Narrator

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned a juvenile detail.

A woman reports that a teenage boy has been stealing food from her home.

She says she's seen him several times.

Your job, check it out.

Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.

For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you've just heard is true.

The names were changed to protect the innocent.

On April 16th, a hearing was held in Juvenile Court, the state of California, in and for the county of Los Angeles.

Peter Ellis Siler was made a ward of the juvenile court and was placed in a foster home.

Through the efforts of Dr. Carl Winderman, he was permitted to enroll in Bradfield University as a special student in the field of higher mathematics and physics.

Bitter poverty tears the Soubirous family apart.

Desperate to serve her quarreling parents, Bernadette goes to gather firewood.

But at the dark, forbidden grotto of Massabier, she encounters an unexpected and disturbing vision.

Could it be from heaven?

Or is it from some other place?