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Friday - The Dragnet Podcast

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast is your ultimate destination for reliving the thrilling world of the classic Dragnet radio show. Step back into the gritty streets of Los Angeles with Sergeant Joe Friday as he brings justice to life through captivating, true-to-form storytelling. This unparalleled collection features beautifully remastered audio, accurate transcriptions, and detailed episode descriptions to give listeners the most authentic Dragnet experience.Whether you"re a longtime fan

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The Big Little Mother

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/10/05

Originally Aired: October 6, 1953Dragnet #216, "The Big Little Mother," Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith are called to the Beckworth department store to investigate a forger who has been systematically hitting the establishment for six years. The credit manager, Mr. Donaldson, explains that the suspect operates with a simple but effective method: she charges small items to legitimate accounts on busy Saturdays when sales staff are too rushed to carefully verify customers

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31:09

The Big Try

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/10/04

Originally Aired: September 29, 1953Dragnet #215, "The Big Try," Friday and Smith's quiet morning at homicide is interrupted when reporter Sid Hughes calls with an urgent case. A man named Jan Patachek has phoned the newspaper saying he's going to kill himself and has barricaded himself in his apartment. Hughes is convinced this isn't a crank call, something in Patachek's voice tells him the threat is real. The man has given them until 11:05 to arrive at his address on North

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28:59

The Big Slip

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/10/03

Originally Aired: September 22, 1953 In Dragnet #214, "The Big Slip," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith are working the day watch on the Auto Theft detail when they receive a call from Jesse McGowan, owner of a used car lot on Washington Boulevard. McGowan believes he may have purchased a stolen vehicle and needs the detectives to investigate. Before heading out on the call, Friday finds his partner Smith in rough shape after volunteering to umpire what he thought

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29:11

The Big Cab

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/10/02

Originally Aired: September 15, 1953 Dragnet #213, "The Big Cab," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith are called to the hospital in the early morning hours of February 18th to interview Raymond Bailey, a 62-year-old grocery store owner who has just regained consciousness after two days in a coma. Bailey was brutally beaten with a sawed-off shotgun during a Monday night robbery at his small neighborhood store on the corner of Whitman and Beacon Street. Suffering from a

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26:49

The Big Lift

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/10/01

Originally Aired: September 8, 1953Dragnet #212, "The Big Lift," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith find themselves frustrated by an elusive burglar who has been plaguing Los Angeles for five weeks. Seventeen homes have been stripped of valuables by a thief with a consistent method of operation: punching holes in window screens, jimmying windows, and making off with jewelry between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. When Friday and Smith stop for a meal at a local diner, the talkative

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28:56

The Big Bop

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/30

Originally Aired: September 1, 1953Dragnet #211, "The Big Bop," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a series of holdups that have plagued Los Angeles for three weeks. A lone gunman has been systematically robbing check cashing agencies and small stores at gunpoint, taking only paper currency and leaving no fingerprints. When they arrive at the Harrison Check Cashing Agency on Alvarado and Catalina Street, they encounter the talkative owner Abel Harrison, who

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30:37

The Big Ham

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/29

Originally Aired: June 28, 1953Dragnet #210, "The Big Ham," Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith are called to investigate what appears to be a suicide in the Westlake Park district. A young woman has been found dead in an apartment rented to a man named Ross Mitchell, who is nowhere to be found. The victim, initially unidentified as Jane Doe Number 17, is soon identified by her father, Robert Andrews Paul, as his daughter Gloria. A suicide note was discovered at the scene, but

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31:27

The Big Revolt

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/28

Originally Aired: June 21, 1953Dragnet #209, "The Big Revolt," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith of the Missing Persons Detail investigate the disappearance of Henry Borg, a 51-year-old contractor who failed to return home from work. When his worried wife reports him missing after checking with his coworkers, Friday and Smith begin their methodical investigation. They check jails, hospitals, and the morgue with no results. Mrs. Borg comes to the station to file an

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32:37

The Big Lilly

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/27

Originally Aired: June 14, 1953Dragnet #208, "The Big Lilly," finds Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith responding to a cryptic phone call about a woman who has been badly beaten. The anonymous caller hangs up before providing crucial details, leaving the detectives with only an address in the Westlake area. When Friday and Smith arrive at 8674 Cambria Street, they find a quiet apartment building where the landlady, Mrs. Ruth Baker, insists nothing is wrong. Upon

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31:38

The Big Will

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/26

Originally Aired: June 7, 1953 Dragnet #207, "The Big Will," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith respond to a shooting call on a rainy Sunday night in Los Angeles. When they arrive at 1981 East Borendo, they find Charles Stahl, a 55-year-old bachelor, lying unconscious on his kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to the chest. Paul West, Stahl's longtime neighbor and friend of forty years, has been trying desperately to stop the bleeding after hearing what he thought was

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31:16

The Big Gun Part 2

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/25

Originally Aired: May 31, 1953 Dragnet #206, "The Big Gun Part 2," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith continue their investigation of an organized car theft ring, interrogating suspect Sloan in the interview room at the main jail. After his partner Summers has already broken and confessed, Sloan reluctantly agrees to cooperate, but insists he doesn't know the identity of the mysterious boss running the operation. He explains that the mastermind contacts him only by

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32:58

The Big Gun Part 1

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/24

Originally Aired: May 24, 1953Dragnet #205, "The Big Gun Part 1," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith catch a case involving a missing rental truck. After Frank recounts his disastrous fishing trip that ended with him spending his day off catching nothing but sunburn on a pier, the partners head to Coventry U Drive truck service on Pico Boulevard. Manager Stephen Cole reports that a man named George Summers rented a brand new two-ton Ford stake truck on Saturday

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32:02

The Big False Move

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/23

Originally Aired: May 17, 1953Dragnet #204, "The Big False Move," opens with Sergeant Joe Friday arriving at the Robbery division office suffering from debilitating headaches and ringing in his ears. His partner Frank Smith insists the problem is a salt deficiency and plies Friday with salt tablets and bottled Poland water before they can investigate their case. The detectives proceed to interview Thomas Stanford, a suspect who has been arrested for robbing a grocery store at

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32:12

The Big Joke

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/22

Originally Aired: May 10, 1953Dragnet #203, "The Big Joke," Friday and Smith receive an unusual early morning call from Johnny Bronson, a bartender they know from 6th Street. Johnny tells them about a mysterious phone call he received the night before, in which an unidentified man offered him $5,000 to kill someone named Wilhelm Ulrich. At first, Johnny thought it was a prank, but when a special delivery letter arrives containing five hundred-dollar bills and detailed

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32:03

The Big Carney

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/21

Originally Aired: May 3, 1953Dragnet #202, "The Big Carney," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a brazen theft at the Armstrong Schneider Jewelry Company, one of the coast's most prestigious fine jewelry stores. When an expensive $8,000 necklace vanishes during business hours, Mr. Armstrong, the store manager, has already dismissed clerk Charles Henderson for what he considers carelessness. Henderson provides Friday and Smith with detailed descriptions of

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32:07

The Big Scrapbook

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/20

Originally Aired: April 26, 1953Dragnet #201, "The Big Scrapbook," finds Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith responding to an urgent call from the San Diego Police Department. Three armed and dangerous holdup men have struck the Carlton Surf Hotel, making off with a staggering $135,000 in jewels and $15,000 in cash after forcing the manager to open the safe and robbing guests in the lobby. The suspects locked their victims in a back storeroom before fleeing, and

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26:47

The Big Rip

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/19

Originally Aired: April 19, 1953 Dragnet #200, "The Big Rip," Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith face one of their toughest cases yet: a sophisticated gang has pulled off 35 safe burglaries in just two months, netting nearly $36,000. The thieves are professionals who leave virtually no clues behind, working with precision and using the same pry bar technique to crack safe after safe. Despite checking informants, following leads, and coordinating with the crime lab,

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28:19

The Big Compulsion

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/18

Originally Aired: April 12, 1953 Dragnet #199, "The Big Compulsion," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a dangerous pattern of false emergency calls that have been plaguing both the police and fire departments for three weeks. The phony reports tie up critical resources and endanger officers responding to what they believe are genuine emergencies. When a hungover salesman named James Harris is brought in after making prank calls while drunk, Friday and Smith

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31:59

The Big Chet

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/17

Originally Aired: April 5, 1953Dragnet #198, "The Big Chet," finds Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith struggling with a frustrating three-month case involving a pair of holdup men who have hit eleven jewelry stores and supermarkets with flawless precision. Despite having detailed descriptions—one suspect is a tall, redheaded man with a stutter, the other a shorter, dark-haired accomplice—and knowing their method of operation down to the minute, Friday and Smith have

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32:17

The Big Dream

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast ·

2026/09/16

Originally Aired: March 29, 1953Dragnet #197, "The Big Dream," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith respond to an early morning robbery at a large liquor and grocery store on San Marino Avenue. The manager, Henry Alden, reports that an elderly man—appearing to be around 70 years old, wearing shabby clothes and looking like a bum—entered through the unlocked back door just after 8 a.m., pulled what looked like a .45 automatic, and made off with over $5,200 in weekend

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