On This Day, August 30: Johnny Dollar: The Kranesburg Matter and Ripley's Believe It or Not
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts…
August 30 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 30 across American network radio and syndication, Bob Bailey in the serialized 5-part classic The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4) and The Really Gone Matter on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1956, 1959), Robert L. Ripley's oddity vignette The Chief's Gin Bottle Memorial (1948), and The Cass County Boys on 10-2-4 Time for Dr Pepper (1945–1959):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres & Serial Arc | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Texas Polka with The Cass County Boys" | Syndicated Country 1945-08-30 |
Dr Pepper Company 10-2-4 Carbonated Soda |
The Cass County Boys, Mears | 10-2-4 Time Staff | ["Western", "Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Dr Pepper"] |
The Cass County Boys perform country swing rhythms including Texas Polka and harmony ballads for Dr Pepper. |
| "The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5 / Master 1)" | CBS (WCBS) 1956-08-30 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Insurance Investigation |
Bob Bailey, Gregg, Thorson | Jack Johnstone (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Insurance", "Serial", "Bob Bailey"]Arc: The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5) |
Johnny corners a corrupt real estate developer who attempts to eliminate all witnesses before the insurance audit concludes. |
| "The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5 / Master 2)" | CBS (WCBS) 1956-08-30 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Insurance Investigation |
Bob Bailey, Gregg, Thorson | Jack Johnstone (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Insurance", "Serial", "Bob Bailey"]Arc: The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5) |
Johnny survives an ambush at an abandoned warehouse while tracking fraudulent fire insurance claims across Kranesburg. |
| "The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5 / AFRTS Master)" | AFRTS Master 1956-08-30 |
Armed Forces Radio U.S. Military Sustaining |
Bob Bailey, Gregg, Thorson | Jack Johnstone (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Insurance", "Serial", "AFRTS"]Arc: The Kranesburg Matter (Part 4 of 5) |
Johnny Dollar pieces together banking records to unmask the mastermind behind the Kranesburg arson conspiracy. |
| "The Really Gone Matter" | CBS (WCBS) 1959-08-30 6:05 PM EDT |
Sustaining Insurance Investigation |
Bob Bailey, Bartell, Moyles | Jack Johnstone (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Insurance", "Bob Bailey", "Jack Johnstone"] |
Johnny is assigned to locate a jazz musician who vanished along with a half-million-dollar Stradivarius violin. |
| "Two Lives & The Chief's Gin Bottle Memorial" | Syndicated Oddities 1948-08-30 |
Sustaining Radio Curiosities |
Robert L. Ripley (Host) | Ripley Believe It or Not Staff | ["Curiosities", "History", "Shorts", "Robert Ripley", "Oddities"] |
Robert Ripley recounts the astonishing true tale of an island tribal chieftain whose memorial monument was constructed from thousands of discarded gin bottles. |