Dragnet: The Big Daughter 09/13/1955
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
25 min
6 speakers
5 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What is the premise of the Dragnet episode 'The Big Daughter'?
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It was Tuesday, September 6th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of narcotics detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Walter. My name's Friday. We're on our way out from the office and it was 9.33 p.m. when we got to the corner of 8th and Temple. Converted garage. Is that the right address? Yeah, why don't you swing around here at the corner. We can park across the street up there. Okay. Yeah, right up here will do. All right. If there isn't much of a house, it looks more like a store or something. Yeah.
You sure that's where he's living, Joe?
Yeah, Nicky says the place used to be a garage. Huh? A fellow ran it, went broke, turned it into a living quarter. Oh, I see. How long's Denson been staying here? About six months. How long? Well, he's got his family with him. Wife, two or three kids. Ah. Well, what do you think? Should we tap him now? Let's give it a couple of minutes, see if he's drawn any customers. Okay. Is this Nicky sure about all this? Yeah, he says he is. Says Denson's loaded for action, 30 or 40 caps. Just got him tonight, huh? Yeah. Think he know who he got him from? If he does, he wouldn't tell me.
Joe. Hmm? Front door. Yeah.
What initial clues lead to the investigation of Slim Denson?
Must be the wife. Wonder who she's looking for. I don't see anybody. I guess she doesn't need it. Well, that might make it a little easier for her. What do you mean? She left the door open. Approximately 45 minutes earlier, we'd received a telephone call from an informant named Nicky Corbin. Corbin had reported that Slim Denson, the known narcotic user who lived at the corner of Temple and 8th, had some 30 or 40 caps of heroin in his possession. Corbin said Denson was getting ready to push the stuff. Frank and I waited across the street from the Denson residence for 26 minutes. During that time, no one came in or out of the house, but the front door remained open. 9.59 p.m., a young man turned a corner and headed into the converted garage.
Five minutes later, he reappeared and started down the street. Should we talk to him? Yeah. Wait a minute, Frank. Huh? I guess you forgot something. Yeah. Going back inside. Well, let's give him some company. The man re-entered the Denson residence. As soon as he disappeared through the front door, I moved in after him. At the same time, Frank went around to the rear of the building. The garage had been crudely partitioned into rooms and the front area contained an overstuffed sofa, a dining room table and chairs and a TV set. In addition to the young man who had gone in ahead of me, there were two other people in the room. The woman who had previously appeared in the doorway and a sallow-faced middle-aged man.
Now, hold on, mister. Where do you think you're going?
Please, doctor, you're under arrest.
Please.
That's right. Don't move any of you.
It's fine time for you to be showing up. You ought to be ashamed. How's that? Three hours ago. That's when you should have been here. That's when we needed you.
Oh, now, take it easy, Alice. Don't start raising those things.
You're a girl only seven years old running around the city like this. Lord knows what could have happened to her. You call a cop and don't even show up till three hours later.
I told you, hold your mouth.
Else is my baby. I was half out of my mind when she didn't come home from school.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the premise of the Dragnet episode 'The Big Daughter'?
0:00–2:23
2
What initial clues lead to the investigation of Slim Denson?
2:23–5:59
3
How do the detectives gather information about Denson's activities?
5:59–6:36
4
What challenges do the detectives face during the investigation?
6:36–8:31
5
How does the Denson family react to the police investigation?
8:31–25:13
Speakers
6 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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