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Well now it is time for this week's episode of dragnet.

The original air date March the 30th, 1950, and this one is The Big Gangster Part 2. The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Dragnet.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned the 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. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will

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