Dragnet: Production 5 (aka: The Helen Corday Murder) (EP4184)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1949
Originated from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Stacy Harris, Hans Conreid
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| 2:06.5 | Peelbox 1591315913 Boise, Idaho 83715. Well now it's time for this week's episode of |
| 2:20.3 | the original air date July the 7th 1949 it's production 5 also known as the Helen Corday murder. |
| 2:38.1 | Ladies and gentlemen the story you are about to hear is true only the names have been changed |
| 2:45.5 | to protect the innocent NBC brings you dragnet |
| 2:59.9 | you're a detective sergeant you're assigned a homicide somewhere in the tangled web of your |
| 3:05.9 | city there's a killer on the loose a young woman has been brutally murdered the weapon a steel |
| 3:12.8 | bludgeon your job is to get him dragnet the documented drama of an actual crime investigated |
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