Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular American radio detective dramas of the Golden Age of Radio, airing from 1949 to 1962.The show followed Johnny Dollar, a sharp-tongued insurance investigator who traveled the country—and sometimes the world—tracking down fraud, murder, arson, and corruption. Unlike private eyes who worked for themselves, Dollar worked for insurance companies, which gave the series a unique hook: every case ended with a detailed expense account, itemizing costs like bullets, bribes, train tickets, and broken ribs—often with dry humor.