Dragnet: The Big Streetcar (EP5009)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
34 min
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8 chapters
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What happens when a man is shot outside his home?
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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 Dragnet.
Who are the detectives involved in the case?
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The story you are about to hear is true.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
What leads the detectives to suspect the wife?
You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail. A man is shot down in the street of a residential neighborhood. He's critically wounded. You don't know who the assailant is. You don't know where he is. Your job, get him.
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January 20th. It was mild in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Ed Jacobs. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from dinner, and it was 9.57 p.m. when I got back to the city hall, room 42. Homicide detail.
How do the detectives gather evidence from neighbors?
All right. Make it in time? No, they were closed up. Oh, that's too bad. Where'd you eat? Oh, that cafeteria down the street. Terrible. Nothing at all, huh? Well, I figured I'd be safe with a corned beef hash. Even that wasn't much.
What critical information does the victim provide before being sedated?
Soggy, you know. Probably standing all day. That's too bad. I asked Johnny if he'd stay open a couple of minutes late. Told him you were coming right over. Place was closed tight when I got there. Couldn't raise anybody. Tough luck. The sharp ribs were really good tonight. Some great pie, too. Boysenberry. Best I had anyway. Say, you got any of those bicarb pills in your locker? I could sure use one. I'm afraid not. Gave the last one to Gene Bechtel tonight. He ate it at the cafeteria, too.
Hiya. Oh, hi, Al.
What do you say?
What warning does the suspect give to the neighbors?
Any phone calls for me yet? Muriel down at the staff's office called. That run you asked for, they got it ready. It was the only call, huh? Yeah. What is it, Al? Something wrong? No, why? You've been moping around like you lost your best friend. What's the matter? You mad at the world? No, just my in-laws. Wife had her father and mother over for lunch today. The old man's getting to be a real pain in the neck. Don't get along with him, huh? I keep trying to. Doesn't seem to do much good. All he can think of is money. It's all he can talk about. Why let it bother you?
How do the detectives plan to apprehend the suspect?
My in-laws have been talking about it for years. Forget it. He won't let you. The minute he puts his foot inside the front door, it's the first thing you hear. Crusty old guy. That pipe he smokes, enough to knock you over. Why don't you duck out when they come over? Tell them you got a call, you have to go to work. The wife's on to that one. She makes me hang around. Keeps telling me her father and mother like me. You never know what the old guy's a real tyrant for. See, the wife comes from a big family. Every time I see her old man, he has to make a point of telling me how smart his other son's-in-law are. How much dough they're making. Yeah, same. Yeah, same routine every time. One of his daughters married a carpenter.
He's making $20 a day. One of them married a hot carrier.
What is the outcome of the case and the trial?
He's making $25 a day. Always ends up asking me how much I'm making.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happens when a man is shot outside his home?
0:00–1:11
2
Who are the detectives involved in the case?
1:11–2:06
3
What leads the detectives to suspect the wife?
2:06–3:09
4
How do the detectives gather evidence from neighbors?
3:09–3:19
5
What critical information does the victim provide before being sedated?
3:19–3:46
6
What warning does the suspect give to the neighbors?
3:46–4:11
7
How do the detectives plan to apprehend the suspect?
4:11–4:42
8
What is the outcome of the case and the trial?
4:42–34:48