The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
Episodes
Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA.Original...
Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December ...
Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery:The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951Originating from Hollywo...
Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A mother is found murdered in her home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as...
Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951Originating ...
Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her.Original ...
Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 19...
Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer (EP4904)
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday seeks a hit-and-run driver.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 8, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as...
Dragnet: The Big Lease (EP4899)
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappeared of a widower, who recently lost his wife.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November...
Dragnet: The Big Market (EP4894)
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: A string of supermarket robberies rocks Los Angeles.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarred: ...
Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951Originating ...
Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951Origina...
Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene.Original Radio Broadcast ...
Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864)
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars.Original...
Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Riomero investigate the brutul killing of a woman who worked in an office building.Original Radio Broadcast Date: S...
Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 195...
Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Se...
Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.Original Radio Broa...
Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951Originatin...
Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951Originating from Hol...
Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there's reason to think it might be a hom...
Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951Originating ...
Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessmanOriginal Radio Broadcast Date:July 26, 1951Origina...
Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.Original R...
Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951Origi...
Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951Originati...
Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Jun...
Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951Origi...
Dragnet: The Big Building (EP4788)
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a rich society woman.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 14, 1951Originati...
Dragnet: The Big Imposter (EP4783)
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 1951Originating f...
Dragnet: The Big Bindle (EP4778)
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951Originating fro...
Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a US Postal inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing chOriginal Radio...
Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven year-old son.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1951Originating from Hollywoo...
Dragnet: The Big Drills (EP4763)
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951Originating from Hol...
Dragnet: The Big Casing (EP4758)
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A woman is found shot in her apartment. The husband insists it's suicide, but the evidence seems to point to murder.Original Radio Br...
Dragnet: The Big Saint (EP4748)
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A spate of thefts of GM cars leads Friday and Romero to investigate a particular salvage yard.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 26...
Dragnet: The Big Speech (EP4742)
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed man who beat and robbed a Doctor and stole a supply of narcotics.Original Radio Broadca...
Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A man was slugged and robbed but doesn't want to talk due to threats by the robbers.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951Orig...
Dragnet: The Big Friend (EP4730)
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring:...
Dragnet: The Big Trunk (TV Soundtrack) (EP4724)
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A former vaudeville performer is murdered over worthless possessions in an old trunk.TVSoundtrack from a TV Episode that AIred Januar...
Dragnet: The Big Ben (EP4718)
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a carjacking.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring: Ja...
Dragnet: The Big New Years (EP4706)
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigates the murder of a cop on New Year's Eve.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1951Originating ...
Dragnet: The Big Partner (EP4700)
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday hunts for an escaped robber.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 1, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as S...
Dragnet: The Big Couple (EP4694)
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for husband-and-wife con artists who are swindling local churches.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Febr...
Dragnet: The Big Crime (EP4688)
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for two missing four-year-old twin girls.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1951Originating f...
Dragnet: The Big Cast (EP4676)
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero think they've found a man responsible for the disappearances of a dozen men.Original Radio Broadcast Date: ...
Dragnet: The Big Children (EP4670)
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in to investigate when children in a wealthy neighborhood are begging door-to-door.Original Radi...
Dragnet: The Big Tomato (EP4664)
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate who sold drugs to a high school senior who ended up dying under the influence in a car accident...
Dragnet: The Big Dance (EP4658)
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday investigates a series of hold-ups.Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1951Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack W...
Dragnet: The Big Jump (EP4652)
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero go to a building where a mentally disturbed man is threatening to jump off a 13-story building.Original Rad...
Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are on the trail of The Rattlesnake Bandit, a sadistic robber who holds up couples in cars and inflicts vio...
Dragnet: The Big Family (EP4640)
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A prominent businessman disappears without a trace.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 28, 1950Originating from HollywoodStarring...
Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950Origin...
Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that's taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pic...
Dragnet: The Big Car (EP4622)
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of fifteen market robberies.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1950Originatin...
Dragnet: The Big Betty (EP4616)
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a gang of conmen victimizing the loved ones of the recently deceased.Original Radio Broadcast D...
Dragnet: The Big Parrot (EP4610)
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A married couple is found murdered in their room with a dead parrot.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1950Originating from ...
Dragnet: The Big Mother (EP4604)
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a three-day-old baby who was kidnapped from a local hospital.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Nove...
Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586)
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950Originating from Hollywoo...
Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky)
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949Origi...
Dragnet: The Big Meet (EP4574)
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday goes undercover to complete a large drug buy.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1950Originating from HollywoodStar...
Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks ove...
Dragnet: The Big Quack (EP4562)
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he'd hypnotized.Original Radio Broadcas...
Dragnet: The Big .38 (EP4556)
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950Origin...
Dragnet: The Big Death (EP4550)
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950Originating from...
Dragnet: The Big Pair (EP4544)
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A twelve-year-old and a grandfather return from a trip to Indiana to find all their belongings from their home stolen.Original Radio ...
Dragnet: The Big Make (EP4538)
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate a robbery and shooting at a bakery.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1950Originating from Ho...
Dragnet: The Big Poison (EP4532)
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in when an elderly couple disappears.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1950Originating...
Dragnet: The Big Check (EP4526)
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a check forger who's been passing checks at small businesses.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Augu...
Dragnet: The Big Chance (EP4520)
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an inter-agency search for a missing Highway Patrol Officer.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1...
Dragnet: The Big Youngster (EP4514)
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate when a young lawyer's office is vandalized.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950Origin...
Dragnet: The Big Actor (EP4508)
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the theft of narcotics from a Catholic hospital pharmacy.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August ...
Dragnet: The Big Dare (EP4502)
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the murder of a woman who was found in her own home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 19...
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part Two (EP4496)
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero continue their search for a robber and murderer.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1950Originating fro...
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One (EP4490)
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of robberies by ex-felons.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1950Originating from...
Dragnet: The Big Bomb (EP4484)
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A man holding a bomb threatens to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 195...
Dragnet: The Big Frame (EP4478)
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.Original Radio Broad...
Dragnet: The Big Grab (1950) (EP4472)
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: The wife of a college professor is kidnapped.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1950Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Web...
Dragnet: The Big Mink (EP4466)
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for the murderer of the owner of a small fur shop.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1950Origin...
Dragnet: The Big Purse (EP4460)
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero invesitgate a series of purse snatchings.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1953Originating from Holly...
Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy (EP4454)
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery: A woman is murdered in the apartment she shares with her husband.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1950Originating from Hollywood...
Dragnet: The Big Fake (EP4448)
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A man accuses a police officer of robbing and beating him.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1950Originating from HollywoodStarri...
Dragnet: The Big Key (EP4436)
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Todays Mystery:The big clue to who left a woman's body in a churchyard is a key found near her body.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1950Origina...
Dragnet: The Big Pug (EP4430)
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for two men who robbed and beat an elderly cafe owner.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1950Orig...
Dragnet: The Big Knife (EP4424)
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero are summoned to a local high school where there have been a series of knifings of female students.Original R...
Dragnet: The Big Badge (EP4418)
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A man impersonating a police officer is robbing and assaulting couples in parked cars. Joe Friday and Ben Romero have to catch him.Or...
Dragnet: The Big Job (EP4412)
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:While the police are trying to apprehend a fugitive, a police officer is murdered. Joe Friday and Ben Romero set out to bring the fugi...
Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP4406)
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a driver who committed a hit-and-run.Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 20, 1950Originating from...
Dragnet: The Big Watch (1950) (EP4400)
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are on the trail of a vicious gang of robbers targeting military officers.Original Radi...
Dragnet: The Big Book (EP4394)
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the flood of filthy books into Los Angeles high schools.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950Orig...
Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part Two (EP4388)
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:When a notorious mobster is gunned down, sparking fears of a gang war, Joe Friday and Ben Romero race against time to find the killers...
Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One (EP4382)
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero have to find out who is trying to kill a major gang kingpin before they succeed and start a gang war.Original Radio ...
Dragnet: The Big Boys (EP4376)
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero get a tip on four young fugitive gunmen from San Francisco.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1950Originating...
Dragnet: The Big Thank You (EP4370)
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A parole officer asks Friday and Romero to look into the apparent disappearance of a woman who had a convicted murderess paroled to h...
Dragnet: The Big Kill (EP4364)
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a police officer in his home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1950Originating from ...
Dragnet: The Big Grifter (EP4358)
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero face off against a veteran con-man.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1950Originating from HollywoodStarrin...
Dragnet: The Big Girl (EP4352)
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigating a series of robberies, beatings, and shootings committed by a beautiful woman.Original Radio Broadcast...
Dragnet: The Child Killer (EP4346)
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero search for two missing girls.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1950Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack...
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part Two (EP4340)
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Having gotten key information, Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an interdepartment task force to bring down the top narcotics dealer.Ori...
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part One (EP4334)
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Friday goes undercover in a narcotics gang to get to the get a drug kingpin.Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1950Originating...