Category: NBC

Dragnet: The Big Drills

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)

Les Damon

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Les Damon

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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Dragnet: The Big Speech (EP4742)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed man who beat and robbed a Doctor and stole a supply of narcotics.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 19, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Four (EP4740)

Today’s Mystery: An experiment reveals how the diamond got out of Rachel Verinder’s cabinet. But where is it now?

Original Air Date: April 23, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake, Jonathan Hull, Dick York, Donald Gallagher, Boris Aplon, Marvin Peisner

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The Falcon: The Case of the Gorgeous Greek (EP4737)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

Waring is in Greece looking for the leader of the Greek Communist Party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch; Anne Burr

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Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)

Today’s Mystery:

A man was slugged and robbed but doesn’t want to talk due to threats by the robbers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)

Today’s Mystery: After a tragic suicide, Sergeant Cuff’s dismissed with the theft of the Moonstone still unsolved. A year later, someone else picks up the investigation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 16, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson, Maurice Copeland

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The Falcon: The Case of the Rolling Stones (EP4731)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

The Falcon goes to Sicily to apprehend a Communist leader who was guilty of war crimes during World War II.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; June Allison

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Dragnet: The Big Friend (EP4730)

Today’s Mystery:

An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Two (EP4728)

Today’s Mystery:

England’s greatest detective is called in to recover the Moonstone.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Les Spears

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