Category: Dragnet

Dragnet: Production 3 (aka: The Werewolf) (EP4172)

Todays Mystery:

A man described as having a face like a werewolf is robbing and mutilating women in the wee hours on the streets of Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Captain Ed Backstrand

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Dragnet: Production 2 (aka: Nickle-Plated Gun) (EP4166)

Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero search for two tough robbers who shot two police officers at a café.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 10, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Ed Backstand, Frank Lovejoy

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EP3224: Dragnet: The Big Close

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a murdered man found in a motel room.

Original Air Date: September 20, 1955

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EP3218: Dragnet: The Big Daughter

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a house after getting a tip that the occupant has obtained 32 caps of Heroin.

Original Air Date: September 13, 1955

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EP3212: Dragnet: The Big Ruling

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the new source of heroin on the street.

Original Air Date: September 6, 1955

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EP3200: Dragnet: The Big Fellow

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for dangerous wanted criminals who are also drug addicts.

Original Air Date: August 30, 1955

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EP3194: Dragnet: The Big Blonde

Jack Webb

A businessman reports that a blonde woman and two accomplices conned him out of $40,000

Original Air Date: August 23, 1955

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EP3188: Dragnet: The Big Beer

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith are called in when a night watchman finds a live-in employee murdered.

Original Air Date: August 16, 1955

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EP3182: Dragnet: The Big Missus

Jack Webb

The wife of a man who broke parole in Michigan wants the police to bring her husband in before he returns to a life of robbery.

Original Air Date: August 9, 1955
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EP3176: Dragnet: The Big Sheet

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a drug store robbery.

Original Air Date: August 2, 1955

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EP3170: Dragnet: The Big Housemaid

Jack Webb

An elderly woman who’s known Frank Smith all her life has had her jewelry stolen by a housemaid.

Original Air Date: July 26, 1955

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EP3164: Dragnet: The Big Bobo

Jack Webb

A woman reports that a police officer shook her down for $5,000 in order to get her husband out of prison.

Original Air Date: July 19, 1955

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EP3158: Dragnet: The Big Genius

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a report of a teenage boy stealing food.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1955

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EP3152: Dragnet: The Big Rush

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of tavern robberies.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1955

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EP3146: Dragnet: The Big Convertible

Jack Webb

The only clue Friday and Smith have to a check forger is he left the scene of the crime driving a late model Ford convertible.

Original Air Date: June 28, 1955

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