The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)

EP2798: Dragnet: The Big Cat

13 Apr 2019

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Friday and Smith for a jaguar missing from a traveling carnival Original Air Date: June 15, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.n...

EP2792: Dragnet: The Big Student

06 Apr 2019

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Friday and Smith investigate a bank robbery. Original Air Date: June 8, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net. Support the show...

EP2786: Dragnet: The Big Cowboy

30 Mar 2019

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Friday and Smith deal with a man in a house, firing his gun in his residential neighborhood. Original Air Date: June 1, 1954 Support the show monthly ...

EP2780: Dragnet: The Big Watch

23 Mar 2019

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Friday and Smith search for a man who committed a market robbery. Original Air Date: May 25, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives....

EP2774: Dragnet: The Big Help

16 Mar 2019

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A convicted check forger offers to help Friday and Smith catch the gang behind a string of fake payroll checks being cashed. Original Air Date: May 18...

EP2768: Dragnet: The Big Look

09 Mar 2019

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Friday and Smith trying to find a man who has been robbing and beating women. Original Air Date: May 11, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.grea...

EP2762: Dragnet: The Big Stop

02 Mar 2019

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Friday and Smith investigate the shooting of a traffic officer at a stop. Original Air Date: May 4, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdete...

EP2750: Dragnet: The Big Lift

16 Feb 2019

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of high-priced shop-lifting incidents. Original Air Date: April 27, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.gre...

EP2744: Dragnet: The Big Net

09 Feb 2019

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Friday and Smith organize a massive manhunt for a robber who targets women. Original Air Date: April 20, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.grea...

EP2738: Dragnet: The Big Note

02 Feb 2019

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Friday receives a note from a young woman promising a tip on drugs being provided to a minor. Original Air Date: April 13, 1954 Support the show month...

EP2732: Dragnet: The Big Saw

26 Jan 2019

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Friday and Smith investigate a bank robbery. Original Air Date: April 6, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show...

EP2726: Dragnet: The Big Confession

19 Jan 2019

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A man comes in and confesses to murder. Friday and Smith to have to verify if the confession is true. Original Air Date: March 30, 1954 Support the sh...

EP2720: Dragnet: The Big Mustache

12 Jan 2019

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Friday and Smith investigate a store robbery. Original Air Date: March 23, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the sh...

EP2714: Dragnet: The Big Rod

05 Jan 2019

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Friday and Smith search for the driver of a souped up car who hit a woman and left her for dead. Original Air Date: March 16, 1954 Support the show mo...

EP2708: Dragnet: The Big Cup

29 Dec 2018

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A woman is found murdered in her home and her estranged husband disappears. Original Air Date: March 9, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.great...

EP2702: Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus

22 Dec 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church’s nativity scene. Original Air Date: December 22, 1953 Support t...

EP2696: Dragnet: The Big TV

15 Dec 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate the disappearance of young mother and her baby. Original Air Date: March 2, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.grea...

EP2690: Dragnet: The Big Pipe

08 Dec 2018

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A woman is found beaten to death in her office. Original Air Date: February 23, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support t...

EP2684: Dragnet: The Big Sucker

01 Dec 2018

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A con man is tricking people into paying thousands of dollars for phony diamonds. Original Air Date: February 16, 1954 Support the show monthly at pat...

EP2678: Dragnet: The Big Broad

24 Nov 2018

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Friday and Slats Henry investigate a series of liquor store robberies. Original Air Date: february 9, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatde...

EP2672: Dragnet: The Big Filth

17 Nov 2018

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Friday investigates when a woman disappears and leaves her children alone for more than a week. Original Air Date: February 2, 1954 Support the show m...

EP2666: Dragnet: The Big Bid

10 Nov 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a burglary at a high-end clothing store. Original Air Date: January 26, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdet...

EP2660: Dragnet: The Big Bill

03 Nov 2018

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Friday and Smith are called in by a woman who believes her good friend, a local restaurant owner, is missing. Original Air Date: January 19, 1954 Supp...

EP2654: Dragnet: The Big Switch

27 Oct 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate an apparent suicide with signs of foul play. Original Air Date: January 12, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.grea...

EP2648: Dragnet: The Big Listen

20 Oct 2018

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Friday and Smith get a tip on a couple criminals planning something big. Original Air Date: January 5, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatd...

EP2642: Dragnet: The Big Steal

13 Oct 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of fur burglaries. Original Air Date: December 29, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net ...

EP2636: Dragnet: The Big Brink

06 Oct 2018

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Friday and Smith search for an armed robbery gang. Original Air Date: December 15, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Suppor...

EP2630: Dragnet: The Big Pick

29 Sep 2018

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Friday and Smith help out a man whose entire life savings were stolen by a pickpocket. Original Air Date: December 8, 1953 Support the show monthly at...

EP2624: Dragnet: The Big Odd

22 Sep 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a truck-jacking where the driver was kidnapped. Original Air Date: December 1, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.g...

EP2618: Dragnet: The Big Present

15 Sep 2018

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Friday investigate a series of burglaries that point to a juvenile as a perpetrator. Original Air Date: November 24, 1953 Support the show monthly at ...

EP2612: Dragnet: The Big Flight

08 Sep 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a market robbery. Original Air Date: November 17, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support th...

EP2606: Dragnet: The Big Kid

01 Sep 2018

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Friday and Smith try to prevent a juvenile gang war from breaking out. Original Air Date: November 10, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatd...

EP2600: Dragnet: The Big Rain

25 Aug 2018

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A woman is found near death near a gutter in the rain. Original Air Date: November 3, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Sup...

EP2594: Dragnet: The Big Fraud

18 Aug 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a case of extortion by con men pretending to be police officers. Original Air Date: October 27, 1953 Support the show mon...

EP2582: Dragnet: The Big Plea

04 Aug 2018

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Friday and Smith search for a suspect in a series of robberies. Original Air Date: October 13, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetective...

EP2576: Dragnet: The Big Little Mother

28 Jul 2018

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Friday and Smith try to find a young woman who’s been forging checks to buy children’s clothes. Original Air Date: October 6, 1953 Support the sho...

EP2570: Dragnet: The Big Try

21 Jul 2018

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Friday tries to talk a man out of committing suicide. Original Air Date: September 29, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Su...

EP2564: Dragnet: The Big Slip

14 Jul 2018

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A car dealer buys a stolen car where the seller has the pink slip. Original Air Date: September 22, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdete...

EP2558: Dragnet: The Big Cab

07 Jul 2018

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Friday and Smith search for a robber who escapes and leaves the scenes of his crime by taxi cab. Original Air Date: September 15, 1953 Support the sho...

EP2552: Dragnet: The Big Lift

30 Jun 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of unsolved burglaries.. Original Air Date: September 8, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetective...

EP2546: Dragnet: The Big Bop

23 Jun 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of check cashing store robberies. Original Air Date: September 1, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.great...

EP2540: Dragnet: The Big Ham

16 Jun 2018

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A young woman appears to have committed suicide in the apartment of a promising young actor. Original Air Date: June 28, 1953 Support the show monthly...

EP2534: Dragnet: The Big Revolt

09 Jun 2018

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Friday and Smith search for a missing contractor. Original Air Date: June 21, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the...

EP2528: Dragnet: The Big Lily

02 Jun 2018

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Friday and Smith are called in to investigate when a woman is found apparently beaten and near death. Original Air Date: June 14, 1953 Support the sho...

EP2522: Dragnet: The Big Will

26 May 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a wealthy business owner. Original Air Date: June 7, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectiv...

EP2516: Dragnet: The Big Gun, Part Two

19 May 2018

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Friday and Smith have captured one of the men in a car theft and narcotics racket, but now have to catch the ringleader. Original Air Date: May 31, 19...

EP2510: Dragnet: The Big Gun, Part One

12 May 2018

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A stolen rental truck leads Friday and Smith into the middle of an investigation involving stolen cars and narcotics along the Mexican border.   Orig...

EP2504s: The Bob Hope Show with Guest Star Jack Webb

06 May 2018

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Sergeant Friday has to solve a murder while breaking in a new partner…Detective Bob Hope. Original Air Date: February 4, 1953 Support the show month...

EP2504: Dragnet: The Big False Move

05 May 2018

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A man has confessed to holding up a store, but Friday suspects he’s not telling the truth. Original Air Date: May 10, 1953 Support the show monthly ...

EP2498: Dragnet: The Big Joke

28 Apr 2018

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A bartender calls Friday and Smith when he receives a letter offering him $5,000 to kill a man. Original Air Date: May 10, 1953 Support the show month...

EP2492: Dragnet: The Big Carney

21 Apr 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of high-priced shopliftings. Original Air Date: May 3, 1953 Support the show monthly at: patreon.greatdetective...

EP2486: Dragnet: The Big Scrapbook

14 Apr 2018

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Friday and Smith track down three robbers who pulled off a big jewel robbery in San Diego. Original Air Date: April 26, 1953 Support the show monthly ...

EP2480: Dragnet: The Big Rip

07 Apr 2018

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Friday and Smith get a tip on the identity of safe burglars from a suspect in a previous case. Original Air Date: April 19, 1952 Support the show mont...

EP2474: Dragnet: The Big Compulsion

31 Mar 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of false alarms being called in. Original Air Date: April 12, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdete...

EP2468: Dragnet: The Big Chet

24 Mar 2018

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An ex-con gives Friday and Smith a tip in a series of robberies. Original Air Date: April 5, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives....

EP2462: Dragnet: The Big Dream

17 Mar 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a $5,000 liquor store hold up. Original Air Date: March 29, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net ...

EP2450: Dragnet: The Big Impossible

03 Mar 2018

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Friday and Smith think they’ve found the man behind a series of robberies. The only problem? He couldn’t have possibly done it because he was in a...

EP2444: Dragnet: The Big Laugh

24 Feb 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate a man who is taking advantage of lonely single women. Original Air Date: March 8, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreo...

EP2438: Dragnet: The Big Want

17 Feb 2018

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Friday and Smith search for a fugitive from another city. Original Air Date: March 1, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Sup...

EP2432: Dragnet: The Big Smoke

10 Feb 2018

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A man in his seventies is murdered and his bed-ridden wife brutally beaten. Friday and Smith search for the perpetrator. Original Air Date: February 2...

EP2426: Dragnet: The Big Tooth

03 Feb 2018

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A woman fears her mother’s been murdered by her father. Original Air Date: February 15, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net...

EP2420: Dragnet; The Big Press

27 Jan 2018

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Friday and Smith search for forgers who’ve been passing fake payroll checks. Original Air Date: February 8, 1953 Support the show monthly at: patre...

EP2414: Dragnet: The Big Strip

20 Jan 2018

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Friday and Smith search for a gang of car strippers. Original Air Date: February 1, 1953 Support the show monthly at: patreon.greatdetectives.net Sup...

EP2408: Dragnet: The Big Lay-Out

13 Jan 2018

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A friend of Friday’s turns his son in for doing drugs. Original Air Date: January 25, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net S...

EP2402: Dragnet: The Big String

06 Jan 2018

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Friday and Smith investigate the kidnapping of a college professor’s wife. Original Air Date: January 18, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.g...

EP2396: Dragnet: The Big Small

30 Dec 2017

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Friday and Smith search for an elderly lady forger. Original Air Date: January 11, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Suppor...

EP2390:Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus

23 Dec 2017

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Friday and Smith try to find a stolen statue of the child Jesus before Christmas Eve mass. Original Air Date: December 22, 1953 Support the show month...

EP2384: Dragnet: The Big Mask, Part Two

16 Dec 2017

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After arresting a copycat, Friday and Smith continue their search for the masked bandit, who confounds them further by changing up his methods. Origin...

EP2372: Dragnet: The Big Eavesdrop

02 Dec 2017

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While waiting for a contact, Friday and Smith overhear a drunk confessing to murder. Original Air Date: December 14, 1952 Support the show monthly at ...

EP2366: Dragnet: The Big Mole

25 Nov 2017

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Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries. Original Air Date: December 7, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Suppo...

EP2360: Dragnet: The Big Shirt

18 Nov 2017

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Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a pawnbroker. Original Air Date: November 30, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net ...

EP2348: Dragnet: The Big Walk

04 Nov 2017

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Friday goes undercover as an out of town drug dealer in order to find out who is behind a potent new supply of heroin. Original Air Date: November 16,...

EP2342: Dragnet: The Big Dive

28 Oct 2017

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An unidentified woman is found dead in the apartment of a rented room. Original Air Date: November 9, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatde...

EP2336: Dragnet: The Big Light

21 Oct 2017

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Friday and Smith investigate a murder on a movie sound stage. Original Air Date: November 2, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives....

EP2324: Dragnet: The Big Pill

07 Oct 2017

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Friday and Smith are called in when two AWOL marines are found poisoned. Original Air Date: October 19, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.great...

EP2318: Dragnet: The Big Lie

30 Sep 2017

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Friday and Smith investigate when a woman reports her son was shot. Original Air Date: October 12, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetec...

EP2312: Dragnet: The Big Jolt

23 Sep 2017

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Friday and Smith investigate when a formerly good’s student slide ends up with him causing a riot in class. Original Air Date: October 5, 1952 Suppo...

EP2306: Dragnet: The Big Brain

16 Sep 2017

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Friday and Smith search for a gang that are robbing motorists and then shoving them in the trunks of their car. Original Air Date: September 28, 1952 ...

EP2300: Dragnet: The Big Shot

09 Sep 2017

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The owner of a nightclub is killed in a robbery. Original Air Date: September 21, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support...

EP2294: Dragnet: The Big Bull

02 Sep 2017

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An escaped criminal threatens Frank Smith’s family. Original Air Date: September 14, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Su...

EP2288: Dragnet: The Big Tear

26 Aug 2017

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Friday searches for a burglar who has robbed dozens of houses. Original Air Date: September 11, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectiv...

EP2282: Dragnet: The Big Ray

19 Aug 2017

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Friday investigates a man who suffered a routine heart attack, but a statement from his 9 year-old son changes the investigation. Original Air Date: S...

EP2276: Dragnet: The Big Test

12 Aug 2017

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A young man reports that a friend was murdered by bandits in Mexico. Original Air Date: August 28, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetec...

EP2270: Dragnet: The Big Paper

05 Aug 2017

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Friday looks for a man who’s ripping off local businesses. Original Air Date: August 21, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.ne...

EP2264: Dragnet: The Big Drive

29 Jul 2017

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A man is found murdered by a piece of concrete. Original Air Date: August 14, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the...

EP2258: Dragnet: The Big Impression

22 Jul 2017

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Joe Friday investigates when a man is robbed of his jewelry collection.. Original Air Date: August 7, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatde...

EP2252: Dragnet: The Big Signet

15 Jul 2017

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Friday investigates a case of an elderly shopkeeper who was beaten and robbed of his father’s signet ring. Original Air Date: July 31, 1952 Support ...

EP2246: Dragnet: The Big Hate

08 Jul 2017

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A young man is found in a box car with a middle aged woman’s body and refused to offer any explanation. Original Date: July 10, 1952 Support the sho...

EP2240: Dragnet: The Big Trio

01 Jul 2017

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A look at three different traffic related criminal investigations. Original Air Date: July 3, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives...

EP2234: Dragnet: The Big Roll

24 Jun 2017

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Friday looks for a local businessman who disappeared with hundreds of dollars on him. Original Air Date: June 26, 1952 Support the show monthly at pat...

EP2228: Dragnet: The Big Jules

17 Jun 2017

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Friday searches for the source behind a wave of European high grade narcotics. Original Air Date: June 19, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.gr...

EP2222: Dragnet: The Big Donation

10 Jun 2017

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Friday investigates con men pretending to be charity solicitors. Original Air Date: June 12, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives....

EP2216: Dragnet: The Big Whiff

03 Jun 2017

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A woman without identification is found murdered by chloroform. Original Air Date: June 5, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.ne...

EP2210: Dragnet: The Big Fourth

27 May 2017

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Joe Friday searches for a kidnapper who steals babies and leaves them abandoned to be recovered after about a day. Original Air Date: May 29, 1952 Sup...

EP2204: Dragnet: The Big Shakedown

20 May 2017

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Joe searches a phony policeman who is blackmailing citizens with secrets. Original Air Date: May 22, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdet...

EP2198: Dragnet: The Big Mail

13 May 2017

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Friday investigates a mail truck robbery. Original Air Date: May 15, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on ...

EP2192: Dragnet: The Big Gamble

06 May 2017

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Friday and Lockwood try to break up a floating gambling game. Original Air Date: May 8, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net S...

EP2186: Dragnet: The Big Safe

29 Apr 2017

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Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries. Original Air Date: May 1, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the sh...

EP2180: Dragnet: The Big Elevator

22 Apr 2017

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A woman’s body is sent up to the third floor of a hospital. Friday and Lockwood investigate her death. Original Air Date: April 24, 1952 Support the...

EP2174: Dragnet: The Big Bunco

15 Apr 2017

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Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate a confidence man who has been scamming investors out of tens of thousands of dollars. Original Air Date: April 17...