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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Syndicate Matter

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An insurance agent reveals that four men in an oil boom town were all beaten to death in the exact same way.
Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar goes undercover in a Texas oil boom town to investigate a series of four identical murders. He uncovers a predatory loan sharking operation run by Frankie Roebling and Bull Farrell, who beat and kill workers who can't repay their debts. Dollar and the local sheriff devise a psychological trap to make the nervous ringleader crack and confess.

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A hard-boiled radio mystery where oil-well deaths and murder begin to blur.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar opens as an insurance case with real stakes. John Lund plays Johnny Dollar, who takes a call about four policies and one employee group, then follows a trail that ties accidental deaths at the oil wells to the suggestion of murder.

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Press play for a Dallas Johnny Dollar mystery where paydays, oil wells, and murder start to rhyme.

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