Category: Dragnet

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Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)

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Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Harry Bartell; Ralph Moody; Herb Vigran

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Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the brutal killing of a woman who worked in an office building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)

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Today’s Mystery:

Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Jack Kruschen

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Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Philips; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)

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Today’s Mystery:

An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there’s reason to think it might be a homicide.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Phillips

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Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris

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