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  • Dragnet - "Big Missus" (Old Time Radio, 1955)

    Dragnet - "Big Missus" (Old Time Radio, 1955)
    Aug 17 2026
    Dragnet presents “Big Missus,” episode 312, originally broadcast on August 9, 1955. In this NBC radio drama, Jack Webb stars as LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith.

    A worried woman tells Friday’s Robbery Detail that her ex-convict husband may be preparing a hold-up. Friday and Smith follow the warning through 1950s Los Angeles in a tense investigation where the facts must be established before a crime can happen.

    Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:40 Original Broadcast
    26:37 Closing

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    27 min
  • Dragnet - "Big Laugh" (Old Time Radio, 1953)

    Dragnet - "Big Laugh" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
    Aug 16 2026
    Dragnet presents “Big Laugh,” episode 194, originally broadcast March 8, 1953. In this NBC, Chesterfield-sponsored radio drama, Detective Sergeant Joe Friday is played by Jack Webb, alongside Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith.

    Assigned to the LAPD’s Bunco Detail, Friday investigates a confidence man who has spent a year exploiting women with false promises of marriage. As a lead emerges, Friday and Smith bring patient police work to a case built on deception and vulnerable victims. Written by John Robinson.

    Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    29:54 Closing

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    30 min
  • Dragnet - "Big Run" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

    Dragnet - "Big Run" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
    Aug 15 2026
    Dragnet presents “Big Run,” episode 106 of the classic NBC radio series, originally broadcast June 21, 1951. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, alongside Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.

    Friday and Romero investigate a Los Angeles hit-and-run after two elderly women are struck by a speeding driver. With only the accident scene and witness accounts to guide them, the detectives follow the small trail of evidence left behind.

    Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:53 Original Broadcast
    29:45 Closing

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    30 min
  • Dragnet - "Sullivan Kidnapping - the Wolf" (Old Time Radio, 1949)

    Dragnet - "Sullivan Kidnapping - the Wolf" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
    Aug 14 2026
    Dragnet presents “Sullivan Kidnapping - the Wolf,” episode 15, originally broadcast on NBC on September 10, 1949. This early sustaining broadcast stars Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.

    When Judith Sullivan, the 22-year-old daughter of a bank vice president, disappears, a $30,000 ransom demand signed by “The Wolf” puts the Homicide Detail on a pressing kidnapping case. Written by James E. Moser and produced by Jack Webb, the episode follows Friday and Romero’s focused investigation without giving away where it leads.

    Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:49 Original Broadcast
    30:06 Closing

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    30 min
  • Dragnet - "Big Casing" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

    Dragnet - "Big Casing" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
    Aug 14 2026
    Dragnet presents “The Big Casing,” originally broadcast May 3, 1951. Supplied archival metadata identifies this as episode 3, while established radio listings number the broadcast as program 99. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.

    Friday and Romero investigate a fatal shooting in a Los Angeles apartment, where conflicting accounts and physical evidence call for methodical police work. Written by James “Jim” Moser for NBC’s Fatima-sponsored radio series, the broadcast also notes Moser’s Edgar Award recognition from the Mystery Writers of America.

    Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:37 Original Broadcast
    29:58 Closing

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    30 min
  • Production 10 aka Homicide aka Maniac Murderer aka Mad Killer At Large [episode 10], Broadcast 8/11/1949

    Production 10 aka Homicide aka Maniac Murderer aka Mad Killer At Large [episode 10], Broadcast 8/11/1949
    Aug 13 2026
    Production 10 aka Homicide aka Maniac Murderer aka Mad Killer At Large [episode 10], Broadcast 8/11/1949

    Production 10 aka Homicide aka Maniac Murderer aka Mad Killer At Large [episode 10], Broadcast 8/11/1949

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    30 min
  • The Big Family [episode 81], Broadcast 12/28/1950

    The Big Family [episode 81], Broadcast 12/28/1950
    Aug 12 2026
    The Big Family [episode 81], Broadcast 12/28/1950

    The Big Family [episode 81], Broadcast 12/28/1950

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    26 min
  • The Big Meet [episode 72], Broadcast 10/26/1950

    The Big Meet [episode 72], Broadcast 10/26/1950
    Aug 11 2026
    The Big Meet [episode 72], Broadcast 10/26/1950

    The Big Meet [episode 72], Broadcast 10/26/1950

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    29 min