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The Flight Six Matter Ep 5 (opens the original)
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Originally Aired: February 3, 1956 Johnny Dollar #320, "The Flight Six Matter Ep 5," Johnny Dollar's investigation in Acapulco takes a deadly turn when Marvel Terrence, the key witness who promised to reveal who caused the Flight 6 explosion, is murdered and her body pulled from the surf below her hotel. With his assistant Gino Romero, Johnny pursues a prowler on the hotel grounds, discovering suspect Don Serrano searching for his brother-in-law Ramon de Lagos, whom he accuses of the killing. Me
The Flight Six Matter Ep 4 (opens the original)
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Originally Aired: February 2, 1956 Johnny Dollar #319, "The Flight Six Matter Ep 4," Johnny and Inspector Gino Romero discover that all the Flight 6 beneficiaries have fled Mexico City for Acapulco. Marvel Tearns, Bill Blakely, and Ramon de Lagos each took separate commercial flights, while the mysterious Don Serrano chartered a private plane. Despite Gino's superstitious dread that their own flight also bears the number six, they pursue the suspects to the tropical paradise of Acapulco. Johnny
The Flight Six Matter Ep 3 (opens the original)
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Originally Aired: February 1, 1956 Johnny Dollar #318, "The Flight Six Matter Ep 3," Johnny Dollar receives an unexpected visit at his Mexico City hotel from Don Serrano de Almeida Ypico, the brother of crash victim Maria de Lagos. The aristocratic Don Serrano arrives with strong accusations, convinced that Maria's husband Ramon is a diabolical maniac who planted a bomb on Flight Six to kill his wife. According to Don Serrano, Ramon was a fortune hunter who married Maria for her wealth and had b
The Flight Six Matter Ep 2 (opens the original)
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Originally Aired: January 31, 1956 Johnny Dollar #317, "The Flight Six Matter Ep 2," Johnny investigates the wreckage of Flight 6, learning that dynamite planted in the baggage compartment brought down the plane. A suspicious baggage handler named Ramirez had insisted on loading one particular suitcase himself just before takeoff. At the crash site, Johnny encounters the enigmatic Marvel Terence, who learns she's the beneficiary of fifty thousand dollars in flight insurance policies taken out by
The Flight Six Matter Ep 1 (opens the original)
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Originally Aired: January 30, 1956 Johnny Dollar #316, "The Flight Six Matter Ep 1," Johnny Dollar is pulled into a high-stakes investigation when Pete Codley of Guaranteed Transport summons him to Mexico City. Flight 6 of the Aztec Caribbean line, traveling from Mexico City to Havana, has exploded in mid-air and crashed into the mountains, killing all seven passengers and three crew members. Three passengers purchased flight insurance at the airport, leaving the company liable for $75,000. Pete
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