Dragnet: The Big Elevator (EP5029)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
35 min
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7 chapters
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Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Drag Nap. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software and be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever you download it from. But now, from April 24th, 1952, here is The Big Elevator.
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 homicide detail. You get a call from the receiving hospital in your city. A dead body has been left in the hospital elevator.
There's no lead to the identity of the corpse. There's no apparent cause of death. Your job, investigate.
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.
It was Wednesday, November 9th. It was foggy in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch on a homicide detail. My partner's Bill Lockwood. The boss is Captain Lorman. My name's Friday. It was 11.28 p.m. when we got to the third floor at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Dr. Terrell's office. Friday. Glad to see you. Been waiting for you. We made it as soon as we could, Doctor. I'd like to have you meet my new partner, Bill Lockwood. Dr. Carroll, Bill. How are you? I think I've seen you around, Lockwood. Yes, sir. How are you? I understand you've got a problem, Doc. What's the story? An odd one. Happened a few minutes after 11. You want to sit down a minute? I'll fill you in before we go back and take a look at the body.
Thank you very much. I understand it's a woman, that right? Yeah. Grace Morgan. She's a night nurse on duty. She told me she was sitting at the desk checking over some patient's cards. It was about five, ten minutes after 11 when she heard the elevator come up. Mm-hmm. She heard the elevator stop and the doors open. Kept on checking the cards there, didn't pay any attention to it. Then she realized nobody got out of the elevator. She looked up and the elevator doors were still open. She saw this young woman slumped over in a wheelchair sitting there in the elevator. The woman was alone, was she? That's right. The nurse went over and wheeled her out of the elevator. The woman was wearing a nightgown, a bathrobe over that.
She was unconscious. The nurse called me. The two of us took the woman into a treatment room. I examined her. She was dead. Any indication how long? Body was still warm. She'd only been dead a short time. Any idea of the cause of death? I noticed a couple of abrasions on her right shoulder, another one in the right temporal region. Not positive, but I don't think any of them were severe enough to cause death. No other markings at all? No, she seemed to have been in good physical condition. Noticed a strong smell of alcohol, though. Could be she'd been drinking. Is the nurse pretty sure the woman came up the elevator alone? Possibility one of the attendants might have brought her up? No, I checked with the attendant on duty down in the first floor lobby, Ray Collins.
He didn't bring her up. He said a man came in the lobby about 11 o'clock, said he had a sick woman out in his car. He asked for a wheelchair to bring her in. Ray asked if he could help, but the man said he'd take care of it.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:07–6:51
2
What is the case setup when Friday and Lockwood are called to the hospital elevator?
6:51–8:51
3
How does Dr. Terrell describe the elevator discovery and initial examination of the woman?
8:51–11:31
4
What clues do attendants and the wheelchair provide about who brought the woman to the hospital?
11:31–19:36
5
How do investigators process the body and search for identification at the hospital?
19:36–23:52
6
What did detectives find when they trace the mysterious name 'Carla Cheswick' to an apartment?
23:52–32:44
7
What does questioning the husband Ernest Cheswick reveal about their relationship and alibi?
32:44–35:07