The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter Ep 3

Originally Aired: March 21, 1956 Johnny Dollar #353, "The Jolly Roger Fraud Matter Ep 3," Johnny Dollar races to a Tijuana hospital to interview the sole survivor of the Jolly Roger yacht explosion, a cabin boy who may hold the key to proving the $460,000 insurance claim is fraudulent. However, Dr. Fernando Hernandez delivers devastating news: the boy has died under suspicious circumstances, murdered with a knitting needle while left alone momentarily after successful surgery. Dollar grows increasingly convinced that international racketeer Paula Zanagian, whose European bank accounts have been frozen, orchestrated both the yacht's destruction and the cabin boy's death to collect the insurance money. Working carefully to avoid Zanagian's surveillance, Dollar consults with Lieutenant Smith and yacht owner Jan Penny at Coast Guard headquarters. He arranges for a rental car under an assumed name and takes a circuitous route to Mexico, constantly watching for tails. Dr. Hernandez reveals that the cabin boy regained consciousness before the operation and shared crucial information about the sinking, which the doctor carefully documented in his notes. Just as he reaches for those notes to share them with Dollar, the tension mounts. Become a supporter of this podcast