Hi, this is Adam Graham. This week is our summer vacation week, but we're bringing you some great episodes from the archives.

Friday and Saturday, we're bringing you a two-part Dragnet story.

Now, I do want to note that any offers made in this episode may not be valid unless they're still on the website as these episodes will record it several years back.

And if you'd like to hear more Dragnet, you can listen to every episode by following the links provided at biglest.greatacactives.net.

Now, let's go ahead and listen to today's program.

Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham.

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Well, before we do get started, I do want to remind you, if you've not already, pick up your copy of all I needed to know, I learned from Dragnet.

In it, we examined the career and history of Sergeant Joe Friday and five lessons that can be learned from it, as well as the careers and histories of six other great fictional policemen and detectives, including Polaro,

Rita Moie, and Frank Cannon. It is available as an e-book, wherever fine e-books are sold, also over at Great Detectives.net this weekend.

I can read my essay on why some people can't quite get into Old Time Radio.

Well, today's episode is from January 12, 1950, and it's the Big Man Part One.

Ladies and gentlemen, 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 assigned to narcotics bureau. A vicious criminal has resumed operations in your city. His profession, dealer in narcotics.

You know his name. You know his guilty. Your job. Prove it.

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.

On Thursday, January 21, was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of narcotics bureau. My partners Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name is Friday.

I was on the way back into work, and it was 3.49 pm when I got to the main lobby of the city hall. Public phone booth.

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