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Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)

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Todays Mystery:

A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer (EP4904)

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Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday seeks a hit-and-run driver.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Lease (EP4899)

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Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappeared of a widower, who recently lost his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Market (EP4894)

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Today’s Mystery:

A string of supermarket robberies rocks Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Escape: Operation Fleur De Lys (Encore) (A0052)

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Two OSS Agents (Jack Webb and Elliot Lewis) parachute into occupied France to organize resistance to the Nazis to support the Allied invasion. However, their efforts are threatened by a leak.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

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Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the brutal killing of a woman who worked in an office building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951

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

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Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)

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Today’s Mystery:

Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951

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

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Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951

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

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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951

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

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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951

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

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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951

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Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Philips; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)

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Today’s Mystery:

An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there’s reason to think it might be a homicide.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951

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

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