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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Imposter (EP4783)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Cloak and Dagger: The Kachin Story (A0010)

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Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent parachutes into Japanese-occupied Burma to organizea local native tribe to aide the allied invasion effort.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 18, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Raymond Edward Johnson, Carl Weber, Bill Quinn, Joe Julian, Everett Sloan, Inga Adams, Jackson Beck, and Jerry Jarrett

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Dragnet: The Big Bindle (EP4778)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a USPS inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing checks.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Cloak and Dagger: The Brenner Pass Story (A0006)

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Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan

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Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven-year-old son.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Strawberry Blonde (EP4765)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman working for the Communist Party in Paris tries to get her husband to steal notes on a sensitive meeting.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952

Originating from New York

Starred: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell

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Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse (A0004)

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Today’s Adventure:

A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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Dragnet: The Big Drills

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Jack of Diamonds (EP4760)

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Today’s Mystery:

In London, Waring gets involved in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Francis Chaney

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Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker’s Story (A0002)

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Today’s Adventure:

An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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Dragnet: The Big Casing (EP4758)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found shot in her apartment. The husband insists it’s suicide, but the evidence seems to point to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 3, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Careless Corpse (EP4755)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery: Waring is sent to Berlin to recruit a scientist to the American cause but Communist Agents send an imposter to
kidnap the scientist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1952

Originating from New York

Starred: Les Damon as the Falcon, Lesley Woods

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Dragnet: The Big Saint (EP4748)

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Today’s Mystery:

A spate of thefts of GM cars leads Friday and Romero to investigate a particular salvage yard.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Silent Butler (EP4743)

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Today’s Mystery:

Mike goes to Lisbon on a tip that a woman working at the US embassy is a spy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Mandel Kramer; Bryna Raeburn

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