Opening narration: “It was Tuesday, March 25th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of Homicide. Detectives in Los Angeles work in pairs. My partner's Ben Romero, he's a sergeant, so am I. My name's Friday.”

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.

Production notes: This program does not use the familiar 'Dragnet' theme music.

1. Sound Effects (FX): Sound of an IBM card sorter run is emphasized.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. There's a potential killer on the loose in your city. Eighteen women have been beaten and robbed by this man. The newspapers call him The Werewolf. You're job is to get him.”

'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'.

The Werewolf' has beaten up and robbed eighteen women. This big, ugly man always seems to be one step ahead of the cops.

Production notes: The first use of the famous 'Dragnet' theme.

The Dragnet theme is introduced. 'Dragnet', the instrumental theme song from the radio and television show of the same name, was composed byMiklos Rozsa as part of his score for the 1946 film version of The Killers; it was modified by Walter Schumann for the show. A 1953 recording of the tune by Ray Anthony became a popular music chart hit (reaching #2 on Billboard). The song, also known as 'Danger Ahead' and the 'Dragnet March', was later covered by the band Art of Noise to become the theme song for the 1987 MTV Video and the film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks and based on the TV show. Its familiar four-note opening fanfare was also adopted as a jingle for Tums antacid medication.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A gang of quick-trigger gunmen have moved in on your city. They've given public notice that they'll kill the first cop who tries to take them. You know the risk. Your job: apprehend the suspects.”

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.

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

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide. Somewhere in the tangled web of your city, there's a killer on the loose. A young woman has been brutally murdered, the weapon, a steel bludgeon. You're job is to get him.”

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. The suspect's name is Larson.

A well-liked waitress named Helen Corday has been murdered with a steel pipe. The suspect's name is Larson.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A ruthless fiend roams the streets of your city masquerading as a police officer. For months, helpless citizens have been robbed, beaten senseless and kidnapped. The criminal is a twisted genius, vicious, cunning. Your job is to get 'em.”

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.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're been off duty two hours. You receive an emergency call from the chief of detectives. An entire block in the heart of your city is threatened with complete destruction. Your job: report at once.”

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

Production notes: See July 13, 1950 'The Big Bomb' Episode 057 for the same script but with a different title, first line.

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.

Production notes: The story takes place at Christmas, despite the July broadcast date (which is subject to correction).

1. This episode contains census information showing essentially, the city's population has only increased 500,000 in 50 years. The more current information is Population, 2003 is 3,819,915 and Land Area, 2000 is 469 sq. miles.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. For more than two months doctors' offices have been burglarized, hospital pharmacies pillaged, drug stores robbed medical supply firms ransacked with one purpose in mind, the theft of narcotics. The criminals are expert, cunning, vicious. Your job: get them.”

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.

A small-time narcotics user named Benny Trounsel has been beaten to death shortly after tipping the cops to a new narcotics ring in town.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide. There's a mad killer at large in your city. A woman has been brutally slain. The body mutilated. The picture is clear. The killer has a thirst for blood. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

A homicidal maniac has killed and mutilated several young women on a cold and rainy night in Los Angeles.

Production notes: End of Show: Announcements for Saturday's NBC Shows, 'Dangerous Assignment' and 'Richard Diamond, Private Detective'.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A sudden wave of jewel thefts is sweeping the city. In 16 days, 16 burglaries have been committed. One each night, they bear the same trademark. Thousands of dollars of jewels are missing. The thief is a master at his trade. Your job:get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: End of Show: Announcements for Saturday's NBC Shows, 'Dangerous Assignment' and 'Richard Diamond, Private Detective'.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. An armed gang of 'blitz bandits' has started to work in your city. Their pace is fast, four and five robberies each night. The criminals are not amateurs; they're well armed, dangerous. Your job: get them.”

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.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. In three months, more than 250 cars have been broken into. Property mounting well into thousands of dollars has been stolen. Two youthful members of the gang have been apprehended. The all important brains of the criminal ring, the leaders, are still at large. Your job: get them.”

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

Production notes: End of Show: Announcement for the schedule change to Saturdays

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A man's wife has suddenly dropped from sight. On the surface it appears only as a routine missing person's case. You start to investigate, suspicion grows. There is evidence of possible foul play. Your job: find the woman or find her murderer.”

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

A missing woman, a suspiciously grumpy husband and a son who disappears after contacting the police saying he has important information.

Production notes: Episode 014 begins the weekly end of show announcements identifying the Technical Advice received from the Los Angeles Police Department.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A twenty-two year old girl has disappeared. A letter has been received. It demands $30,000 for the girls return. The letter is signed The Wolf. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: [G Review] An excellent, taut, police drama, emotional and hard-hitting.

See December 13, 1951 Episode 131 for a program with a similar script.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Bureau. A police officer has been shot, mortally wounded. One of the suspects has been apprehended, the other is still at large. Your job: find 'em.”

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.

A cop-killer is shot and killed while attempting to escape. The search for the other man in the car begins.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide. A mad killer is loose in the city. In every instance, he leaves the murder weapon behind. There are no fingerprints, no clues to the killers' identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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

A homicidal maniac who uses a brick-bat is on the loose. A large dragnet slowly gets him cornered.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A gang of hijackers has started to work in your city. Truckloads of valuable merchandise have vanished and the thieves are clever, seem to have a foolproof system. Your job: find them.”

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.

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

Production notes: An announcement is made that the next program in the series will be sponsored by Fatima cigarettes.

End of Show: An announcement is made that the next program in the series will be sponsored by Fatima cigarettes. Also the episode number 18 is announced. Also the new specific broadcast time is announced correctly as 10:30pm next Thursday immediately following The Supper Club.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A vicious killer has taken the life of a sixty-two year old woman. Suspicion points in only one direction. The murderer was heartless, cold-blooded. Your job: get him.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. A rash of crimes has broken out in your city. Suspicion points to an organized gang of juveniles. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Eight thousand dollars worth of Chinese jade has been stolen. The criminal is vicious. His weapon, a handful of buckshot in a handkerchief. Your job: get him.”

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.

Production notes: End of Show: 'Dragnet honors the City of Knoxville, State of Tennessee and the men who make up the Knoxville Police Department. Another of America's great law enforcement agencies?'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A small boy is reported missing from his home. His age, nine years. Foul play is suspected. Your job: find him.”

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.

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

Production notes: [G Review] Well-written, dramatic radio.

The script would be used as a Christmas program four more times over the years.

This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years (see Notes for more details). This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years: December 22, 1949 Episode 030, December 21, 1950 Episode 080, December 20, 1951 Episode 132, December 21, 1952 Episode 183, plus the rebroadcasts of December 20, 1955 Episode 331, and March 20, 1956 Episode 344.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A gang of holdup men have been running loose in your city. They've committed more than a dozen robberies. They're heavily armed, quick to shoot. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

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 a trial, two of the gang break out of jail.

Production notes: Opening Disclaimer: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, for a more authentic presentation, portions of the program were actually recorded on the scene.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two armed bandits have robbed a large jewelry store in your city. One of the suspects escapes, one is apprehended. He's identified as a friend of yours. Your job: send him to prison.”

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

The search for Max Tyler, a friend of Sergeant Friday who pulled an armed robbery, escaped from jail, and shot Ben Romero! Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Bureau. A vicious criminal has resumed operations in your city. His profession? A dealer in narcotics. You know his name. You know he's guilty. Your job: prove it.”

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.

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Bureau. For seven months you've been working with federal and state agents in breaking a narcotics ring. You've apprehended the small fry. Next in the line, the big man. Your job: get him.”

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.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. Two small girls are reported missing. Somewhere between their homes and the neighborhood grocery store they dropped from sight. Your job: find 'em.”

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

Two little girls, aged seven and eleven, are missing. Their pet collie is found beaten to death. Foul play is suspected.

Production notes: Opening Disclaimer: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, this program is for you, not your children. The subject is of vital importance to you as parents. This is the story of a vicious man.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Sixteen persons have been robbed and beaten senseless. The victims describe the assailant as a tall, beautiful woman. Your job: stop her.”

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

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February 16, 1950 Broadcast for February 16, 1950 was pre-empted for President Truman's address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner from Washington DC.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Detail. An expert confidence man has resumed operations in your city. His criminal record dates back thirty-five years. He's a master in the art of the gentle swindle. Your job: stop him.”

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

Production notes: End of Show: 'Dragnet wishes to thank the editors of True Detective magazine for their considered appraisal of this program. For those of you who may be interested, the behind-the-scenes story of Dragnet appears in the March issue of True Detective.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A police officer is shot down on the front steps of his home. There's no apparent motive for the shooting. The assailant escapes in a blue sedan. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: End of Show: 'Dragnet wishes to thank the editors of Radio Best Magazine for their considerate appraisal of this program. For those of you who may be interested, a novelized version of Dragnet appears in the April issue of Radio Best.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A confessed murderess is paroled from the state prison for women. After seven months the parole office loses contact with her. Your job: find her.”

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.

Annie Johnson, a woman on parole from a murder conviction, is suspected of harming Laura Muller, who has disappeared.

Production notes: Radio Television Life magazine names Dragnet 'Outstanding New Program.

[G Review] A good story!

The editors of Radio Television Life magazine names Dragnet 'Outstanding New Radio Program of the last season'.

The editors of Radio Television Life magazine names Dragnet 'Outstanding New Radio Program of the last season'. Sponsor: Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Four young hoodlums wanted for a series of robberies are headed for your city. They're armed, reckless, cold-blooded. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. Attempts have been made on the life of a notorious hoodlum in your city. His death could mean an open gang war. Your job: stop it.”

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!

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!

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A notorious hoodlum in your city has been shot to death. A gang war is threatened if his followers seek revenge. Your job: find the killers.”

The search for the killers of Gus Valentine continues.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. The high schools in your city have been flooded with obscene literature. You stamp out one source and a dozen more spring up. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

Obscene 'comic' books are being sold in high schools. The trail leads to a cigar stand downtown and 'Barney.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Vicious gunmen have committed assaults, robberies, attempted murders. Their victims, army officers stationed in your city. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: Title, but not the script, re-used on Episode 249.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Accident Investigation, Felony Detail. In the early hours of the morning a woman pedestrian is struck down by a hit-and-run driver. Your job: find 'em.”

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.

Sheila Gordon is the victim of a hit and run driver. After three months of grueling police work, she fails to show up for the trial of the guy who hit her.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco-Fugitive Detail. You receive information an escaped criminal is hiding out in your city. He's dangerous, he may be armed. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Also available from AFRS.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. For two months a depraved criminal has been at work in your city. Men and women have been robbed, brutally attacked. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. A potential killer roams the halls of one of the high schools in your city. Girl students have been brutally slashed by the criminal. Your job: stop him.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. An elderly woman on her way to the bank has been robbed and beaten senseless. The suspects are cruel, ruthless. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Two robbers hold up the owner of a cafe in the parking lot of a bank and beat her up.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman has been murdered, her identity unknown. The body shows the marks of a savage attack. Your job: find the killer.”

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

Production notes: Title is repeated on Episode 271, but is a completely different script.

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

Production notes: 1. Opening Show Announcement: Be sure to listen to the important promo at the end of the show. 2. End of Show: Announces change in broadcast schedule 'In response to thousands of letters requesting Dragnet be broadcast at an earlier hour' Show will be broadcast one half hour earlier beginning June 8th.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman has been shot to death. The apparent motive, robbery. The killer is still at large. Your job: find him!”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Scores of lone women have been beaten and robbed. The victims have been unable to identify the criminals. Your job: get 'em!”

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

Production notes: After the story, the Chief of Police of Los Angeles congratulates the show.

The announcer makes a long announcement before the story thanking everyone involved on the first anniversary of the program.

First Anniversary Episode: The announcer makes an announcement before the story thanking everyone involved on the first anniversary of the program. After the story, W. A. Warton, Chief of Police of Los Angeles, congratulates the show.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. The owner of the fur store has been shot and killed. Your only lead, a missing fur coat. The killer is at large. Your job: get him!”

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.

A furrier named Albert Criver has been shot and killed. One mink coat has been taken.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman has disappeared, taken from her home by a man posing as a police officer. Your job: find her!”

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.)

Professor Kessell's wife has been kidnapped. The show features a moving scene of a Seder.

Production notes: AFRS, similar script, same title, re-used on Episode 305.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Hit and Run Felony Detail. A dead body is found in the streets, in the early hours of the morning. There's only one clue: a set of skid marks on the pavement. Your job: find the killer!”

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

Eddie Stokes has been the victim of a hit-and-run driver. . . or has he?

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Opening narration: “Ladies and gentlemen, this true story concerns the heart of a great city. It took 58 minutes to resolve the question of its safety or its total destruction. This is the story of those 58 minutes. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”

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

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

Production notes: See July 21, 1949 Episode 007, 'Attempted City Hall Bombing' for the same script with a different title and first line, broadcast a year earlier. This plot was probably reused for the Dragnet television premier, 'The Human Bomb', December 16, 1952.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A hold up has been committed in a neighboring city. A bystander is shot to death, two others are wounded. The bandits are ruthless, well armed. Your job: get em!”

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

Production notes: End of Show: Next week, Frank Cheney, The Gentleman Bandit, Part Two.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Three persons are shot down in a twelve thousand dollar hold up. One of the bandits is apprehended, convicted and sent to prison for life. The other one is still at large. Your job: get him!”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman is knifed to death in her home. The body bears the mark of inhuman attack. The killer escapes. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: Jack Webb is sound effects compulsive in the market scene of this episode, a customer purchases five items, you can hear the five items being rung up on the manual adding machine and then you can hear the five items being placed in the paper bag.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. A large hospital in your city is held up. Ten thousand dollars in high grade narcotics is stolen. The bandits escape. Your job: get 'em!”

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

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

Production notes: End of Show Announcement: 'Ladies and gentlemen, starting Thursday, August 24th, that's two weeks from tonight, Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier, at 9:00pm Eastern Daylight Savings time.'

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

Production notes: 1. Before Show Announcement: 'Next week, Thursday, August 24th, Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier, at 9:00pm Eastern Daylight Savings time.' 2. End of Show Announcement: 'Next week, Thursday, August 24th, Dragnet will be heard one hour earlier, at 9:00pm Eastern Daylight Savings time.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You answer an early morning call. A police officer on patrol duty disappears. Any attempt to contact him by car radio fails. Your job: find him!”

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

Production notes: End of Show Announcement: In a most unusual announcement, similar to Crime Stoppers of the 21st Century, the announcer reads the following: 'Ladies and gentlemen, The Los Angeles Police Department requests the cooperation of all Dragnet listeners in the following police matter. The Los Angeles Police Department would like any and all information regarding a gun fitting the following description: 38 caliber special Smith and Wesson revolver, Gold Seal model. The gun has a blue steel 4&8243; barrel. The serial number is 210088. If you have any information as to the past or present whereabouts of this gun, contact Chief W. H. Parker, Chief of Police, Los Angeles, CA. This is a very important matter. All information will be held in strictest confidence. Thank You.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. An accomplished check forger is at work in your city. His victims, small businessmen. You know his MO, you don't know his identity. Your job: get him!”

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!

Friday and Romero track down Harry Johanson, a check forger who passes dozens of small checks. . . all of them bad!

Production notes: The program starts with Friday visiting his mother (who always calls him Joseph!).

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An old couple suddenly disappear from one of the fashionable neighborhoods in your city. There is no trace of them. Not a clue to their whereabouts. Foul play is suspected. Your job: find them.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A small bakery shop in your city is held up. A man and his daughter are shot down without reason. Your job: get him!”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. Unidentified thieves start a campaign of burglaries in your city. Homes are broken into and stripped of their furnishings. There is no lead on the criminals. Your job: get 'em!”

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.

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

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(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. He hires you to do the killing. Your job: stop 'em'

A man decides to kill his wife, and hires Joe Friday for the job!

A man decides to kill his wife, and hires Joe Friday for the job! The 'Dragnet' program of March 29, 1955 (#61369) has the same story title, but the plots are not the same.

Production notes: Title re-used on Episode 293.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A store clerk has been murdered, shot to death in a robbery. The holdup man is described as tall, well dressed. He escapes in a taxi cab. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A man posing as a doctor is burglarizing homes in your city. You have his description. Your job: find him!”

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

A young women who is apparently the victim of a shady doctor commits suicide and her furs and jewels are missing. Friday and Smith have to find the doctor who has vacated his office.

Production notes: The chief of police of Los Angeles reads a certificate of thanks to the program.

In Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dragnet honors the 57th Annual Conference of the Chiefs of Police. The Chief from Los Angeles reads a certificate for The Award of Merit to the staff during the program on October 12, 1950.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. An accomplished check forger resumes operations in your city. The suspect's described as a middle aged woman. She's written more than twenty thousand dollars in bad checks. Your job: get her!”

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!

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! Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. A gang of veteran dope peddlers moves in to your city. They offer a hundred thousand dollars worth of heroin for sale. They make their contacts. They're ready to do business. Your job: stop them!”

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

Sgt. Friday tries to trap Howard Scully, a careful narcotics wholesaler, by posing as a buyer.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant: you're assigned to Homicide Detail. The life of a young woman is in danger. Anonymous letters and phone calls threaten her with murder. The notes bear the mark of a fanatic. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A newborn baby is taken from a hospital nursery. There is no trace of the infant. There is no trace of the abductor. Your job: find him!”

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

The three-day-old Striker baby has been stolen from Mercy Hospital.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A man and his wife are found dead in a rooming house. A dead parrot lies on the floor beside them. The killer set fire to the room to cover his tracks. Your job: get him!”

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

Arson in a rooming house is covering up a double murder. The program features a graphic confession, good radio.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned a Bunco Detail. A gang of petty swindlers has set up operations in your city. They're experienced, cunning; they work fast. Your job: get 'em!”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective Sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. In four months fifteen food markets in your city have been held up and robbed. The bandit is well dressed, well armed. Your job: stop him!”

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

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

Production notes: Bob Hope (Chesterfield commercial), Bing Crosby (Chesterfield commercial) on this episode.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. A pair of fake talent scouts are at work in your city. Their victims; young girls seeking careers in Hollywood. The criminals are (a) vicious, relentless. Your job: get 'em!”

Sergeant Friday breaks a vicious Los Angeles pornography ring.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. You've been tracking a hold up man for months. You finally get a line on where he's hiding. You know he's dangerous, well armed. Your job: get him!”

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.

Production notes: Bob Hope (Chesterfield commercial), Bing Crosby (Chesterfield commercial) on this episode.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Homicide Detail. A small boy is reported missing from his home: His age, nine years. Foul play is suspected. Your job: find him!”

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

Production notes: This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years (see Notes for more details). This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years: December 22, 1949 Episode 030, December 21, 1950 Episode 080, December 20, 1951 Episode 132, December 21, 1952 Episode 183, plus the rebroadcasts of December 20, 1955 Episode 331, and March 20, 1956 Episode 344.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned a Missing Persons Detail. A wealthy businessman in your city drops from sight. There is no trace of him. There's no apparent reason for his disappearance. Your job: find him!”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Homicide Detail. A potential killer is on the loose in your city. He's robbed six people. For no reason at all he beats his victims senseless. He moves fast, he's well armed. Your job: stop him!”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned a Homicide Detail. A man crouches on the window ledge of a downtown building, thirteen stories above the street. He threatens to leap to his death within the hour. Your job: stop him!”

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

Production notes: [G Review] Good show!

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. For three months you've been tracking a pair of hold-up men. There is no pattern to their operation. They're young; they're brutal. Your job: stop 'em!”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Narcotics Detail. A band of dope peddlers launches a full scale operation in your city. Their merchandise marijuana: Their victims' high school students. Your job: get 'em!”

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.'

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. '

Production notes: The editors of 'Motion Picture Daily' and 'Fame' magazine name Jack Webb, 'the most promising star of tomorrow' and Dragnet 'the best radio program of its type' for 1950.

The editors of Motion Picture Daily and Fame magazine name Jack Webb, 'the most promising star of tomorrow' and Dragnet 'the best radio program of its type' for 1950.

The editors of Motion Picture Daily and Fame magazine name Jack Webb,'the most promising star of tomorrow' and Dragnet 'the best radio program of its type' for 1950.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. You receive a complaint about an eight year old boy and his sister. A neighbor reports they've been going from door to door begging for food. Supposedly the children are from well to do parents. Your job: investigate!”

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

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

Production notes: This is a different program than February 2, 1954 Episode 233. Winner of the 'Motion Picture Herald Fame Award' announcement.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Homicide Detail. Twelve men drop completely from sight over a short period of time. There's evidence of foul play. Four months pass; you finally locate the main suspect in the case. Your job: pick him up!”

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

Production notes: Winner of the 'Motion Picture Herald Fame Award' announcement.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. A worried mother calls your office and reports that her four year old twin girls are missing. Hours pass; the children fail to turn up. Your job: find 'em!”

Four-year old twins have disappeared.

Four-year-old twins have disappeared.

Production notes: Pre-Show Opening: 'Ladies and gentlemen this program is for you, not your children.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Bunco Detail. A husband and wife confidence team has shifted operation to your city. Their criminal record dates back seventeen years. They're masters in the art of swindling. Your job: get 'em!”

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

Production notes: Pre-Show Opening: Crime prevention week announcement

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. A lone bandit robs a jewelry store in broad daylight. He takes five thousand dollars in precious stones. He's reckless; he's well armed. Your job: get 'em!”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Homicide Detail. It's New Years Eve in your city and you're on special duty. Thousands of people crowd downtown streets. One of them is a killer. Your job: find him!”

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.

On New Year's Eve (despite the March broadcast date) a police officer is shot and killed.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. A man is pulled from his car on a deserted street. He's robbed, beaten viciously; his car is stolen. The criminal makes good his escape. Your job: find him!”

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

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

Production notes: 1. Ad for Red Cross at end centering on support of troops

'Thanks to Quick magazine for this week's salute to Jack Webb.'a‚ 

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned a Robbery Detail. A middle aged businessman in your city is robbed and beaten senseless. The hold-up men escape. The victim refuses to report the crime. Your job: investigate!”

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

Production notes: The show has won an award from 'Radio Television Mirror' magazine.

This show announced an award for 'favorite show of its type of 1950'; from Radio Television Mirror magazine.

This show announced an award for 'favorite show of its type of 1950' from Radio Television Mirror magazine.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Robbery Detail. A doctor is severely beaten, robbed and left in critical condition. Suspicion points to a narcotics addict. Your job: get him!”

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.

Production notes: The current owners of the property at this Collis Avenue address are keenly aware of the history.

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Opening narration: “You're a Detective Sergeant; you're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. A well organized ring of car thieves begins operations in your city. It's one of the most puzzling cases you've ever encountered. Your job: break it!”

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.

Production notes: End of Show: 'The Federal Civil Defense Administration will send you an Air Raid Instruction Sheet' for five cents.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned a Homicide Detail. You go to an apartment house in answer to a shooting and dead body call. Her husband, Andrew, tells you it's suicide; the facts show it to be murder. Your job: find out!”

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

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

Production notes: [G Desc] A good example of Dragnet's dramatization of police lab techniques.

Jim Moser, script writer of the show, is presented with an 'Edgar' award by the Mystery Writers Of America.

James M. Fox, President of the Southern California Chapter of the Mystery Writers Of America, presents Jim Moser, Dragnet's scriptwriter, with the Edgar Allan Poe Radio Award.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant; you're assigned to Burglary Detail. For the past eighteen weeks a gang of safe men have been breaking in to large grocery stores all over the city. They work fast; you can't localize their operations. Your job: get 'em!”

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

Production notes: This episode ends with: 'We wish to gratefully acknowledge the Michael Award presented by the Academy of Radio and Television Arts and Sciences. The Academy voted Dragnet the finest program of its kind. It is with deep humility that Dragnet accepts this citation, the highest award bestowed by the radio and television industry.'

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

Production notes: The program begins, 'Fatima is proud to present its Academy Award winning radio show' (the motion picture 'Academy' never gave awards for radio programs!).

[G Review] A well-written, good show!

1. The May 17, 1951 program begins 'Fatima Cigarettes is proud to present its Academy Award winning radio show'

The May 17, 1951 program begins 'Fatima Cigarettes is proud to present its Academy Award winning radio show' Sponsor: Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. A United States postal inspector comes to your office. You've received the same complaints he has. Somebody is stealing mail in your city. Your job: help get him.”

The search for Harvey Fletcher, a mail thief

The search for Harvey Fletcher, a mail thief.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. You receive information that one of your city's most fashionable hotels is being used as the clearing house for high grade heroin. Evidence points to a narcotics ring, the center of distribution. Your job: break it.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Missing Persons Detail. A ten year old boy disappears from his home in a remote section of the city. Two nights and two days pass. There's not a trace of the boy. Your job: find him.”

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?

Jimmy Sherman, a ten-year-old boy has disappeared. 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?

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A wealthy society woman in your city vanishes. Two months pass before her disappearance is reported to the police. There is suspicion of foul play. Your job: investigate.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Accident Investigation Hit and Run Detail. You receive a call that two elderly women have been struck down in a crosswalk by a hit and run driver. The women lie in Georgia Street hospital. Their condition is critical. Your job: find the driver.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An elderly man reports the sudden death of his wife. He claims he awoke in the morning to find her dead on the floor of their bedroom. The cause of death is not apparent. Your job: investigate.”

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.

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.

Production notes: [G Review] A good story!

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman and her two year old child disappear suddenly. There's no apparent reason for it. Five days pass. No trace of them. Your job: find them.”

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.

Mrs. Gorman has disappeared with her two-year-old daughter. Mr. Gorman suspects his wife's boyfriend, Ralph Kane. A portrait of a most unusual mother.

Production notes: The program begins with an interesting warning: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this program is for you, not your children!'

The program begins with an interesting warning: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this program is for you, not your children!' The story is a portrait of a most unusual mother.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A gang of clever thieves are at work in your city. In three months they've looted fashionable homes of $100,000 in furs and jewels. There's no clue to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

The cops break up a burglary ring that uses a hatcheck girl for a spotter.

Production notes: This is not the same program as , 'The Big Set-Up' show, despite similar titles.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. Dozens of petty theft cases are reported in one of the residential areas in your city. The victims?... neighborhood businessmen. The suspects ?... teenage high school students. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A well known businessman in your city disappears suddenly from his home. He's seen driving away from the house in the company of two unidentified men. There's no explanation for it. Your job: find him.”

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

Production notes: End of Show: At the end of the episode, there is an appeal for listeners to donate $5 million to the Red Cross for the Flood Relief Appeal. This money was in support of the people of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Illinois affected by the recent floods. (There were disastrous floods on July 13, 1951 in the Midwest especially effecting Fort Riley Barracks, Manhattan, and Topeka Kansas on the Kaw River, and Kansas City and other Missouri towns along the Missouri river.)

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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.'

Production notes: After the story, Jack Webb and George Fenneman explain some of the police terms used on the program.

1. Opening Warning: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the documented story you will hear during the next thirty minutes is not a subject commonly discussed. It is a criminal problem that is not yet nation wide. But it's a problem which is growing rapidly. We present it now so that you may recognize it for what it is if and when it invades your city.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An elderly man is found dead in the living room of his home. There's a single bullet hole in his chest. On the surface, it appears the man took his own life, but the evidence points to the opposite. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A gang of hijackers has set up operations in your city. Truckloads of merchandise worth thousands of dollars vanish completely. The criminals know their business. Their system appears foolproof. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: End of Show: At the end of the episode there was another (follow up from July 26, 1951 plea) short appeal for listeners to contribute to the Red Cross to support the July flood victims in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Illinois.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A thirty year old woman is missing. Three months pass before her disappearance is reported. There's not a trace of the woman. No lead to her whereabouts. Your job: find her.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. A series of crimes suddenly starts among teenage children in your city. Robberies, burglaries, bodily assault. There doesn't seem to be any reason for it. The crime wave grows. Your job: stop it.”

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.

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A sixty four year old shopkeeper is found murdered. Beaten to death in the back room of his store. The body bears the marks of a savage attack. There's no trace of the killer. Your job: get him.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two armed bandits invade the home of an elderly couple in your city. The aging husband is tortured unmercifully before he reveals the hiding place of his valuables. The two thieves make good their escape. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: End of Show: At the end of the episode, there is an appeal for listeners to donate clothes for Koreans to help them get through the hard winter.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An attractive blonde secretary is found beaten to death in a downtown office building. You've only one lead to start with. A length of steel pipe wrapped in heavy paper. There's no trace of the killer. Your job: get him.”

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.

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. A gang of criminals masquerading as legitimate auto dealers start to work in your city. Innocent people are cheated out of thousands of dollars. The thieves are clever. They work a foolproof formula. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A wave of shoplifting breaks out in your city. There's no pattern to the thief's operations. There are no leads. Weeks pass. The number of thefts keep growing. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A dozen churches in your city are victimized by a team of experienced safe burglars. You track the suspects for weeks. You finally apprehend three men. Your job: convict them.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A pair of bandits is staging a rapid fire campaign of hold ups in your city. In twenty one days, eleven food markets have been robbed. The hold ups go on. The suspects are still unidentified. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A wealthy, retired businessman suddenly disappears. You've got two possibilities to work on. Suspicion of suicide. Suspicion of foul play. There's no lead to the man's whereabouts. Your job: find him.”

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

Production notes: Special Announcement: 'Ladies and gentlemen. Tonight in Miami, Florida, a group of men are gathered together for their annual conference. For their day-in, day-out service to the public, Dragnet honors the 58th annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Traffic Investigation, Hit-Run Felony Detail. An elderly woman and her nine year old grandson are struck down in a pedestrian cross walk by a speeding truck. The woman is killed instantly. Witnesses fail to get the license number. The hit-run driver escapes. Your job: find him.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. One of your informants contacts you by telephone. He says he wants to see you immediately. He claims knowledge of more than two dozen burglaries committed in your city. He offers the information despite threats against his own life. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: End of Show: The final commercial encourages blood donation and makes reference to the Korean War (fewer deaths per hundred soldiers sent to front-line hospitals than in World War II thanks to blood donations).

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An unidentified woman is found murdered in a hotel room. Cause of death, strangulation. There's no lead to the identity of the killer. Your job: find him.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. An unidentified armed bandit starts a campaign of jewelry store holdups in your city. The robberies are carefully planned, carefully executed. The bandit commits brutal attacks on each of the victims. Your job: get him.”

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

A French woman is the only witness to a jewelry robery in which the clerk was badly beaten.

Production notes: Keeping to the theme of highlighting sound effects in the show, this episode contains about a minute of a tap dance routine.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A forty year old mother is found murdered in the bedroom of her home. The body bears the marks of a savage attack with a knife. The killer showed no mercy. Your job: get him.”

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

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

Production notes: [G Review] Well-written.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A twenty two year old girl has been abducted. Her family receives and anonymous message. The abductor demands $30,000 for the safe return of the girl. Your job: get him.”

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

Production notes: Barton Yarborough's next-to-last appearance on the program, he died shortly after this broadcast.

An announcement is made that a preview of 'Dragnet' on television is to be seen on 'Sound Off Time,' next week.

See broadcast September 10, 1949 Episode 015 for a similar script. End of Show: An announcement is made that a preview of Dragnet on television is to be seen on Sound Off Time this Sunday evening. and 'starting in January, Dragnet will be seen regularly on television'.

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

Production notes: The third broadcast of this script.

The final appearance of Barton Yarborough, who would die a few days after this broadcast.

This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years (see Notes for more details). 1. This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years: December 22, 1949 Episode 030, December 21, 1950 Episode 080, December 20, 1951 Episode 132, December 21, 1952 Episode 183, plus the rebroadcasts of December 20, 1955 Episode 331, and March 20, 1956 Episode 344.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two convicts escaped from a nearby state penitentiary in the early morning. According to reports, they're heading for your city. They're both armed. They're both dangerous. Your job: get 'em.”

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. Ed Jacobs was assigned as his temporary partner.

Production notes: Ben Romero,' the part that had been played by Barton Yarborough is 'killed off' in a touching scene (Barton Yarborough had just died).

The program is dedicated to Barton Yarborough's memory.

[G Review] A good show!

Program Opening, spoken by Jack Webb: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the makers of Fatima Cigarettes and the entire cast and crew and technicians of Dragnet respectfully dedicate tonight's program to the memory of Barton Yarborough who created and portrayed the role of Sergeant Ben Romero.' His character, Ben Romero, has been 'killed off' from a heart attack.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. You receive a call from a former suspect you arrested. He wants to meet with you. He claims he has information and contacts with a big narcotics ring. Your job:check it out.”

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

Production notes: The script is not the same as November 16, 1952, Episode 178, 'The Big Walk', though they appear similar.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. You're in the middle of a drive to break up a $100,000 narcotics ring. You apprehend two of the lesser gang members. You still haven't reached the big operation. You still haven't found their store of heroin. Your job: get them.”

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

Sgt. Friday goes undercover to try to trap the head of a heroin ring.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide, Special Detail. There are rumours of an impending war between juvenile gangs in your city. Reportedly, members of both gangs are well-supplied with homemade weapons. You don't know when the fighting will break out; you don't know where. Your job: stop it.”

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

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

Production notes: This episode is the first with a pre-show promo to announce Dragnet on both radio and TV.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman reports the disappearance of her thirty year old brother. He's been missing for only two days, but the manner of his disappearance was sudden, out of the ordinary. Your job:i nvestigate.”

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

Production notes: Due to network technical problems, the start of the program would be delayed. It was significantly clipped on the front end by the network.

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Opening narration: “We're on the way out of the office. It was 10:38am when we got to Paris Avenue, #213.' [Doorbell] 'Yes?' 'How do you do Ms. Wagner, police officers, I'm Sergeant Jacobs this is my partner, Sergeant Friday.' 'Oh, yes, sergeant, I've been expecting you.”

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

Production notes: The program is different from 'The Big Laugh', March 8, 1953, Episode 194. Due to network technical problems the start of the program would be delayed. It was significantly clipped on the front end by the network.

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(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. After months of investigation you finally discover the man responsible for the holdup. You've got the evidence to prove him guilty. Your job: brin(g) 'im in.'

The cops know that Ernest W. Garvey held up a jewel salesman named Tom Ashley.

The cops know that George Garvey held up a jewel salesman named Tom Ashley.

Production notes: Trial Results: (from script) 'Ernest W. Garvey and Kenneth Tyson were tried and convicted of first degree robbery, one count, and received sentences as prescribed by law. Fred Lawrence was tried and convicted of receiving stolen property, one count. First degree robbery is punishable by imprisonment from 5 years to life. Receiving stolen property is punishable by a prison term of not more than 5 years.'

(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. [Not Spoken: It's the worse kind of printed filth.] You get a lead on one of the sources of supply: a 17-year-old high school senior. Your job: pick him up.'

A trail of pornography leads to a run-down Hollywood studio and a movie has-been.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A thirty nine year old housewife disappears suddenly. There's no explanation for it. Five days later, evidence of possible foul play is uncovered. Your job: investigate.”

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.

A woman disappears and her husband becomes suspect. The man's stepson then disappears.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Personnel Division. A resident of your city files a report of assault and battery. His shoulder is dislocated, he's been badly beaten. He claims his assailant was a young police officer. Your job: investigate.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You receive a complaint about the owner of an apartment building. He signs leases for the apartments then he threatens to kill the tenants if they try to move in. Your job: investigate.”

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.

Edward Daniels signs a lease for his apartment, then threatens a couple when they try to move in.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two convicts escape from the state penitentiary. They're heading for your city. They're armed. They've boasted they won't be taken alive. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

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.

Production notes: End of Show: A special thanks is announced for the participation and cooperation of the San Diego Police.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A thirty eight year old woman disappears. She leaves her sister and her four children behind. There's evidence of foul play. Your job: find her.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A man is shot down in the street of a residential neighborhood. He's critically wounded. You don't know who the assailant is. You don't know where he is. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: End of Show: California State Juvenile Officers Association presents award to Jack Webb and Dragnet for outstanding service in the authentic presenting of the police officer in delinquency control.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Division. You got a call from one of the bus line terminals in your city. A seven week old baby has been abandoned in the depot waiting room. There's no sign of the mother, no lead to her whereabouts. Your job: find her.”

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.

A seven-week-old baby has been abandoned in the Los Angeles bus station. . . or has it?

Production notes: Radio-TV Mirror awards Dragnet 'Best Program Of It's Type' and Jack Webb 'Best Radio Actor.

End of Show: Radio-TV Mirror awards Dragnet 'Best Program of It's Type' for the second consecutive year and Jack Webb 'Best Radio Actor.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Detail. An experienced confidence man has set up operations in your city. From his first two victims he gets more than $8,000. You've got one good lead on the suspect, his method of operation. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call from the receiving hospital in your city. A dead body has been left in the hospital elevator. There's no lead to the identity of the corpse. There's no apparent cause of death. Your job: investigate.”

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

A dead woman is found in a hospital elevator.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. For more than two months a wave of safe burglaries has been sweeping your city. Apparently, it's the work of professionals. The jobs are well planned, well executed. There's no lead to the whereabouts of the suspects. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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.

Production notes: The Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar Allan Poe Award to Dragnet (for the second consecutive year) and to writer Jim Moser. Moser and Webb accept the award on the air.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Vice Detail. A professional gambling ring has set up operations in you're city. Dozens of citizens are being victimized. The gamblers keep on the move. Changing their locations day-to-day. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: The Mystery Writers Of America present the Edgar Allan Poe Award to Dragnet (for the second time) and to writer Jim Moser. Moser accepts the award on the air.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A United States Mail truck is held up and robbed. Twenty-two sacks of registered mail are taken. The hold-up men escape. There's no lead to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: The program begins with an announcement that the show has won a 'Michael' award from the Academy Of TV and Radio Arts and Sciences.

1. Special Show Opening: 'Ladies and gentlemen I'd like to read a telegram we just received. Final ballot tabulation shows Dragnet has won the Michael Award for best radio and also for best television mystery program in 1952. Twenty thousand ninety qualified members participated in nominations and final ballot. Congratulations and best wishes. Ed Bobblie, president, Academy of Radio and Television Arts and Sciences.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Wiltshire Division, Vice Detail. An informant sends you word about an extortion racket going on in your area. The victim, a bookmaker. The suspect, a police officer. Your job: check it out.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Detail. An eight months old baby is stolen from its mother. It's the third case of child stealing reported in less than three weeks. There's no lead on the suspect. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

An eight-month-old baby has been stolen. . . it's a continuing problem. A prominent club woman is the suspect.

Production notes: Special Show Opening: 'Ladies and gentlemen, the entire production staff and technicians on Dragnet wish to thank the American Weekly and the television editors of the various newspapers which distribute the American Weekly, for voting Dragnet the best mystery-drama on television for 1951-1952, our deepest thanks for this fine recognition.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A woman is found dying in a vacant lot, her identity unknown. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. A steady supply of high-grade narcotics is finding its way into your city. For two months you've been trying to run down the source. The first real break finally comes. Your job: check it out.”

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

Production notes: The Dragnet comic strip debuted June 23, 1952.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. An unidentified man is abducted from a downtown street. The scene is checked where the man is reported taken. Bloodstains are found on the sidewalk. The abductors escaped in a gray sedan. No one saw the license number. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: Vic Perrin appears as Friday's partner.

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Opening narration: “You're an investigating sergeant. You're assigned to Traffic Division A. I. D. Death and tragedy is forecast for the people of your city. You don't know who the victims will be. You don't know how many there will be. Your job: try and stop it.”

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

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

Production notes: [G Review] Good radio.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A twenty-five year old man is found hiding in a freight car in a deserted train yard. In his arms he holds the body of a dead woman. The victim's identity is unknown. The suspect refuses to talk. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

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July 17, 1952 Pre-empted. The previous week's broadcast of Dragnet closes with a promo for the upcoming Republican National Convention on NBC.

July 24, 1952 Pre-empted by the Democratic National Conference.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two armed bandits hold up a restaurant in your city. The owner is slugged, beaten viciously. One of the bandits is shot. The other makes good his escape. Your job: get 'em.”

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.

Production notes: The title is possibly incorrect, or the date is possibly July 24, 1952.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. An elderly man has been beaten and robbed of a fortune in unset diamonds. The thief has made good his escape. Your job:find him.”

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

Sam Rumin, an elderly diamond salesman, has been robbed of $150,000 in unset diamonds.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Division. You get a call that the body of a dead man has been found in a vacant lot. The man has been beaten to death. Your job: investigate.”

John Iverson is found murdered by a piece of concrete.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. Several small neighborhood businessmen are being victimized by a check forger. His method of operation is an old one, but the merchants continue to be swindled. Your job: get him.”

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!

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!

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A young man walks into your office and tells you that his best friend has been killed by unknown assailants. Your job: investigate.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that a man has had a heart attack, fallen and fractured his skull. It looks like an accidental death. Your job: investigate.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. In a year's time a burglar has taken approximately eighty thousand dollars in money and jewelry. None of his victims can describe him. Your job: get him.”

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.

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE CHANGE:

19227 19248 NBC Thursday 10:00 p.m. Jack Webb as Joe Friday; Herb Ellis as Frank Smith

19251 19251 NBC Sunday 9:30 p.m. Jack Webb as Joe Friday; Herb Ellis as Frank Smith

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

Production notes: Possibly the first 'Dragnet' sponsored by Chesterfield.

1. Opening commercial: 'Sound off for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size, brings you Dragnet'.

Opening commercial: 'Sound off for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size, brings you Dragnet'.Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A nightclub manager has been robbed and killed. The killers made good their escape. Their identity is unknown. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: Ben Alexander takes the part of Frank Smith for the rest of the series.

Rebroadcast on September 27, 1955 Episode 319.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A man has been found in the trunk of an automobile. He's been badly beaten and is suffering from shock. Your job: investigate.”

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

Production notes: Rebroadcast on October 4, 1955 Episode 320.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Division. You get a call from a high school principal. A young boy has caused a near riot in his classroom. Your job: investigate.”

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.

A drunken teenager and a riot in chemistry class leads Friday and Smith to a bar and hangout for kids.

Production notes: AFRS rebroadcast on October 11, 1955 Episode 321.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You got a call that a man has been murdered. His killer is unknown. Your job: get him.”

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.

Jeff Curtis has been shot and killed, and his mother doesn't seem to be upset about it! The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the products.

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the products.

Rebroadcast on October 18, 1955 Episode 322.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. Naval intelligence tells you that two marines have been picked up with the shore patrol. They're reported sick. One is in critical condition. Foul play is suspected. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on October 25, 1955 Episode 323

AFRS and ebroadcast on October 25, 1955 Episode 323

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You get a call that a bank has been robbed. From the M.O. you know the job was done by a professional. He's made good his escape. Your job: get him.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on November 1, 1955 Episode 324

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You receive a call that a fatal accident has occurred at a Hollywood motion picture studio. Your job: investigate.”

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.

Henry Wilson, a movie director, has been killed at the studio. A 250 pound lamp had fallen on him.

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product.

AFRS and rebroadcast on November 8, 1955 Episode 325

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'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. Your job: investigate.' 'It was Thursday, April 17th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Homicide Detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives, my name's Friday. It was 11:36 am when we got to Greenleaf Apartment Hotel, [knock] Apartment 406.' [Knock] 'Yes?' 'Police officers, ma'am.' 'Oh yes, come in.' 'Thank you. This is my partner Frank Smith, my name's Friday.'

A woman is found murdered in a closet. The trail leads to a freighter in San Francisco.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on November 15, 1955 Episode 326

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. You get a report that high-grade heroin is being sold in your city. The key men in the operation are well hidden. You have no leads to their identity. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the products.

AFRS and rebroadcast on November 22, 1955 Episode 327. A similar script to January 3, 1952 Episode 134, but not the same.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that the body of a man has been found in an alley. He's been strangled with his own necktie. The body has been robbed. There's no lead to the killer. Your job: find him.”

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product.

AFRS rebroadcast on November 29, 1955 Episode 328

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned the Homicide Detail. The body of a dead man has been found in the rear of his shop. He has been brutally beaten to death. The killer is unknown. Your job: find 'em.”

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.

Production notes: Rebroadcast on December 6, 1955 Episode 329

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A string of store burglaries takes place in your city. The thieves work at night. They leave no physical evidence behind. Your job: get 'em”

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

Rebroadcast on December 13, 1955 Episode 330

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. You receive information that a big buy of heroin is going to be made in your city. You know the location of the man who's going to sell it. Your job: stop him.”

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.

While waiting to make a narcotics buy, Sergeant Friday and Frank Smith overhear Sam Allison tearfully admit that he had committed murder.

Production notes: The program ending has been deleted.

The cops use an impersonator to convince the killer to confess in a procedure that sounds highly unconstitutional.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A small boy is reported missing from his home. His age, nine years. Foul play is suspected. Your job: find him.”

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

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

Production notes: [G Review] An excellent show and a fine use of radio.

This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years (see Notes for more details). This script is used as a Christmas program six times over the years: December 22, 1949 Episode 030, December 21, 1950 Episode 080, December 20, 1951 Episode 132, December 21, 1952 Episode 183, plus the rebroadcasts of December 20, 1955 Episode 331, and March 20, 1956 Episode 344.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A series of holdups take place in your city. The victims are managers of large markets. You've got a description of the suspect. Your job: get him.”

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!

Production notes: Rebroadcast on December 27, 1955 Episode 332

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. For the past six months the managers of larger markets in your city have been the victims of a hold up man. You thought you had the suspect in custody. You were wrong. Your job: get him.”

'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

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

AFRS and rebroadcast on January 3, 1956 Episode 333 End of Show: 'Ladies and gentlemen, the National Safety Council reminds you to make sure your car is really in shape for winter driving. Check headlights, windshield wipers, tires, and brakes. And then, winterize your driving. Get the feel of the road when you start out. Keep well behind the car ahead. Instead of slamming on brakes and starting a skid, pump your brakes to slow down or stop. And always take your time, in wintertime.'

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. A check forger has been hitting the merchants in your city. From the M.O. she uses, you know she's an expert. You've got her description. Your job: get her.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 10, 1956 Episode 334

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “It was Tuesday July 7 th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of Homicide Detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives, my name's Friday. I was on my way to work and it was 4:58pm when I got to Room 42, Homicide.”

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

Production notes: Rebroadcast on January 17, 1956 Episode 335 End of Show: Car safety promotion repeated from earlier show.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. A steady flow of heroin has been making it's way into your city. Most of it has fallen into the hands of teenagers. You don't know the source or the head man in the operation. Your job: stop it.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 24, 1956 Episode 336 End of Show: Promotions after the show for The Martin and Lewis Show, also sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes on Tuesday night on NBC. Also announce Adventure with Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator tonight.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. A gang of car strippers has been operating in your city. From their M.O., you know they're professionals. They move fast. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 31, 1956 Episode 337

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. Two men have been passing bad checks in your city. You have descriptions of both of them. You know the names on the checks. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 7, 1956 Episode 338 End of Show: Just prior to show credits was a public service advertisement for people interested in joining the Ground Observer Corp (civil defense) to defend against low flying aircraft and atomic bombs.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A young woman tells you that her mother has disappeared. There's no trace of her whereabouts. Foul play is suspected. Your job: investigate.”

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

Mrs. Schroeder has disappeared. Nasty old Mr. Schroeder is suspected of foul play.

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

AFRS and rebroadcast on February 14, 1956 Episode 339

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that a 72 year old man has been murdered. His invalid wife has been brutally beaten. There's no lead to the assailants. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 21, 1956 Episode 340

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. You get a call from another city to pick up a burglary suspect. You know the name he's using. You know where he's living. Your job:p ick him up.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 28, 1956 Episode 341

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Detail. For the past year a confidence man has been cheating women in your city. You finally get a lead on 'em. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on March 6, 1956 Episode 342 End of Show: Jack Webb claims to smoke two packs of Chesterfields himself during show closing advertisement. Final ad was for Savings Bonds.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A hold up man has been hitting large supermarkets in your city. He's fast and he's experienced. Your job: get 'em.”

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!

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

Rebroadcast on March 13, 1956 Episode 343

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. For the past two months a gang of safe burglars have been operating in your city. In that time they've hit a dozen places. You've got no lead to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on March 27, 1956 Episode 345 End of Show: Announcement for blood donation for gamma-globulin to use to fight against polio.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You get a call that a large market has been held up. You have a good description of the thief. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on April 3, 1956 Episode 346 End of Show: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, we wish to thank the editors of Real Magazine for their article 'High Tension on TV' in the April issue, now on sale'.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A pair of hold up men have been staging a series of robberies in your city. You have their description. You know their method of operation. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: The commercials for Chesterfields contain health claims for the product.

Rebroadcast on April 10, 1956 Episode 347 End of Show: Public Service announcement requesting blood donations. Last commercial is one of the few commercials to use brand names for both Chesterfield and Fatima with the notice both brands are from the same company.

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

(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.'

A lunatic has been making false police calls and has caused a serious accident. Plot includes key evidence, a picture taken with a camera that makes the picture right away (i.e. Polaroid).

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on April 17, 1956 Episode 348

Sponsor: Chesterfield

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on April 24, 1956 Episode 349 1. End of Show: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, we wish to thank the editors of TV Guide for the cover picture and story on Dragnet. You can get TV Guide at your favorite newsstand.' 2. An Alternate recording from broadcast of this episode is interrupted about mid-way to announce the probable release of four wounded American soldiers from North Korea. This announcement was not part of the original transcription.

(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. You know they're armed, you know they're dangerous. Your job: get 'em.'

Three robbers pull a jewelry store job in a San Diego hotel and get away with $135,000 worth of hot ice. The San Diego police come to LA to assist in the investigation.

Three robbers pull a jewelry store job in San Diego and get away with $135,000 worth of hot ice.

Production notes: The show receives an award on the air from a Detroit policeman.

Rebroadcast on May 1, 1956 Episode 350 This show receives an award on the air from the Detroit Police Officers Association.

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. A wave of burglaries has broken out in your city. The thieves are fast: and they're clever. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on May 8, 1956 Episode 351

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call from a friend who's been offered $5,000 to kill a man. He can't tell you who made the offer. He does tell you that no matter what happens, the man is going to be killed. Your job: stop it.”

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product.

AFRS and rebroadcast on May 15, 1956 Episode 352

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A suspect has been apprehended. You have a positive identification from the victim. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on May 22, 1956 Episode 353

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. You get a call from a Truck Rental service. One of their trucks has disappeared. There's no sign of the man who rented it. Your job: find him.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on May 29, 1956 Episode 354

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. You arrested one member of an organized ring of thieves. You're after the head man of the gang. Your job: get him.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on June 5, 1956 Episode 355

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A man has been shot and critically wounded. There's no trace of the suspect. Your job: find him.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on June 12, 1956 Episode 356

Sponsor: Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide detail. You get a call from a man telling you that a woman has been badly beaten. Before you can get the name of the victim or any other information, the caller hangs up. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on June 19, 1956 Episode 357

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned in Missing Persons Detail. You get a call that a man is missing. He failed to return from his work the day before. There are no leads to his whereabouts. Your job: find him.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on June 26, 1956 Episode 358

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A young girl has been shot with a .22 caliber rifle. It was reported a suicide. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Jane Doe #17' has been found dead. Who is she, and did she really commit suicide?

Production notes: The last show show of the season (on radio).

AFRS and rebroadcast on September 18, 1956 Episode 359 End of Show: Jack Webb announces a summer vacation for the show, explaining George Fenneman announces Dragnet radio will return in September and to watch the newspaper for details. Dragnet TV will remain on through the summer. There is also a promo for the AFRS broadcasts.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. For the past three weeks, a lone thief has been victimizing stores and check-cashing agencies. You've got a description of the man but so far you've failed to identify him. Your job: get him.”

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

Production notes: Rebroadcast on September 25, 1956 Episode 360

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. In the past five weeks, seventeen homes in your city have been stripped of all valuables. There's no lead to the thief, no description. Your job: get him.”

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.

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

Production notes: Rebroadcast on October 2, 1956 Episode 361. Script re-used on Episode 245 End of Show Commendation: 'Dragnet wishes to thank the editors of McCall's Magazine for their interesting personal story about Jack Webb, 'Nobody's Man Friday', in the current September issue of McCall's.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A hold-up man has robbed the owner of a neighborhood grocery store. The victim has been beaten unmercifully with a sawed-off shotgun. The assailant has escaped into the city without a trace. Your job: find him.”

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.

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on October 9, 1956 Episode 362 End of Show Commendation: 'Dragnet sends best wishes to 60th Annual Conference of International Association of Chiefs of Police in Detroit. May it be the best one they've ever had.'

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. You get a call from the owner of a used-car lot. He tells you he thinks he bought a stolen car. Your job: check it out.”

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'.

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.

Production notes: Rebroadcast on October 16, 1956 Episode 363

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that a man has barricaded himself in his apartment. The report says he's going to kill himself. Your job: stop him.”

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

This is an episode title anomaly, two different episodes with the same script title. The episodes with the same titles, 'The Big Try', are Episode 215 from September 29, 1953. This first 'The Big Try' is about a threatened suicide; and Episode 266 from September 21, 1954. The second 'The Big Try' is about a hit and run accident.

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. For the past six years, a forger has been working in your city. The victims describe the suspect as a woman. Her M.O. is simple but it continues to work. Your job: stop her.”

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

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

Sponsored by Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two hold-up men have been operating in your city. You've got descriptions of the men and of the car they're driving. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.

Sponsored by Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Detail. An organized gang of thieves has been stripping cars in your city. None of the stolen merchandise has turned up. There's no lead to the identity of the members of the gang. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

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

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product.

Sponsored by Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. An extortion ring is operating in your city. The victims are wealthy businessmen. The thieves claim they're policemen. Your job: check 'em out.”

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

Production notes: Sponsored by Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call that a woman has been badly beaten. The circumstances indicate foul play. Your job: check it out.”

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.

Cecil Johnson is suspected of beating Grace Dillon, her husband however had been heard threatening her life.

Production notes: The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product.

Sponsored by Chesterfield, Fatima

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Detail. For the past two weeks, there have been rumors of a teen-age gang war taking place in your city. You don't know when it's going to start, you don't know where. Your job: stop it.”

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

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

Production notes: [G Review] A good story.

AFRS rebroadcast

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Three hold-up men have robbed and beaten two supermarket operators in your city. You've got a good description of the thieves. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on October 23, 1956 Episode 364

Sponsor: Chesterfield

(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.'

The 'Milk-Bottle Bandit' has pulled nineteen consecutive jobs. Is it a kid? 4 foot 7 inches, 97 pounds

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on October 30, 1956 Episode 365

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A gang of truck hijackers has been working in your city. They've stolen 14 loaded trucks. They've kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers. There's no clue to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

A furniture truck has been hijacked and the driver kidnapped.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on November 6, 1956 Episode 366

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. An organized gang of pick pockets is working in your city. None of the victims can give a description of the suspect. There's no lead to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: Rebroadcast on November 13, 1956 Episode 367

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A gang has hijacked and robbed a bank truck. They've stolen over $100,000. There's no lead to their identity. Your job: get 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on November 20, 1956 Episode 368

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Division. You get a call that an important piece of religious art has been stolen from the oldest church in Los Angeles. There's no lead to its whereabouts. Your job: find it.”

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

Production notes: [G Review] Well written, a good show.

Title and date are tentative.

Script reused on AFRS and rebroadcast on December 25, 1956 Episode 373

Sponsored by Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. An organized gang of thieves is working in your city. Their method of operation is clever and fast. There's no lead to their identity. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on November 27, 1956 Episode 369

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You get a call from an informant telling you that three known gangsters have moved into your city. You don't know who they are or why they're in Los Angeles. Your job: check 'em out.”

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.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on December 4, 1956 Episode 370

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A young girl has been found in a cheap hotel room, apparently an attempted suicide. There's reason to suspect foul play. Your job: investigate.”

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.

Mona Fenton is found in a hotel room with the gas on. An attempted suicide? Who was the man who registered for the room with her?

Production notes: Title is reused on Episode 275, but is a completely different script. AFRS and rebroadcast on December 11, 1956 Episode 371

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail, An elderly woman in your city has disappeared. There's no leads to where she's gone or why she left. Your job: find her.”

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.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on December 18, 1956 Episode 372

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Burglary Detail. You get a call that a clothing store in Hollywood is suffering losses. The value of the stolen property is over $12,000. There's no lead to the identity of the thief, no pattern to his M.O. Your job: get 'em.”

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

A clothing store has been burglarized. . . the ex-convict assistant manager is suspected.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 1, 1957 Episode 374

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Detail. Four children in your city have apparently been abandoned by their mother There's no trace of the woman's whereabouts. There's a possibility of foul play. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 8, 1957 Episode 375. A different story from February 1, 1951 Episode 086 despite the similar plots

A different story from February 1, 1951 Episode 086 despite the similar plots.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned Robbery Detail. A pair of thieves has been terrorizing the merchants in your city. They're described as a man and a woman. From their actions you know they're capable of murder. Your job: stop 'em.”

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.

Sergeant Friday is on the trail of two dangerous liquor store robbers, one of whom is a beautiful redhead.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 15, 1957 Episode 376

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. A confidence man has set up operations in your city. The product he's selling has a ready market. Perfect cut, blue white diamonds. Your job: find 'em.”

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.

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 22, 1957 Episode 377

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. The body of an attractive woman has been found in a downtown office building, beaten to death with a piece of lead pipe. The killer has escaped into the city. Your job: find 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on January 29, 1957 Episode 378

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Missing Persons Detail. You get a call that a young mother and her nine month old baby have disappeared. Routine investigation turns up the possibility of foul play. Your job: find them.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 5, 1957 Episode 379

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A howling dog causes a man to check his neighbor's house. He finds the brutally beaten body of an elderly woman. She's been killed by person or persons unknown. Your job: investigate.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 12, 1957 Episode 380 End of Show: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, we'd like to thank the editors of Time Magazine for their cover story of Jack Webb and Dragnet. That's Time Magazine, on your newsstand next Thursday.' Actual newsstand date, March 11, 1954.

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Hit and Run Felony Detail. A young woman has been run down and seriously injured. The driver of the car has fled the scene. Your job: find 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: [G Review] A good story.

AFRS and rebroadcast on February 19, 1957 Episode 381

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A supermarket in your city has been robbed. The thief wore a disguise. You don't know who he is or what he looks like. Your job: find 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on February 26, 1957 Episode 382

Sponsor: Chesterfield, L&M

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A young man walks into your office and tells you he has a problem. From the way he talks you know it's serious. Your job: listen.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS rebroadcast

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Two masked gunman have held up a bank in your city. The victims can't give you a lead to their identity. Your job: find 'em.”

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

Production notes: AFRS rebroadcast

Sponsor: Chesterfield

Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Detail. You get report of drug addiction within a group of teen-agers. You don't know if the information is true. Your job: check it out.' 'It was Wednesday, February 10th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Juvenile Detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Pollard, my name is Friday. I was on my way into the office. It was 8:01am when I got to Georgia Street Juvenile, squad room.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. Fourteen women in your city have been robbed and beaten. You've got a half dozen descriptions of their attacker. None of them match, the man's still free. Your job: get 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Division Shoplifting Detail. An organized gang of thieves have started operating in your city. In spite of the precautions taken, the thieves are still working. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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

Production notes: AFRS and rebroadcast on September 8, 1953 Episode 212

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. A killer's loose in your city. You don't know who he is or where to find him. You don't know who his victim will be. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You get a call that a woman has been badly beaten. She can't describe her assailant, he's still at large. Your job: find him.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Forgery Detail. A group of check passers is working in your city. They've hit over fifty places of business. You have no lead to their true identity, they're still working. Your job: stop 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. You've been looking for a suspect in a market robbery for three weeks. Finally and informant calls you with information. Your job: check it out.”

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

A market has been robbed of $7000 by Herbert Langley, the clue to the bandit: a cheap broken watch.

Production notes: AFRS rebroadcast. Title, but not the script, re-used on Episode 044

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Homicide Detail. You get a call to investigate unknown trouble. The caller gives no indication of what's wrong. Your job: check it out.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A holdup man has been hitting the banks in your city. After two months of following down leads, you get a possible identification. Your job: check it out.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Auto Theft Detail. You receive a report that a circus truck has be broken into. Several of the animals are missing, some of them dangerous. Your job: find 'em.”

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Robbery Detail. A special officer has been shot during a routine patrol. His assailants have escaped into the city. There's no lead to their whereabouts. Your job: find 'em.”

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!

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

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Narcotics Detail. The body of a man has been found in a public park lake. Physical evidence indicates he was killed by narcotics. Your job: check it out.”

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.

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Opening narration: “You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Detail. A thirteen year old girl has disappeared from her home. There's reason to suspect foul play. Your job: investigate.”

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

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

Production notes: An unusual kidnap story.

AFRS rebroadcast

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