EP1640: Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One

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EP1640: Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One

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Aug 1, 2015

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Joe Friday and Ben Romero try and track down two hold up men responsible for a robbery and killing in San Diego. Original Air Date: July 20, 1950 Support the show. Read more ...

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Aug 1, 2015

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Titles in the series (100)

Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.

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EP1364: Dragnet: Production 7: Attempted City Hall Bombing: A mad man threatens to blow up city hall if the police don’t release his brother. Friday and Romero have to get the bomb away before it is too late. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen
EP1358: Dranget: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit): Friday and Romero search for a brutal man who impersonates a police officer to beat and rob innocent citizens. Original Air Date: July 14, 1949 < Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
40 min listen
EP1514: Dragnet: The Big Grifter: Friday and Romero hunt for a conman with a record going back to World War I. Original Air Date: February 23, 1950 Support the listener support campaign. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
38 min listen
EP1418: Dragnet: James Vickers: Friday and Romero investigate a seemingly random killing of a police officer. Original Air Date: September 17, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
34 min listen
EP1346: Dragnet: Production #4 Homicide (aka: Quick Trigger Gun Men): Friday and Romero are on the trailer of three robbers who murdered a police officer. Original Air Date: June 24, 1949 by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
46 min listen
EP1454: Dragnet: The Spring Street Gang: Friday and Romero investigate a large gang of criminal teenagers. Original Air Date: December 1, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
31 min listen
EP1466: Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murders: Friday investigates the murder of a professional organist who was killed by a man who entered the garbage chute. Original Air Date: December 15, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen
EP1334: Dragnet: Production #2: Robbery (aka: The Nickle Plated Gun): Friday and Romero are on the trailer of robbers who kill for fun. Original Air Date: June 10, 1949 by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
40 min listen
EP1436: Dragnet: The Big Lamp (TV Soundtrack): A criminal is acquitted, leaves LA, and returns. Friday and Ed Jacobs think he’s up to his old tricks. TV Original Air Date: June 19, 1952 of Radio Script that originally aired October 20, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
32 min listen
EP1352: Dragnet: Production 5 aka The Helen Corday Murder: Friday and Romero search for a man who killed a waitress. Original Air Date: July 7, 1949 by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
40 min listen
EP1442: Dragnet: The Mother-in-Law Mother: It looks like Friday and Romero have an open and shut case against a woman who was having an affair for murdering her mother-in-law. Original Air Date: November 24, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
32 min listen
EP1400: Dragnet: Myra the Redhead: Friday and Romero investigate a series of auto burglaries committed by Juveniles. Original Air Date: September 1, 1949 Support the show Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
39 min listen
EP1340: Dragnet: Production #3 Robbery Aka: The Werewolf: Joe and Ben go searching for a criminal nicknamed the “werewolf” who is terrorizing young women in LA’s Central district Original Air Date: June Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
34 min listen
EP1376: Dragnet: Production 9 (Benny Trousel): One of Romero and Friday’s informants is killed leaving a dying clue to the secret behind a new drug ring. Original Air Date: August 4, 1949 Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen
EP1370: Dragnet: Production 8 (aka: The Big Missing): A woman from Utah calls to report her daughter missing and Friday and Remero set out to find the missing girl by Christmas. Original Air Date: July 28, Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
40 min listen
EP1508: Dragnet: The Big Girl: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for a suspect identified as a beautiful woman who hitches rides with men, then robs and beats them. Original Air Date: February 9, 1950 Support the listener support campaign. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
43 min listen
EP1394: Dragnet: Police Academy: Friday and Romero investigate a series of robberies while a friend tries to join the Police Academy. Original Air Date: August 25, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
38 min listen
EP1544: Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part Two: A local gangster is murder, Friday and Romero have to find the killer before the murdered man’s loyalist do in order to prevent a gang war. Original Air Date: March 30, 1950 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
32 min listen
EP1478: Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders: Friday and Romero investigate a series of robberies and killings. Original Air Date: December 29, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
33 min listen
EP1412: Dragnet: The Sullivan Kidnapping: Friday and Romero are called in when a twenty-two year old woman is kidnapped. Original Air Date: September 10, 1949 Support the show Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
34 min listen
EP1448: Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus: Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a local church. Original Air Date: December 22, 1953 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
32 min listen
EP1460: Dragnet: Jade Thumb Rings: Friday and Romero investigate the beating and robbery of a man who just bought two valuable jade thumb rings. Original Air Date: December 8, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
32 min listen
EP1496: Dragnet: The Big Man, Part Two: Having arrested the number two Drug kingpin in the West, Friday and Smith join with a coalition of state, local, and federal law enforcement to bring down the Big Man. Original Air Date: January 19, 1950 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
33 min listen
EP1406: Dragnet: Eric Kelby: A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously. Original Air Date: September 3,1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen
EP1388: Dragnet: Production 11 (aka Sixteen Jewel Thefts): Friday and Romero search for a jewel thief whose committed sixteen robberies in sixteen nights. Original Air Date: August 18, 1949 Support the show Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
39 min listen
EP1586: Dragnet: The Big Pug: Friday and Romero look for a duo who robbed a grocery store and assaulted its elderly owner. Original Air Date: May 18, 1950 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
33 min listen
EP1538: Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One: Friday and Romero try to find out whose trying to kill a local gangster before he’s killed and it starts a gang war. Original Air Date: March 23, 1950 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
35 min listen
EP1472: Dragnet: A .22 Rifle for Christmas: Sergeant Friday leads a search for a missing boy whose Christmas President (a .22 rifle) is missing Original Air Date: December 22, 1949 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
40 min listen
EP1382: Dragnet: Production 10 (aka: The Maniac Murderer): Friday and Romero search for a man who has already brutally murdered two women. Original Air Date: August 11, 1949 by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
34 min listen
EP1520: Dragnet: The Big Kill: Friday and Romero search for a cop killer. Original Air Date: March 2, 1950 Support the show. Read more ... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen

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Dragnet: The Big Book (EP4394): Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the flood of filthy books into Los Angeles high schools. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part Two (EP4388): 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. Smoke screens, false leads, and a mysterious woman are at the center of it all. Original Radio... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One (EP4382): 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 Broadcast Date: March 23, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Dragnet: The Big Boys (EP4376): Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero get a tip on four young fugitive gunmen from San Francisco. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
38 min listen
Dragnet: The Big Thank You (EP4370): 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 her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Dragnet: The Big Kill (EP4364): Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a police officer in his home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero;... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
36 min listen
Dragnet: The Big Grifter (EP4358): Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero face off against a veteran con-man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
34 min listen
Dragnet: The Big Girl (EP4352): Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigating a series of robberies, beatings, and shootings committed by a beautiful woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday;... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
42 min listen
Dragnet: The Child Killer (EP4346): Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero search for two missing girls. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Jack Kruschen; Herb... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
38 min listen
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part Two (EP4340): Today's Mystery:Having gotten key information, Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an interdepartment task force to bring down the top narcotics dealer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
39 min listen
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part One (EP4334): Today's Mystery:Friday goes undercover in a narcotics gang to get to the get a drug kingpin. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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Dragnet: The Big Escape (EP4328): Today's Mystery:Joe Friday arrests an old army buddy for armed robbery.Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1950 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield;... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
45 min listen
Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders (EP4322): Todays Mystery:Friday and Romero search for a trigger-happy gang of hold-up men.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949 Originating from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
33 min listen
Dranget: .22 Rifle for Christmas (EP4316): Todays Mystery: A boy disappears before Christmas with his present - a .22 rifle. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
44 min listen
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murder (EP4310): Today's Mystery:An organist is found murdered in her apartment, and the police can figure out the killer got in. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
33 min listen
Dragnet: The Jade Thumb Rings (EP4304): Today's Mystery:Friday and his partner Romero race against the clock to recover $8,000 worth of stolen Chinese jade. The only lead? A vicious criminal and a six-year-old witness with a wild imagination. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1949... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
39 min listen
Dragnet: The Spring Street Gang (EP4298): Today's Mystery: Friday and Smith search for a juvenile gang that's been committing burglaries, robberies, and rapes. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1949 Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton... by The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
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EP1640: Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One

EP1640: Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One

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Titles in the series (100)

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