Tag: hit and run

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Frame (EP4478)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Bill Johnstone; Sheldon Leonard; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP4406)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a driver who committed a hit-and-run.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3541: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Latourette Matter

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John Lund

Johnny takes over an investigation of a book store arson after the previous insurance investigator was killed in an apparent hit and run, that Johnny suspects was murder.

Original Air Date: February 20, 1953

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP3463: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glen English Matter

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Edmond O'Brien

A lawyer friend of Johnny’s is killed in an apparent hit and run.

Original Air Date: January 5, 1952

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Mystery is My Hobby, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP3360: Mystery is My Hobby: Lake George Murder

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While returning from a fishing trip, Drake and Danton find a dead man killed by an apparent hit and run, but Barton Drake suspects there’s more to it.

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Forgotten Detectives, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, Roger Kilgore, Public Defender

EP3154: Roger Kilgore, Public Defender: The Case of Don Winthrop

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A college student is charged with a hit and run slaying, but insists he was in his dorm studying.

Original Air Date: April 18, 1948

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Hated Detectives, It's a Crime, Mister Collins, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP3112: It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins: The Lost Film

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Gail witnesses a man being hit a truck and then finds herself being followed around New York City.

Original Air Date: November 11, 1957

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2888: Dragnet: The Big Try

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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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EP2851: Dragnet: The Big Rod

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a souped up car who hit a woman and left her for dead.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1954

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2714: Dragnet: The Big Rod

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a souped up car who hit a woman and left her for dead.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1954

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NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2223: Night Beat: A Case of Butter

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Frank Lovejoy

A hit and run case involve a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butter.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1950

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2036: Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer

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Jack Webb

A panel truck plows into an elderly woman and her young grandson and Friday and Romero search for the truck and the driver.

Original Air Date: November 8, 1951

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ABC, Defense Attorney, Forgotten Detectives, Lady Sleuths, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP1895: Defense Attorney: Client: Jim Leonard

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Mercedes McCambridge

A teenage paperboy is accused of a hit and run killing and Martha seeks to find the truth.

Original Air Date: September 14, 1951

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Dragnet, Podcast, Procedural

EP1628: Dragnet: The Big Frame

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Jack Webb
Friday and Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1950

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