Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lake Mead Matter (EP4960)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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What mystery does Johnny Dollar investigate at Lake Mead?
THE END
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. But first, I do want to encourage you. If you're enjoying this podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever you download your podcast from. And remember, when you're making your travel plans, check JohnnyDollarAir.com. JohnnyDollarAir.com is a Priceline affiliate link, so part of the purchase price supports the great detectives of old-time radio at no additional cost to you. But now, from March 22nd, 1959, here is the Like Me Mystery Matter.
Johnny Dollar. Pat McCracken, Johnny, at Universal Adjustment Bureau. Greetings, Master.
Now, don't give me that.
Johnny, I believe you spent a couple of weekends down in Sarasota, Florida, earlier this month. Pat, you know darn well I did. Have a chance to get in some fishing? You know darn well I didn't. That's why I've been sitting here dreaming about those lunker bass at the Lake Mojave Resort out in Arizona.
What's the matter with Lake Mead?
Who is Thomas Mayfield and what happened to him?
Huh? You know, the huge man-made lake that's backed up by Hoover Dam? Yeah, I know.
A few miles this side of Las Vegas, Nevada.
A lot of big ones in that water, I understand. Okay, Prance, you got me all excited. Now, what's it all about?
I told you. Fishing.
Yeah, and?
That's all.
Except... Yeah? Except what?
A slight case of murder.
The End
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How does Johnny Dollar gather clues about the disappearance?
And now, act one of yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut. Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Lake Mead mystery matter. All right, now, Johnny, your contact will be Mr. Roscoe Trimmer. He's head of the local office of Greater Southwest Insurance and Liability right there in Las Vegas. You said murder. Can you give me any details? No, you'll have to get everything from Trimmer. All I know is there's a $20,000 policy involved and double indemnity.
So the sooner you get out there, the better.
Okay, Pat, I'll grab the first plane I can. Expense account item one, two bucks even for a fast taxi to the airport. Item two, 670 plane fare to New York. Item three, 145.05, another plane ticket. And I barely made the 12 o'clock noon mainliner, which promptly took off and headed west to Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was 9.45 p.m. Pacific time when we started the long glide down from a starlit sky to the landing strip at McCarran Field in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'll never cease to marvel at the nighttime view from the air of that fabulous city of chance. Sitting alone out there in the middle of the vast Mojave Desert, the sky filling glow from its millions of lights, it had put a rainbow to shame.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What mystery does Johnny Dollar investigate at Lake Mead?
0:05–1:47
2
Who is Thomas Mayfield and what happened to him?
1:47–2:34
3
What are the details surrounding the fishing trip gone wrong?
2:34–3:30
4
How does Johnny Dollar gather clues about the disappearance?
3:30–5:11
5
What role does Charlie Wentworth play in the investigation?
5:11–6:12
6
What evidence suggests foul play in Thomas Mayfield's death?
6:12–6:53
7
How does Johnny Dollar confront the prime suspect?
6:53–7:45
8
What conclusion does Johnny Dollar reach about the case?
7:45–32:48