The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.
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United States
Description:
Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.
Language:
English
Episodes
Dragnet: The Big Boys (EP4376)
4/27/2024
Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero get a tip on four young fugitive gunmen from San Francisco.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Harry Bartell
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Duration:00:38:02
Dragnet: The Big Thank You (EP4370)
4/20/2024
Today's Mystery: A parole officer asks Friday and Romero to look into the apparent disappearance of a woman who had a convicted murderess paroled to her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Jack Kruschen; Don Diamond
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Duration:00:31:28
Dragnet: The Big Kill (EP4364)
4/13/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a police officer in his home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Jack Kruschen; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:35:36
Dragnet: The Big Grifter (EP4358)
4/6/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero face off against a veteran con-man.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:33:38
Dragnet: The Big Girl (EP4352)
3/30/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigating a series of robberies, beatings, and shootings committed by a beautiful woman.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:42:01
Dragnet: The Child Killer (EP4346)
3/23/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero search for two missing girls.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Jack Kruschen; Herb Butterfield; Bill Johnstone
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: David, Patreon Supporter since January 2019
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Duration:00:38:14
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part Two (EP4340)
3/16/2024
Today's Mystery:Having gotten key information, Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an interdepartment task force to bring down the top narcotics dealer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: John, Patreon Supporter Since March 2020
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Duration:00:38:50
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part One (EP4334)
3/9/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday goes undercover in a narcotics gang to get to the get a drug kingpin.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Sidney Miller; Herb Butterfield; William Conrad; Peggy Webber
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Duration:00:36:12
Dragnet: The Big Escape (EP4328)
3/2/2024
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday arrests an old army buddy for armed robbery.Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris.
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Duration:00:44:46
Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders (EP4322)
2/24/2024
Todays Mystery:Friday and Romero search for a trigger-happy gang of hold-up men.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949
Originating from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:32:51
Dranget: .22 Rifle for Christmas (EP4316)
2/17/2024
Todays Mystery: A boy disappears before Christmas with his present - a .22 rifle.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Peggy Webber; William Johnstone
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Duration:00:43:54
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murder (EP4310)
2/10/2024
Today's Mystery:An organist is found murdered in her apartment, and the police can figure out the killer got in.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:33:12
Dragnet: The Jade Thumb Rings (EP4304)
2/3/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and his partner Romero race against the clock to recover $8,000 worth of stolen Chinese jade. The only lead? A vicious criminal and a six-year-old witness with a wild imagination.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:39:12
Dragnet: The Spring Street Gang (EP4298)
1/27/2024
Today's Mystery: Friday and Smith search for a juvenile gang that's been committing burglaries, robberies, and rapes.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1949
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rich, Patreon Supporter Since March 2020
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Duration:00:37:27
Dragnet: The Mother-in-Law Murder (EP4292)
1/20/2024
Todays Mystery:An elderly woman with an acrimonious relationship with her daughter-in-law is found murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield as Lt. Lee Jones
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Don, Patreon Supporter since October 2021
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Duration:00:35:52
Dragnet: The Big Bar (TV Soundtrack) (EP4286)
1/13/2024
Today's Mystery:Friday and Smith look for a man who has committed a series of bar robberies and killed several of the victims.
Original Television Broadcast Date: October 8, 1954 based on a Radio Play from November 10, 1949
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Frank Smith; Walter Sande; Harry Bartel; Dee Thompson; Eugene Iglesias; Dennis Weaver; Natalie Masters
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Duration:00:36:38
Dragnet: The Big Lamp (TV Soundtrack) (EP4280)
1/6/2024
Todays Mystery:A criminal is acquitted, leaves LA, and returns. Friday and Ed Jacobs think he’s up to his old tricks.
Original Television Broadcast: June 19, 1952 (radio script originally aired October 20, 1949)
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Herb Butterfield as Lieutenant Lee Jones; Tol Avery; Eddie Firestone, Jr.; Ralph Moody; Parley Baer; Peggy Webber
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Neil, Since September 2016
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Duration:00:37:16
Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4268)
12/23/2023
Today's Mystery:Friday and Smith search for a statue of the child Jesus stolen from a church on Christmas Eve.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Herb Vigran; Ralph Moody
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Sergey since May 2020
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Duration:00:44:54
Dragnet: The Truck Hijackers
12/16/2023
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero suspect an inside job in a series of truck hijackings.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 1, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; William Herb Butterfield
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Dianne since July 2023
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Duration:00:42:09
Dragnet: The Brick Bat Slayer (EP4256)
12/9/2023
Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero search for a serial killer who breaks into the homes of women and murders them with a red brick.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1949
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield as Lee Jones
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Discussion: Talking about how the podcast has changed, since I started.
Volume One Podcast Feed
Season 1 Commentary
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Duration:00:43:21