan for justifiable homicide. But the twist comes when the wrong man winds up dead, and the prime suspect may actually be the victim of a deeper betrayal. With layers of passion, manipulation, and heartbreak, this emotionally charged episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar explores how far people will go for love—and how much further for revenge.

Originally Aired: July 2, 1952

When the formidable textile heiress Amelia Harwell dies under suspicious circumstances on Cape Cod, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called in to determine if her $350,000 in insurance was the motive for murder. What he uncovers is a cold household ruled by a domineering matriarch, a family fractured by resentment, and an inheritance everyone seems to need—but no one wants to talk about. As Dollar interviews Amelia’s emotionally distant husband, their embittered children, and Dexter's estranged wife Gretchen, it becomes clear the truth is buried beneath layers of control, silence, and long-suppressed love. When an attempted second poisoning nearly claims Mr. Harwell, Johnny follows the trail to a poignant and unexpected confession. A story of dignity, sacrifice, and generational wounds, this episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar explores the fine line between mercy and murder.