Tag: Cop Killing

Dragnet: The Big New Years (EP4706)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigates the murder of a cop on New Year’s Eve.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Sgt. Gordon Ellis Murder Case (EP4505)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

An upstate police officer is murdered while transporting a prisoner who had been about to turn state’s evidence. The prisoner then escapes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jane Morgan; Peggy Webber; Doris Singleton; Joseph Kearns; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller

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