Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road.

And those who travel

it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you were about to hear is true.

Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints,

starring Vincent Price.

Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures

of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and a bonus episode as we continue our deep dive into the serialized run of yours truly Johnny Dollar.

The stretch of shows that presented a five-part mystery over weeknights from 1955 until 1956 and starred Bob Bailey as radio's definitive dollar. Last time we heard

the first story of the Nightly series. Today it's Bob Bailey's second radio Johnny Dollar assignment

as it originally aired between October 10th and 14th, 1955, the Molly Kay matter. Now the

titular Molly Kay isn't a woman, she's a ship, or she was a ship. As the story opens, she's just

sunk off the California coast. A large insurance payout is on the line, so Johnny is dispatched

to San Francisco to investigate how the Molly Kay met her maker. He isn't on the scene long before he meets up with the ship's

short-tempered captain, as well as an old underworld connection who may be tied to the sinking.

I don't think this story is as strong as the McCormick Matter, the five-part show that

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