Dragnet

1949 — 22 episodes

2. Production 2 — Friday, June 10, 1949

A nickel plated. 44 caliber Smith and Wesson is used to shoot two cops and a lot more people. The police make extensive use of 'I. B. M. machines' and a tape recorder to solve the case.

3. Production 3 — Friday, June 17, 1949

'The Werewolf' has beaten up and robbed eighteen women in six weeks. This big, ugly man always seems to be one step ahead of the cops. He's finally captured in a 'dragnet'.

4. Production 4 — Friday, June 24, 1949

A cop on a stake-out is killed by a shotgun blast from three quick-trigger gunmen in a bar. A cab number breaks the case. The killers are trapped in an apartment house.

5. The Helen Corday Murder — Thursday, July 7, 1949

A well liked 21 year old waitress named Helen Corday, earning $26.50 per week, has been murdered with a steel pipe. Details of forensics evidence are highlighted and play a role in the conviction of the suspect.

6. Red Light Bandit — Thursday, July 14, 1949

A malicious robber is impersonating a police officer, usually striking when there's a red traffic light. The 'Red Light Bandit' is turned in by his own father.

7. Attempted City Hall Bombing — Thursday, July 21, 1949

Vernon Carney is threatening to blow up City Hall with a bomb if his brother isn't freed from jail by nine o'clock.

8. Missing Persons - Juanita Lasky — Thursday, July 28, 1949

Juanita Lasky has been reported missing by her mother. The story takes place at Christmas, despite the July broadcast date. Police have been one step behind her. When they catch up, she is found to be suffering from amnesia.

9. Benny Trounsel - Narcotics — Thursday, August 4, 1949

It was Thursday, March 23rd. A small-time narcotics user named Benny Trounsel has been beaten to death shortly after tipping the cops to a new narcotics ring working at the hospital in town.

10. Production 10 — Thursday, August 11, 1949

A homicidal maniac has killed and mutilated several young women on a cold and rainy night in Los Angele. Details of the crime lab activities are described. A massive manhunt is launched to find the killer.

11. Production 11 — Thursday, August 18, 1949

There have been sixteen jewel burglaries in the last sixteen days, a very active thief! The trail leads to Walter Tracy. Finding the loot is a lot harder than finding Tracy.

12. Police Academy - Mario Koski — Thursday, August 25, 1949

A gang of 'blitz bandits' are committing three and four burglaries a night, eighteen liquor stores and restaurants. A young cop begins his police career at the same time.

13. Auto Burglaries - Myra, the Redhead — Thursday, September 1, 1949

The mysterious 'Myra' has been using teams of youngsters to break into and steal valuables from parked automobiles.

14. Eric Kelby - Body Buried In Nursery — Saturday, September 3, 1949

Agnes Kelby has disappeared from her house. Mr. Kelby is acting suspiciously. Something smells fishy!

15. Sullivan Kidnapping — Saturday, September 10, 1949

The Wolf' has kidnapped a girl and has demanded $30,000 ransom. An excellent, taut, police drama, emotional and hard-hitting.

16. James Vickers - Cop Killing - Tunnel Chase — Saturday, September 17, 1949

A cop killer is shot and killed while attempting to escape during a transfer from the hospital to jail. The search for the other man in the car begins and leads to a major payroll holdup.

17. Brick-Bat Slayer — Saturday, September 24, 1949

A homicidal maniac, Carlos Monterey, who uses a brick-bat is on the loose. A large 1,000 man dragnet slowly gets him cornered.

18. Truck Hi-jackers - Tom Laval — Saturday, October 1, 1949

Thomas Laval admits to being involved in a truck hijacking. While in custody, he jumps out of a window, but Sergeants Friday and Romeo are accused of pushing him to his death.

26. Mrs. Rinard, Albert Barry - Mother-In-Law Murder — Thursday, November 24, 1949

Mr. Reynard's mother has been murdered, his wife is suspected of being the killer. Another example of time and charge long distance phone call. The importance of CSI detail is emphasized.

27. Spring Street Gang - Juveniles — Thursday, December 1, 1949

A gang of juveniles is hanging out on Spring Street. One of the gang members has been wounded; another is shot by a night watchman while committing a robbery.

28. George Quan - The Jade Thumb Rings — Thursday, December 8, 1949

A Chinaman has been badly beaten and his valuable jade has been stolen. The needed clue is supplied by an observant six-year-old boy.

30. 22 Rifle for Christmas — Thursday, December 22, 1949

A young boy, son of a fireman, named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas.

31. The Roseland Roof Murders — Thursday, December 29, 1949

A gang that usually holds up drugstores robs and kills the manager of a dance hall. A stake-out in a garage yields results and a total of twelve guns. After trial, two of the gang break out of jail and have to be recaptured.

1950 — 50 episodes

32. Max Tyler - Escaped Convict — Thursday, January 5, 1950

The search for Max Tyler, a friend of Sergeant Friday who pulled an armed robbery shot Ben Romero, escaped from jail,

33. The Big Man Part 1 (Narcotics) — Thursday, January 12, 1950

Sergeant Friday calls his mother to tell her that he's not going to be home for a while. He's going under cover to try to get evidence on the Flats gang of narcotics pushers. Friday finishes up his undercover assignment.

34. The Big Man Part 2 (Narcotics) — Thursday, January 19, 1950

Friday returns to active duty from his undercover assignment. Arthur Z. Belmont is the number one man in the narcotics business on the west coast. A stakeout begins in Manhattan Beach.

35. Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer — Thursday, February 2, 1950

Two little girls, aged seven and eleven went missing about 3:45pm. Their pet collie is found beaten to death. Foul play is suspected.

36. The Big Girl — Thursday, February 9, 1950

The cops search for a big blonde who shoots her victims in cold blood. Is he possibly a man in woman's clothing?

37. The Big Grifter — Thursday, February 23, 1950

'Gentleman Wallace,' a born con-man, takes advantage of two used-car dealers, and many others.

38. The Big Kill — Thursday, March 2, 1950

Jack Carver, just out of Folsom, is suspected of killing a cop for revenge. Friday poses as a criminal in jail to find the missing murder weapon.

39. The Big Thank You — Thursday, March 9, 1950

Annie Johnson, a woman on parole from a murder conviction, is suspected of harming Laura Muller, the woman responsible for her parole. And she has disappeared.

40. The Big Boys — Thursday, March 16, 1950

A gang of four robbers and their puppy have come to Los Angeles from San Francisco, planning to pull a job. A long stake-out with an alcoholic desk clerk provides results.

41. The Big Gangster Part 1 — Thursday, March 23, 1950

Who has taken a shot at Gus Valentine? Even though he's on the wrong side of the law, the cops must protect him... and fail!

42. The Big Gangster Part 2 — Thursday, March 30, 1950

The search for the killers of Gus Valentine continues.

43. The Big Book — Thursday, April 6, 1950

Obscene 'comic' books are being sold in high schools. Friday and Romero make a presentation to the local PTA. The trail leads to a cigar stand downtown and 'Barney' , then eventually to the printer.

44. The Big Watch — Thursday, April 13, 1950

A gang of 'Hitch-Hike Bandits' are assaulting and killing soldiers.

45. The Big Trial — Thursday, April 20, 1950

Sheila Gordon is the victim of a hit and run driver. After three months of grueling police work, she takes a payoff not to show up for the trial of the guy who hit her.

46. The Big Job — Thursday, April 27, 1950

While trying to arrest Alfred Garvey, an off-duty cop about to go on vacation is shot and killed.

47. The Big Badge — Thursday, May 4, 1950

The Badge Bandit' has struck fifteen times, but is now trapped in Laurel Canyon.

48. The Big Knife — Thursday, May 11, 1950

Twenty one girls have been knifed while at high school. Who is doing it?

49. The Big Pug — Thursday, May 18, 1950

Two criminals rob and beat up Myrtle Shaw, the owner of a cafe in the parking lot of a bank. Friday lets us know he is a dog lover. Friday had to get change for a dime to use the pay phone, $0.05.

50. The Big Key — Thursday, May 25, 1950

Maria Comacho is found dead in a churchyard. The clues are meager: a key, a pen, a shoe polish smear.

51. The Big Fake — Thursday, June 1, 1950

A drunk accuses a rookie cop of beating him up, robbing him, and breaking his arm.

52. The Big Smart Guy — Thursday, June 8, 1950

Elizabeth Benham has been shot and killed by a robber. Jack Morrison, also known as Tommy Kane, is the suspect.

53. The Big Press — Thursday, June 15, 1950

Two young purse-snatchers, who also beat their victims, are working in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

54. The Big Mink — Thursday, June 22, 1950

A furrier named Albert Criver has been shot and killed, his wife finds the body. One mink coat has been taken. Albert's 1940 Oldsmobile is also missing. The wife mentions the license keychain tag distributed by the Veteran's Administration.

55. The Big Grab — Thursday, June 29, 1950

Professor Kessell's wife has been kidnapped. The show features a moving scene of a Seder (the ceremonial dinner on the first night [or both nights] of Passover.)

56. The Big Frame — Thursday, July 6, 1950

Stokes has been the victim of a hit and run driver... or is there a conspiracy?

57. The Big Bomb — Thursday, July 13, 1950

Vernon Carney is threatening to blow up the Los Angeles City Hall unless his brother Elwood is released from jail.

58. The Big Gent Part 1 — Thursday, July 20, 1950

Friday tracks down a rich man who robs and kills, even after an eighteen-year-stay in prison.

59. The Big Gent Part 2 — Thursday, July 27, 1950

The hunt for 'The Gentleman Bandit' continues, leading to a freighter loading dynamite in the harbor.

60. The Big Dare — Thursday, August 3, 1950

The son discovers his brutally slain mother at home. His single mom had several boy friends, the jealous boy friend didn't like her having other boy friends. The killer's sister arranges for his surrender.

61. The Big Actor — Thursday, August 10, 1950

$10,000 worth of narcotics has been stolen from St. Christopher's Hospital pharmacy.

62. The Big Youngster — Thursday, August 17, 1950

A young boy confesses to a murder. When no body is found, Arnold Waterman is suspected of vandalizing a lawyer's office.

63. The Big Chance — Thursday, August 24, 1950

A highway patrolman has disappeared from his cruiser, out in the countryside. His cruiser was found with the motor running and lights on.

64. The Big Check — Thursday, August 31, 1950

Friday and Romero track down Harry Johansson, a check forger who passes dozens of small checks... all of them bad! The program starts with Friday visiting his mother at 4656 Collis Ave. His mother always calls him Joseph!

65. The Big Poison — Thursday, September 7, 1950

Mr. and Mrs. Apperson, an elderly couple, have disappeared. A bottle of cyanide points to a grim conclusion, the live-in nephew.

66. The Big Make — Thursday, September 14, 1950

Sergeant Friday tracks down the robber at Stendahl's Bakery Shop. He has also has shot the owners.

67. The Big Pair — Thursday, September 21, 1950

A couple run a racket of selling all the furniture in the houses of families out of town, starting with the house of a little girl and her grandfather.

68. The Big Death — Thursday, September 28, 1950

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant: you're assigned to Homicide Detail. A socially prominent citizen is plotting to kill his wife. You gain his confidence [Not included in spoken word]. He tells you his plans for the murder.

69. The Big 38 — Thursday, October 5, 1950

Seven armed robberies have been committed in the past 16 days. The holdup man escapes in taxi cabs. Number of the cab was covered up some way. The cab driver is the accomplice.

70. The Big Quack — Thursday, October 12, 1950

Marla Hutchins commits suicide after being robbed by a phony Dr. Schulte, owner of the Los Angeles College of Psychotherapeutics.

71. The Big Grandma — Thursday, October 19, 1950

An elderly woman has been passing bad checks for the last nine years! She looks like everyone's grandmother, and never passes a bad check between May and October!

72. The Big Meet — Thursday, October 26, 1950

Sergeant Friday tries to trap Howard Scully, a careful narcotics wholesaler, by going undercover and posing as a buyer.

73. The Big Church — Thursday, November 2, 1950

A new member of the congregation receives threatening letters. Police suspect fraud until a faked attack confirms their suspicion. Second Reformed Church of the Holy Book is the name of the church.

74. The Big Mother — Thursday, November 9, 1950

One of the three day old Striker baby twins has been stolen from Mercy Hospital.

75. The Big Parrot — Thursday, November 16, 1950

Arson in a rooming house is set to cover up a double murder.

76. The Big Betty — Thursday, November 23, 1950

A bunco gang has been working the obituary racket, selling worthless merchandise to the relatives of the deceased.

77. The Big Car — Thursday, November 30, 1950

A man confesses to robbing fifteen food markets, but he's not the real thief! A bright red Pontiac provides a clue.

78. The Big Picture — Thursday, December 7, 1950

Sergeant Friday breaks a vicious Los Angeles pornography ring.

79. The Big Break — Thursday, December 14, 1950

After a shoot-out, George Hoffman is arrested but escapes at his arraignment by climbing down the side of a building! After joining the army, Hoffman borrows $5 from Friday and Romero.

80. 22 Rifle for Christmas — Thursday, December 21, 1950

A young boy named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas.

81. The Big Family — Thursday, December 28, 1950

A wealthy family man's car is found on the dock, an apparent suicide scenario but there's no body. Final analysis is a man trying to get away from it all. A lot of missing persons police work, no laws were broken.

1951 — 49 episodes

82. The Big Holdup — Thursday, January 4, 1951

'The Rattlesnake Bandit' takes great pleasure in beating up his victims, before shooting them.

83. The Big Jump — Thursday, January 11, 1951

Walter Harrison is on a thirteenth floor ledge, threatening to jump.

84. The Big Dance — Thursday, January 18, 1951

'The Kid Bandits' are robbing and beating their victims. A pack of matches leads Friday to Fred Guenther.

85. The Big Tomato — Thursday, January 25, 1951

A high school boy named Kenneth Morrow is killed in an auto accident. He had been using marijuana! Friday and the cops track down 'The Big Tomato.'

86. The Big Children — Thursday, February 1, 1951

Mrs. Kessler is missing. Her children are begging for food. One of them soon dies... aged twenty two months!

87. The Big Cast — Thursday, February 8, 1951

Over a dozen men have disappeared without a trace, and one of them is Paul Davis.

88. The Big Crime — Thursday, February 15, 1951

Four-year old twins have disappeared.

89. The Big Couple — Thursday, February 22, 1951

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Herbert are a confidence team specializing in victimizing churches and clergymen.

90. The Big Partner — Thursday, March 1, 1951

The robber gets caught after causing a traffic collision during his attempted escape. Then the robber escapes from the lockup and must be captured again.

91. The Big New Years — Thursday, March 8, 1951

A veteran cop is murdered. Friday notifies the wife. A club owner identifies a drug addict as the probable suspect. The killer is convicted of manslaughter and paroled in 6 years.

92. The Big Ben — Thursday, March 15, 1951

Harvey Kimbrel is beaten and robbed on his way to work. In the course of the investigation, Sergeant Friday is shot.

95. The Big Friend — Thursday, April 5, 1951

Mr. Gray reports that his wife Hazel has been murdered, but he can't tell the same story about how it happened twice!

96. The Big Threat — Thursday, April 12, 1951

Louis Butler has been beaten and robbed, but doesn't want to tell the police about it, because of threats against his family.

97. The Big Speech — Thursday, April 19, 1951

A young kid has pistol-whipped a doctor and stolen a large quantity of narcotics. Sergeant Friday's mother listens to a speech against the teen-age use of narcotics from her son Joseph. Friday lives at 1456 Collis Ave, Los Angeles.

98. The Big Saint — Thursday, April 26, 1951

A ring of car thieves come to town. A 1949 Cadillac implicates Herman Lester's salvage business in a stolen car racket. Herman Lester's salvage business likely to slow due to Korean War.

99. The Big Casing — Thursday, May 3, 1951

Marie Robertson has been shot dead with a .45 automatic. Her husband, Andrew, says it was suicide, but it looks like murder.

100. The Big Drills — Thursday, May 10, 1951

A gang of safe crackers has targeted the Wilson Bros Markets and stole over $100,000.

101. The Big Blast — Thursday, May 17, 1951

Josephine Stevens has been murdered with a shotgun, as her seven year old boy watched!

102. The Big Mailman — Thursday, May 24, 1951

The search for Harvey Fletcher, a mail thief

103. The Big Bindle — Thursday, May 31, 1951

Sergeant Friday pretends that he's from Phoenix. He goes undercover to crack a narcotics ring operating out of one of the nicest hotels in Los Angeles.

104. The Big Imposter — Thursday, June 7, 1951

Jimmy Sherman, a ten year old boy has disappeared for 2 days. The boy's grandfather has collapsed after his blue jeans were found by the reservoir. Later, the boy is found safe near Dayton, Ohio, but is it the same boy?

105. The Big Building — Thursday, June 14, 1951

A dentist named Dr. Robert Marston reports that his wife Louise, a wealthy society woman, is missing.

106. The Big Run — Thursday, June 21, 1951

Two old women are killed at a crosswalk by a young hit and run driver.

107. The Big Cliff — Thursday, June 28, 1951

An old woman named Gertrude Turner, has been found dead. The autopsy reveals 'death by suffocation.' Sixty seven year old Mr. Turner is the main suspect.

108. The Big Love — Thursday, July 5, 1951

Mrs. Gorman has disappeared with her two year old daughter. Mr. Gorman suspects his wife's boyfriend, Ralph Kane who's is involved in a TV repair racket.

109. The Big Set-Up — Thursday, July 12, 1951

Three men have robbed 12 homes of $100,000 of furs and jewelry for over 3 months. The cops break up the burglary ring that's being run by a hatcheck girl who's also the spotter.

110. The Big Sophomore — Thursday, July 19, 1951

A young boy named Harry Dunbar admits a series of petty thefts, but is reluctant to explains his reasons.

111. The Big Late Script — Thursday, July 26, 1951

A successful businessman named Tony Richmond has been kidnapped and held for a $20,000 ransom.

113. The Big Screen — Thursday, August 9, 1951

With the help of the Los Angeles News, the police tackle a new and growing problem, crooked TV repairmen. The target: 'Chaney's Video Repair.'

114. The Big Winchester — Thursday, August 16, 1951

An elderly man is found an apparent suicide; however a possibility of murder exists.

115. The Big In-Laws — Thursday, August 23, 1951

A gang of truck hijackers are at work. First a shipment of liquor, then toothbrushes are taken!

116. The Big Crazy — Thursday, August 30, 1951

Friday meets a man who brags he's murdered his wife. A mental case?

117. The Big 17 — Thursday, September 6, 1951

A teen-age riot in a movie theatre leads to the discovery of a marijuana and goof-ball ring. The seventeen year old 'pusher' is about to start distributing much stronger narcotics.

118. The Big Waiter — Thursday, September 13, 1951

An elderly shopkeeper is brutally beaten to death. It seems he had a roving eye for the ladies.

119. The Big Sour — Thursday, September 20, 1951

Seventy one year old Wendell McClung has been beaten and tortured by two jewel thieves.

120. The Big September Man — Thursday, September 27, 1951

A secretary named Adele Pryor has been found beaten to death with a steel pipe. A drunken man is found two blocks away.. beating his head against a concrete wall.

121. The Big Want Ad — Thursday, October 4, 1951

Mrs. Palmer sold her car to Joseph Newhall of Dan Barton used cars and was not paid and the car lot never heard of Newhall.

122. The Big Shoplift — Thursday, October 11, 1951

A series of shopliftings are plaguing a shopping district. The clues point to a kleptomaniac.

123. The Big Story Man — Thursday, October 18, 1951

Three men are being held and questioned for breaking into 12 Churches.

124. The Big Market — Thursday, October 25, 1951

Two men are robbing large supermarkets on main streets using stolen get away cars.

125. The Big Lease — Thursday, November 1, 1951

Chester Dillon has disappeared; a portrait of foul play gradually becomes evident.

126. The Big Hit and Run Killer — Thursday, November 8, 1951

A bakery truck has run down and killed an old woman and her grandson.

127. The Big Bungalow — Thursday, November 15, 1951

A stool pigeon tips Sergeant Friday that Jeff Allen is pulling a series of second story jobs.

128. The Big Hands — Thursday, November 22, 1951

A well dressed woman is found brutally strangled in a cheap hotel room. Sergeant Friday tracks down the killer.

129. The Big Affair — Thursday, November 29, 1951

A French woman is the only witness to a jewelry robbery in which the clerk was badly beaten. A tap dancer is also interviewed.

130. The Big Canaries — Thursday, December 6, 1951

The mother of sixteen year old Roberta Dixon has been murdered.

131. The Big Overtime — Thursday, December 13, 1951

A banker's twenty-two-year-old daughter, Judith Sullivan, has been kidnapped and held for a $30,000 ransom.

132. 22 Rifle for Christmas — Thursday, December 20, 1951

A very touching story about the death of a young boy just before Christmas.

133. The Big Sorrow — Thursday, December 27, 1951

A dragnet is set up for two escaped convicts, determined not to be taken alive. Plot setting is near Easter, broadcast is just after Christmas. Joe Friday had partnered with Ben Romero for 11 years.

1952 — 49 episodes

134. The Big Red Part 1 — Thursday, January 3, 1952

Friday poses as a narcotics buyer from 'up north' to trap 'Cadillac Red,' a heroin wholesaler.

135. The Big Red Part 2 — Thursday, January 10, 1952

Sergeant Friday goes under cover to try to trap the head of a heroin ring.

136. The Big Juvenile Division — Thursday, January 17, 1952

Robert Lawson, a 'young Hitler' is promoting gang warfare in town. Sergeant Friday tries to warn the parents involved.

138. The Big Almost No Show — Thursday, January 31, 1952

A women reports her brother missing. Sergeant Friday uncovers evidence that he was beaten to death by his best friend.

139. The Big Honeymoon — Thursday, February 7, 1952

Dorothy Wagner has killed herself after Charles R. Reynolds has disappeared with her $10,000, breaking her heart.

140. The Big Phone Call — Thursday, February 14, 1952

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant: You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A jewelry salesman is slugged and robbed of 20-thousand dollars in precious stones.

141. The Big Producer — Thursday, February 21, 1952

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant: You're assigned to Juvenile Division. A steady supply of obscene literature is finding its way into half a dozen high-schools in your city.

142. The Big Plant — Thursday, February 28, 1952

A woman disappears and her husband, Chester Abbott, becomes suspect. The man's stepson then disappears. F riday brings some raw meet to keep Abbott's dogs quiet. Look in the rose bed.

143. The Big Evans — Thursday, March 6, 1952

A narcotics dealer named George Evans has been beaten up. He accuses Officer Harry Blanchard of the crime.

144. The Big Fire — Thursday, March 13, 1952

Edward Daniels signs a lease for his apartment, then threatens a couple with a gun when they try to move in. Then the owner hires Oliver Randall to torch the building.

145. The Big Border — Thursday, March 20, 1952

Andy Powell and his friend Bertram Selby have broken out of San Quentin. They're armed and begin a crime wave of hold-ups. The trail leads to Mexico via San Diego. They are returned from Mexico as undesirable aliens.

146. The Big Rose — Thursday, March 27, 1952

Rose Baker has disappeared, leaving behind her boyfriend and four children. The sister gets tired of caring and paying for Rose's children and kills the mother, claiming self-defense.

147. The Big Streetcar — Thursday, April 3, 1952

Wally Radford has been shot by his wife, who is tracked down with the help of a trolley.

148. The Big Show — Thursday, April 10, 1952

A seven week old baby has been abandoned in the Los Angeles bus station... or has it? The army wife can't come to grips with having a baby while her husband is serving abroad.

149. The Big Bunco — Thursday, April 17, 1952

Sgt. Friday gets a new partner, Bill Lockwood (played by Martin Milner). Friday and Lockwood track down Russell Preston, a con-man who sells businesses he doesn't own.

150. The Big Elevator — Thursday, April 24, 1952

A dead woman is found in a hospital elevator, dropped off by a drunken friend.

151. The Big Safe — Thursday, May 1, 1952

After two false leads, Ralph McKinley is suspected of a series of safe burglaries. A drawing left in a fix-it shop provides a clue

152. The Big Gamble — Thursday, May 8, 1952

Partner is Bill Lockwood. A series of floating gambling games leads to the death of a cop during a raid. The boss of the gambling ring seems to be George Delano.

153. The Big Mail — Thursday, May 15, 1952

A mail truck has been robbed, twenty-eight sacks of registered mail has been taken. A $20 bill provides the clue needed to break the case. Interesting to note the Los Angeles police working on a mail theft case, which is a federal crime.

154. The Big Shakedown — Thursday, May 22, 1952

On the trail of Ray Williams, who impersonates a cop and extorts money from gamblers.

155. The Big Fourth — Thursday, May 29, 1952

An eight month old baby has been stolen... it's a continuing problem. A prominent club woman is the suspect. Four babies were stolen before the case was solved.

156. The Big Whiff — Thursday, June 5, 1952

An unidentified woman is found chloroformed to death! Evidence leads to a man named 'Leo.'

158. The Big Jules — Thursday, June 19, 1952

A drug addict named Jennings is being quizzed to name his source pf the drugs.

159. The Big Roll — Thursday, June 26, 1952

Ken Gorman has been abducted in front of a downtown bar and taken away in a gray car. The car turns up with bloodstains soon after.

160. The Big Trio — Thursday, July 3, 1952

A portrait of the death and destruction on Los Angeles streets on the 4th of July weekend, including 'Hit and Run Logan.'

161. The Big Hate — Thursday, July 10, 1952

Elizabeth Hoffman, a fifty-two year old music teacher, is found dead in a boxcar! Gordon Miller is found holding the body.

162. The Big Signet — Thursday, July 31, 1952

The restaurant and bar that is run by Mr. and Mrs. Ryner has been robbed. Mr. Ryner's diamond signet ring has been taken too.

163. The Big Impression — Thursday, August 7, 1952

Sam Rumin, an elderly diamond salesman, has been robbed of $100,000 maybe more in unset diamonds.

164. The Big Drive — Thursday, August 14, 1952

John Iverson is found murdered by a piece of concrete.

165. The Big Paper — Thursday, August 21, 1952

Blank checks have been stolen from 'Marty's Mart', and are being passed in supermarkets by Roger Theodore. But Roger Theodore died six months ago!

166. The Big Test — Thursday, August 28, 1952

Bruce Hamilton reports that his friend Kevin has been murdered in Mexico by bandits. He tells a wild story.

167. The Big Ray — Thursday, September 4, 1952

Alfred Prater has died of a heart attack. His mother-in-law says, 'good riddance' to a drunken bum. His young son tips the cops to poisoned milk.

168. The Big Tear — Thursday, September 11, 1952

A burglar breaks into homes between 3:30 to 6pm, using a credit card to open the lock. Then robs the place and has a glass of milk before he leaves.

169. The Big Bull — Sunday, September 14, 1952

Leroy Bentley, a gang hit-man, threatens Frank Smith's family if he doesn't 'lay off.'

170. The Big Shot — Sunday, September 21, 1952

Mr. Kelby, the manager of the Pink Rat Cafe, has been shot and killed by the Evans brothers during a robbery

171. The Big Brain — Sunday, September 28, 1952

Two guys are committing armed robberies by stealing cars and locking the car owners in the trunk.

172. The Big Jolt — Sunday, October 5, 1952

A drunken teenage boy who started a riot in chemistry class reveals a couple who is selling narcotics and liquor to him and some of his friends. The boy helps Friday and Smith arrest the couple by coordinating a raid on the couple's home.

173. The Big Lie — Sunday, October 12, 1952

Jeff Curtis has been shot and killed. His mother is the closest witness, but neither the neighbors' accounts nor the physical evidence matches up with her story.

174. The Big Pill — Sunday, October 19, 1952

Two Marines are poisoned in a cheap hotel by the slightly mad 'Stubby.'

175. The Big Number — Sunday, October 26, 1952

A bank robber using a sawed-off shotgun is traced through the first three digits of his license plate number.

176. The Big Light — Sunday, November 2, 1952

Henry Wilson, a movie director, has been killed at the studio '' a 250 lb. lamp had fallen on him. Friday and Smith investigate to determine whether it was an accident or murder.

177. The Big Dive — Sunday, November 9, 1952

'You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that the body of a dead woman has been found in a closet. There are no leads to her identification. The identity of the killer is unknown.

178. The Big Walk — Sunday, November 16, 1952

Sergeant Friday poses as a buyer of heroin from San Francisco to break up a narcotics gang..

179. The Big Guilt — Sunday, November 23, 1952

A florist named Arthur McKinley has been found strangled to death in an alley.

180. The Big Shirt — Sunday, November 30, 1952

The co-owner of a pawn shop named Mark Williams has been found murdered in the back room. A laundry mark on a shirt provides a clue.

181. The Big Mole — Sunday, December 7, 1952

A burglary in a dry goods store is the latest in a series of similar crimes. The burglar has a most unusual secret room!

182. The Big Eavesdrop — Sunday, December 14, 1952

While waiting to make a narcotics buy, Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith overhear Sam Allison tearfully admit that he had committed murder. Friday and Smith interrogate him and use some creativity to elicit a confession.

183. 22 Rifle for Christmas — Sunday, December 21, 1952

The fourth broadcast of this Christmas story about a nine year old boy and his new gun.

184. The Big Mask Part 1 — Sunday, December 28, 1952

A robber wearing a black mask has hit a string of supermarkets. After going shopping for groceries, he locks the market employees in the freezer!

1953 — 44 episodes

185. The Big Mask Part 2 — Sunday, January 4, 1953

'The Black Masked Bandit' eludes efforts of the cops to track him down. It's as if he knows what the law is planning next

186. The Big Small — Sunday, January 11, 1953

A little old lady check forger is plaguing the city, but there's more to the old lady than meets the eye.

187. The Big String — Sunday, January 18, 1953

Mrs. Wagner, the wife of a college professor, has been kidnapped. The professor isn't sure he should have called the cops.

188. The Big Lay-Out — Sunday, January 25, 1953

Gary Field, a model student who is the son of a cop, has become a dope addict.

189. The Big Strip — Sunday, February 1, 1953

A gang of car strippers is running rampant. A sixteen year old boy is killed in a crash while resisting arrest.

190. The Big Press — Sunday, February 8, 1953

A pair of check forgers are at work in Los Angeles. Sergeant Friday goes undercover to track them down.

191. The Big Tooth — Sunday, February 15, 1953

Nasty old Mr. Schroeder is suspected of committing foul play.

192. The Big Smoke — Sunday, February 22, 1953

Mr. Stone, who kept his life savings in his mattress, has been killed. His invalid wife has been beaten with a club.

193. The Big Want — Sunday, March 1, 1953

The search for a 'George Richmond' leads to a killer of cops who always takes cabs

194. The Big Laugh — Sunday, March 8, 1953

A thoroughly rotten louse cheats lonely women by promising to marry them.

195. The Big Impossible — Sunday, March 15, 1953

Bernie Hanson has been identified as the head of a team robbing markets, but Hanson has a good alibi. He is hospitalized and cannot leave his bed!

196. The Big Informant — Sunday, March 22, 1953

Three safe burglars are in operation, one of them is under observation by the cops. But where's Shorty?

197. The Big Dream — Sunday, March 29, 1953

An old man, poorly dressed, robs a liquor store and is very apologetic about it.

198. The Big Chet — Sunday, April 5, 1953

A stuttering robber and his partner are tracked down with the help of a stoolie, who is trying to go straight.

199. The Big Compulsion — Sunday, April 12, 1953

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Somewhere in your city a man is endangering the lives of your fellow officers. His weapon: a ten cent piece. Your job: get him.'

200. The Big Rip — Sunday, April 19, 1953

A gang of safe-burglars is trapped by a stool pigeon left with an unpaid for trench-coat.

201. The Big Scrapbook — Sunday, April 26, 1953

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You get a call from (the) San Diego Police Department that three holdup men are thought to be heading for you city.

202. The Big Carney — Sunday, May 3, 1953

Sergeant Friday is after 'Red' and his wife who end a series of jewelry store robberies by heisting an $8000 necklace.

203. The Big Joke — Sunday, May 10, 1953

A bartender is paid $500 to kill a nice old man with no enemies. Who wants him dead?

204. The Big False Move — Sunday, May 17, 1953

Thomas Stanford confesses to robbing a store, but Sergeant Friday proves that he was at work at the time of the robbery!

205. The Big Gun Part 1 — Sunday, May 24, 1953

Sergeant Friday is on the trail of stolen cars and trucks being used by a narcotics ring in Mexico.

206. The Big Gun Part 2 — Sunday, May 31, 1953

The conclusion of a car theft story. On the trail of the head of the mob who has never been seen by his henchmen.

207. The Big Will — Sunday, June 7, 1953

Charles Stall has been shot. Tire tracks lead to a motel and to a drunken Texan and his car

208. The Big Lilly — Sunday, June 14, 1953

Mrs. Rockman has been beaten to death... no, she's been shot... no, she killed herself.

209. The Big Revolt — Sunday, June 21, 1953

Henry Borg has disappeared... and for an unusual reason

210. The Big Ham — Sunday, June 28, 1953

An unidentified young girl, 'Jane Doe #17,' has committed suicide with a .22 caliber rifle. Or has she?

211. The Big Bop — Tuesday, September 1, 1953

A robber has held up a check cashing service of $1500. After several more robberies, one of his victims is killed during the crime.

212. The Big Lift — Tuesday, September 8, 1953

A burglar has struck seventeen times and continues to commit new crimes... totaling $8000! Boyd Hall is finally caught, despite his home address turning out to be a vacant lot.

213. The Big Cab — Tuesday, September 15, 1953

Raymond Bailey has been beaten by a man with a shotgun, while his grocery store was being robbed. A man who must have taken a taxi to the scene of the crime.

214. The Big Slip — Tuesday, September 22, 1953

Jesse McGowan, a used car dealer, bought a new Mercury from Lewis Carter. The car turns out to have been stolen, and so was the 'pink slip'.

215. The Big Try — Tuesday, September 29, 1953

Jan Patachek, a refugee from Eastern Europe, is threatening to kill himself, rather than go to jail for forgery.

216. The Big Little Mother — Tuesday, October 6, 1953

The 'Little Mother' has been forging charge slips in department stores for the last six years.

217. The Big Plea — Tuesday, October 13, 1953

James Bolan is wanted for parole violation and is suspected of several robberies. An ex-friend blows the whistle.

218. The Big Paint — Tuesday, October 20, 1953

An ex-con tips the cops to Manny Phillips, wanted in connection with a gang of car-strippers. A can of ultra-violet fluorescent paint helps.

219. The Big Fraud — Tuesday, October 27, 1953

Sergeant Friday goes undercover to trap a gang posing as narcotic cops to con out-of-towners.

220. The Big Rain — Tuesday, November 3, 1953

Mentally disturbed Cecil Johnson is suspected of beating Grace Dillon; however, Grace's husband had been heard threatening her life. No crime had been committed.

221. The Big Kid — Tuesday, November 10, 1953

A teen-age gang war is about to erupt: 'The Orchids' vs. 'The Pink Rats.'

222. The Big Flight — Tuesday, November 17, 1953

A new gang has started a wave of supermarket robberies, but the prime suspect has an airtight alibi in Phoenix.

223. The Big Present — Tuesday, November 24, 1953

(from script) 'You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. In the past two months, a thief has broken into 18 markets, There's no lead to his whereabouts. No clue to his identity. You're job:. get him.'

224. The Big Odd — Tuesday, December 1, 1953

A furniture truck has been hijacked and the driver kidnapped.

225. The Big Pick — Tuesday, December 8, 1953

Louis Bonning is robbed of his life savings, $5,200 cash, by a pickpocket in a market. Friday's phone number is Michigan 5211.

226. The Big Brink — Tuesday, December 15, 1953

A gang of heavily armed robbers of an armored truck are tracked down and captured.

227. The Big Little Jesus — Tuesday, December 22, 1953

A Christmas story. A Los Angeles Mission reports the statue of Jesus has been stolen the day before Christmas.

228. The Big Steal — Tuesday, December 29, 1953

A wave of burglaries have taken place against women... all with brand new fur coats.

1954 — 52 episodes

229. The Big Listen — Tuesday, January 5, 1954

A drunk in a Turkish bath supplies the clue needed to round up a gang of counterfeiters. FCC approval was required to install a 'bug' in the suspect's hotel room.

230. The Big Switch — Tuesday, January 12, 1954

Mona Fenton is found near death in a hotel room with the gas on. An attempted suicide? Who was the man who registered for the room with her? Hotel manager was complaining about the torn sheets. Another example of life in the world of drugs.

231. The Big Bill — Tuesday, January 19, 1954

A little old lady named Bertha Gillespie (a tea room operator and Scrabble champ) has mysteriously disappeared. A small child comes forward and identifies the murderer.

232. The Big Bid — Tuesday, January 26, 1954

A clothing store has been burglarized... the ex-convict assistant manager is suspected, but past due bills are a clue.

233. The Big Filth — Tuesday, February 2, 1954

Four children are found alone in a filthy house... their alcoholic mother is nowhere to be found.

234. The Big Broad — Tuesday, February 9, 1954

Sergeant Friday is working with Sergeant Slats Henry from Robbery on the trail of two dangerous liquor store robbers, one of whom is a beautiful redhead. Frank Smith is on an extradition assignment in St. Louis.

235. The Big Sucker — Tuesday, February 16, 1954

A con-man uses real diamonds to cheat unsuspecting victims, selling them cut glass after they've taken the bait. The first victim is Harold Filson. A new twist on bait and switch.

236. The Big Pipe — Tuesday, February 23, 1954

Mrs. Ada Fitzgerald has been found murdered. She was bludgeoned to death with a lead pipe!

237. The Big TV — Tuesday, March 2, 1954

Harriet Shipley has disappeared with her baby, after threats had been made against her life.

238. The Big Cup — Tuesday, March 9, 1954

Ethel Lawrence has been viciously beaten to death in her house. The evidence points overwhelmingly towards her husband.

239. The Big Rod — Tuesday, March 16, 1954

A hot-rodder has run down a pregnant woman while she was crossing the street... without ever slowing down.

240. The Big Mustache — Tuesday, March 23, 1954

A man with a false moustache is suspected of robbing a supermarket.

241. The Big Confession — Tuesday, March 30, 1954

Paul Marcus confesses to Sergeant Friday that he's murdered Lorraine Farrell... and that his problem is 'something personal'.

242. The Big Saw — Tuesday, April 6, 1954

A pair of bank robbers are identified by one of the customers in the bank. The trail leads to a car rental agency.

243. The Big Note — Tuesday, April 13, 1954

A young woman reports that her friend Katherine Pilgrim, is addicted to heroin. Frank and Faye had setup Friday with a blind date for dinner. Friday said he would call Ruth sometime later.

244. The Big Net — Tuesday, April 20, 1954

Fourteen women have been robbed and beaten, but each gives a different description of the purse snatcher.

245. The Big Lift — Tuesday, April 27, 1954

A gang of shoplifters, led by the mysterious 'Arthur,' is specializing in suits of clothing, preying on Los Angeles department stores

246. The Big Stop — Tuesday, May 4, 1954

A traffic cop has been shot in cold blood at an intersection... for no apparent reason.

247. The Big Look — Tuesday, May 11, 1954

Mrs. Kieran has been found badly beaten. The evidence points to Mr. Kieran, but then a second woman is found beaten up.

248. The Big Help — Tuesday, May 18, 1954

Stolen payroll checks are being passed all over town: the clues leading to 'Cecil' come from Beatrice Dowling, an ex-check forger herself.

249. The Big Watch — Tuesday, May 25, 1954

A market has been robbed of $7,000 by Herbert Langley, the clue to the bandit: a cheap broken watch.

250. The Big Cowboy — Tuesday, June 1, 1954

Dudley Gray is holed up with a lot of guns and refuses to come out. He thinks he's a cowboy defending a fort from the Indians! His wife and child are prisoners in the apartment.

251. The Big Student — Tuesday, June 8, 1954

Louis Rote is captured after a string of bank robberies, but breaks out of jail after just a few months.

252. The Big Cat — Tuesday, June 15, 1954

A man reports a deadly black panther has been stolen from his carnival and is loose somewhere in the city.

253. The Big Customer — Tuesday, June 22, 1954

A special officer has been shot and the owner of a liquor store knifed to death during a robbery. One of the robbers has long filthy finger nails!

254. The Big Chick — Tuesday, June 29, 1954

The body of Walter Gilmer is found floating in the lake in MacArthur Park. Friday goes undercover to find the gang selling the heroin that killed him.

255. The Big Search — Tuesday, July 6, 1954

Bunny Moran, a thirteen year old girl has disappeared; her cocker spaniel has been beaten to death.

256. The Big Rescue — Tuesday, July 13, 1954

Two robbers hold up the '814 Club' and lots of other places. One of them has a .45, but the other carries a machine gun! After they're captured, they're sprung from jail by another gunman with a machine gun.

257. The Big Heel — Tuesday, July 20, 1954

A pair of unique tennis shoes is the evidence that a string of house burglaries was committed by a wealthy young boy.

258. The Big Match — Tuesday, July 27, 1954

Charles Cain, the owner of an auction house has been robbed and assaulted. A partially burned book of matches provides the needed clue.

259. The Big Stand — Tuesday, August 3, 1954

Matthew Denton has been shot on the street, right in front of a newsstand. The suspects are tall, lean, alcoholic radio thieves.

260. The Big Wish — Tuesday, August 10, 1954

John Colter, a teenager hooked on heroin, walks into the police station and asks for help.

261. The Big Cad — Tuesday, August 17, 1954

A large quantity of morphine has been stolen. A pusher out for revenge and a stake-out at a bar help solve the chase

262. The Big Shock — Tuesday, August 24, 1954

A 'tunnel burglar' is digging through a sewer line and into a bank vault.

263. The Big Office — Tuesday, August 31, 1954

Friday and Smith spend the night working in the police business office.

264. The Big Trunk — Tuesday, September 7, 1954

A divorcee named Josephine Allen has been murdered, and her body stuffed into a trunk.

265. The Big Cut — Tuesday, September 14, 1954

A jewelry store has been robbed of $5000 worth of watches. The burglar was apparently barefoot, and cut himself!

266. The Big Try (different from September 29, 1953) — Tuesday, September 21, 1954

Young Emil Salter comes into headquarters to confess that he had stolen a truck and killed a man along the highway.

267. The Big Bible — Tuesday, September 28, 1954

Carl Hamlin has committed suicide... or has he? There's something fishy about the gun found in his dead hand.

268. The Big Handsome Bandit — Tuesday, October 5, 1954

A tavern has been robbed and a couple shot. One of the crooks has been shot and rats on the other two

269. The Big Tarbaby — Tuesday, October 12, 1954

Ethel Cabot has been kidnapped, and her bartender-husband has a few ideas about who did it.

270. The Big Mannikin — Tuesday, October 19, 1954

Jason Helmer is reported missing by his wife. His drinking companion, Fredrick Madison knows... but isn't talking.

271. The Big Key — Tuesday, October 26, 1954

A robber is specializing in drugstores... taking money and narcotics from thirteen of them!

272. The Big Locker — Tuesday, November 2, 1954

James Feder tries to pawn an expensive emerald ring and is later tied to a jewelry robbery when the gems are found in a locker in a bus station.

273. The Big Coins — Tuesday, November 9, 1954

A burglar sets the houses he robs on fire after taking the valuables. The cops have no clues at all... until some old coins are taken during one of the burglaries.

274. The Big Dog — Tuesday, November 16, 1954

An old man is threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog... and anyone else who tries to stop him.

275. The Big Switch — Tuesday, November 23, 1954

George Pilsen has been found beaten to death in bed. A mystery until a talkative neighbor spills some beans. Suspicion falls on a man who sharpens lawn mowers.

276. The Big Gone — Tuesday, November 30, 1954

A flower shop is robbed and the hold-up men shot and killed... but the bodies disappear! Somewhere in Los Angeles is a guy with four bullet holes in his chest.

277. The Big Dig — Tuesday, December 7, 1954

A woman reports that her sister named Margaret Shayne has disappeared, and that her brother-in-law killed her. Bloodstains in the garage look suspicious.

278. The Big Lens — Tuesday, December 14, 1954

Two men force their way into Mrs. Alston's car, kidnap, rob her and beat her up, leaving contact lenses behind as a clue.

279. The Big Little Jesus — Tuesday, December 21, 1954

A Christmas story. A Los Angeles Mission reports the statue of Jesus has been stolen the day before Christmas.

280. The Big Underground — Tuesday, December 28, 1954

[Walking] 'It was Monday, July 6th, sunny in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Burglary Detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss, Captain Bernard. My name's Friday.

1955 — 39 episodes

281. The Big Mug — Tuesday, January 4, 1955

A 'strong arm' bandit continues his operation, by breaking a woman's arm!

282. The Big Complex — Tuesday, January 11, 1955

A Junior High School has been vandalized three times' and each time the cafeteria has been particularly hard hit.

283. The Big Token — Tuesday, January 18, 1955

A man has robbed a liquor store and killed a man by shooting him in the head. One of the witnesses is a woman who sings on television!

284. The Big Bounce — Tuesday, January 25, 1955

A check forger who looks like a movie actor takes advantage of an old lady running a rooming house.

285. The Big Bird — Tuesday, February 1, 1955

A series of burglaries is taking place at new housing developments. The burglar kills pet birds whenever he can.

286. The Big Gap — Tuesday, February 8, 1955

'You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. A pawn broker tells you he expects a swindle, he isn't sure. Your job: check it out.'

287. The Big Hat — Tuesday, February 15, 1955

A robber has calmly stolen $80,000 in uncut diamonds. Meanwhile a woman is murdered by her jealous husband.

288. The Big Slug — Tuesday, February 22, 1955

A man in a plaid sports coat is shot while robbing a liquor store and killing the owner.

289. The Big Set-Up — Tuesday, March 1, 1955

Friday and Smith get a tip about three kilos of heroin about to arrive in Los Angeles. Friday goes undercover to make a 'buy'.

290. The Big Father — Tuesday, March 8, 1955

A daylight burglar posing as being from the electric company slugs an old woman.

291. The Big Set — Tuesday, March 15, 1955

A watch salesman named Russell Liggens reports his sample case has been stolen

292. The Big Talk — Tuesday, March 22, 1955

A drunken woman provides the clue to a series of robberies, beatings and a murder that took place outside of different bars. The main suspect has a good alibi... Sergeant Friday!

293. The Big Death — Tuesday, March 29, 1955

Arthur McNeil has been shot six times in the head and killed in his flophouse room. His lawyer reveals that he's been working on a new explosive.

294. The Big No Tooth — Tuesday, April 5, 1955

A robber with a sawed off shotgun holds up a hotel, then more hotels and a diner.

295. The Big Tie — Tuesday, April 12, 1955

A tie factory has been robbed; the owner says he knows who did it. Several other tie burglaries follow.

296. The Big Deal — Tuesday, April 19, 1955

A pair of car thieves has a clever method of reselling their loot.

297. The Big Child — Tuesday, April 26, 1955

A two year old baby has been poisoned, her mother nowhere to be found. When she does appear... she's drunk.

298. The Big Momma — Tuesday, May 3, 1955

The owner of Multiple Uranium Investments has left town with the entire company.

299. The Big Revision — Tuesday, May 10, 1955

A burglar has been caught, but not the $200,000 in stolen furs and loot. The trail leads to a Palm Springs bar in search of Jarvis Dean.

300. The Big Squealer — Tuesday, May 17, 1955

A high school boy is found knifed in an alley... and very reluctant to say who did it.

301. The Big Siege — Tuesday, May 24, 1955

A bank robber is trapped in a house. A good story about the efforts to get him out.

302. The Big Sisters — Tuesday, May 31, 1955

An old lady named Miss Dunbetter has been robbed'... or has she?

303. The Big Limp — Tuesday, June 7, 1955

The Timely Loan Company has been burglarized. Timothy Rankin and Shelly Mitchell are confirmed suspects. The clue: one man has a wooden leg.

304. The Big Fall Guy — Tuesday, June 14, 1955

The thief gave a note to the store owner, it wasn't a grocery list. An indigent boxer gives himself up to the police after the robberies. Claims he was working for a 'collector', Stoney.

305. The Big Grab — Tuesday, June 21, 1955

Grace Marchand, a six year old girl has been kidnapped off the street. A demand for $50,000 ransom is soon received.

306. The Big Convertible — Tuesday, June 28, 1955

A man cashing bad payroll checks all over town has been using a rented car.

307. The Big Rush — Tuesday, July 5, 1955

A series of tavern robberies by 'The Whale' and his partner leads to the shooting of a cop.

308. The Big Genius — Tuesday, July 12, 1955

A young boy has been living in a cave and stealing food to eat.

309. The Big Bobo — Tuesday, July 19, 1955

A police sergeant is accused of taking $3500 from a woman to get her husband out of jail.

310. The Big Housemaid — Tuesday, July 26, 1955

A burglar posing as a housemaid has been stealing from the houses she cleans and then giving the loot away!

311. The Big Sheet — Tuesday, August 2, 1955

Leroy Finch is captured after robbing a drugstore, but he escapes and shoots an old couple while doing it.

312. The Big Missus — Tuesday, August 9, 1955

A woman tells the cops that her ex-convict husband is planning a robbery.

313. The Big Beer — Tuesday, August 16, 1955

A night watchmen in a store discovers a dead body. Fourteen beer bottles and some bright red hairs provide the only clues.

314. The Big Blonde — Tuesday, August 23, 1955

A blonde and two 'cow-men' have swindled a man out of $40,000. Friday goes undercover and poses as a 'mark'.

315. The Big Fellow — Tuesday, August 30, 1955

The Merton Brothers, dope fiends, robbers, and generally nasty people have arrived in town looking for action.

316. The Big Ruling — Tuesday, September 6, 1955

Sam Arthur Freed, a dope pusher specializing in hooking kids, is caught with narcotics on him, but he has been 'searched illegally'.

317. The Big Daughter — Tuesday, September 13, 1955

Porter Denson and his family are all busted on narco raps after heroin is found under their young daughter's pillow.

318. The Big Close — Tuesday, September 20, 1955

A corpse in a motel room leads to a 'ladies man' in town on 'business'.

331. 22 Rifle for Christmas — Tuesday, December 20, 1955

This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years (see Notes for more details).

1956 — 3 episodes

346. The Big Dream — Tuesday, April 3, 1956

Rebroadcast from March 29, 1953 Episode 197

350. The Big Scrapbook — Tuesday, May 1, 1956

Rebroadcast from April 26, 1953 Episode 201

365. The Big Present — Tuesday, October 30, 1956

Rebroadcast from November 24, 1953 Episode 223