DRAGNET "Big Customer"

 

Aired June 22, 1954 on NBC Radio. A special officer has been shot and the owner of a liquor store knifed during a robbery. One of the robbers has filthy finger nails. Jack Webb, George Fenneman (announcer).

DRAGNET "Big Seventeen"

 

Episode 117 aired September 6, 1951 on NBC Radio. Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday who must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.

DRAGNET "Big Show"

 

Aired on NBC Radio April 10, 1952. Episode 148. A woman reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't hold up.

DRAGNET "Big Producer"

Episode 141 aired on NBC Radio February 21, 1952. Obscene literature and pictures are spread among children at a school in Los Angeles. The supplier of this smut is a former film producer from the days of silent movies. Its up to Detective Sgt Joe Friday to put a stop to it. Jack Webb stars in his classic role.

DRAGNET "Big Phone Call"

This is episode 140 which aired on NBC Radio February 14, 1952. Sgt. Friday questions a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler's outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.

DRAGNET "Big Sorrow"

BARTON YARBOROUGH

Episode 133 aired on NBC Radio December 27, 1951 and is dedicated to actor William Barton Yarborough  (October 2, 1900 – December 19, 1951) who was an American actor who worked extensively in radio drama, primarily on the NBC Radio Network. He is famous for his roles in the Carlton E. Morse productions I Love a Mystery, where he played Doc Long, and One Man's Family, where he spent 19 years portraying Clifford Barbour. In addition, Yarborough spent three years as Sgt. Ben Romero on Jack Webb's Dragnet. Episode plot: Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set aside his emotions to help track down a pair of desperate escaped convicts who are headed towards Los Angeles.

DRAGNET "Big Hands"

 

Episode 128 aired on NBC Radio November 22, 1951. Friday is assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, he must start from scratch to find her killer.

DRAGNET "Big Hit and Run Killer"

 

Episode 126 aired on NBC Radio November 8, 1951. Traffic Investigation, Hit and Run Felony Detail. A hit and run driver escapes, after killing a woman, and seriously injuring her grandson. Now it’s up to Joe Friday to catch him.

DRAGNET "Big Shoplift"

 

Episode 122 aired October 11, 1951 on NBC Radio. Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday arrests the five finger discount specialists aka SHOPLIFTERS in this episode of Dragnet.

DRAGNET "Big September Man"

 

Episode 120 aired on NBC Radio September 27, 1951. Someone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall? Sgt Joe Friday investigates.

DRAGNET "Big Seventeen"

 

Episode 117 aired on NBC Radio September 6, 1951. A teen-age riot in a movie theatre leads to the discovery of a marijuana and goof-ball ring. Jack Webb as DS Joe Friday.

DRAGNET "Big Sophomore"

 

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Episode 110 aired July 19, 1951 on NBC Radio. Harry Dunbar admits a series of petty thefts, but is reluctant to explains his reasons

DRAGNET "Big False Move"

 

Aired on NBC Radio May 22, 1956. A man has confessed to holding up a store, but Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) suspects he’s not telling the truth. Original Air Date: May 10, 1953.

DRAGNET "Big Dance"

 

Episode 89 aired on NBC Radio January 18, 1951. The "Kid Bandits" are robbing and beating up their victims. A pack of matches leads Detective Sergeant Joe Friday (Photo) to Fred Guenther....is he the crime kid?

DRAGNET "Big Ben"

 

Sgt. Friday is shot and is hospitalized in Episode 92 aired March 15, 1951 on NBC Radio Network. Detective Friday was assigned to Robbery Detail. A man is pulled from his car on a deserted street. He is robbed, beaten viciously and his car is stolen. A criminal makes good his escape. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to find him...not aware he was to be disabled.

DRAGNET "Big Little Jesus"

 

Repeat of 1953 episode on NBC Radio. December 21, 1954. The radio episodes have edited in the television audio with a Webb narration to cover visuals. 

A Los Angeles Mission reports the statue of Jesus has been stolen the day before Christmas. It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day...Photo Harry Bartell as Father Xavier Rojas.

 

DRAGNET "Rifle For Christmas"

 

December 21, 1950. NBC Radio Network. A small boy has been reported missing from his home, his age nine years. Foul play is suspected. It's Detective Sergeant Joe Friday’s job to find him.

DRAGNET "Big Missing"

 

Episode 8 aired on NBC Radio July 28, 1949. Hanah Laski phones long distance to ask Joe Friday to look for her missing daughter, Juanita.

DRAGNET "Big Crime"

 

Episode 88 aired February 15, 1951 on NBC Radio and deals with child molestation. Sound quality is sub-standard. When two four year old twin girls turn up missing, Sgt. Friday is assigned to the case. The girls are found, but were molested. The investigation continues until police locate the perpetrator.

DRAGNET "Ep 87 Big Cast"

 

Aired over NBC Radio February 8, 1951. Several men have disappeared without a trace. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday is assigned to homicide detail and notices there is evidence of foul play. After months the leading suspect in the case is located and it’s Friday’s job to pick him up.