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dragnet the original air date February 23rd not week's episode of Dragnet. The original aired

8 February 23rd 1950 and the title is The Big Grifter. The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned to Blunko detail. An expert confidence man has resumed operations in your city.

His criminal record dates back 35 years.

He's a master in the art of the gentle swindle.

Your job, stop him. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.

For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,

you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official

police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Tuesday, July 28th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We're working the day watch out of bunco detail. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thab Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from the record bureau and it was 1045 a.m. when I got to

room 38, Bunko fugitive detail.

Friday?

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