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Today’s Mystery:
When a seven-week-old baby is abandoned in a downtown bus depot, Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs begin searching for the missing mother. But as they retrace her journey to Los Angeles, small inconsistencies in a witness’s story lead the detectives to suspect the truth is far more complicated than anyone first believed.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday and Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs
Also featuring Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, and Helen Kleeb
Script by Jim Moser
Music by Walter Schumann
Announcer: Hal Gibney
Technical advice from the Los Angeles Police Department
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