Category: NBC

EP2918s: A Life in Your Hands: The Rooming House Murder

A blackmailing boarder is murdered at Mrs. O’Malley’s boarding house.

Original Air Date: September 13, 1949
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EP2913: Dragnet: The Big Badge (Standard Division #6 (Tied)

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero search for “The Badge Bandit” holds up couples in parked cars while pretending to be a police officer.

Original Air Date: May 4, 1950

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EP2912: Dragnet: The Big Mannikin

Jack Webb
A woman reports her husband missing.

Original Air Date: October 19, 1954

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EP2907: Sherlock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

John Gielgud

A charming young governess is haunted by a mysterious bearded bicyclist.

Original Air Date: February 27, 1955

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EP2906: Dragnet: The Big Tar Baby

Jack Webb

A man reports his wife kidnapped but withdraws the report in a way that makes Friday suspicious.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1954

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EP2901: Boston Blackie: Alice Manletter, Dead or Alive? (Listener’s Choice Short Division #2)

Chester Morris
Boston Blackie is supposed to show a friend’s niece around New York City, but another man picks her up, and Blackie ends up accused of her murder.

Original Air Date: August 4, 1944

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EP2900s: Molle Mystery Theater: Leg Man

The reporter investigates the murder of a bar owner that the police believe is open and shut.

Original Air Date: October 19, 1945

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EP2900: Dragnet: The Big Handsome Bandit

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of hold ups.

Original Air Date: October 5, 1954
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EP2894: Dragnet: The Big Bible

Jack Webb

A man appears to have committed suicide in a locked room, but one piece of evidence suggests a murder may have occurred.

Original Air Date: September 28, 1954

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EP2889: Night Beat: The Girl from Kansas (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #9)

Frank Lovejoy
Randy takes an interest in a young woman from Kansas who was arrested soon after she arrived in Chicago for reasons she doesn’t understand.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1950

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EP2888: Dragnet: The Big Try

Jack Webb

A young man confesses to a hit and run. Friday and Smith have to verify if the story is true.

Original Air Date: September 21, 1954

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EP2882: Dragnet: The Big Cut

Jack Webb

$5,000 in watches is stolen from a jewelry store.

Original Air Date: September 14, 1954

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EP2877: The Saint: A Real Guy (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #11)


Vincent Price

Simon investigates the death of a despised band leader.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1950

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EP2876: Dragnet: The Big Trunk

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith searching for a missing divorcee.

Original Air Date: September 7, 1954

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EP2875: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Milford Brooks III Matter

Charles Russell
Johnny tries to protect the life of an insured man who seems determined to commit suicide and has named a notorious gangster as his beneficiary.

Original Air Date: March 25, 1949

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