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This is your host, Adam Graham.

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from February 28, 1952, here is the big plant. The story you are about to hear is the

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned to homicide detail.

A 39-year-old housewife disappears suddenly.

There's no explanation for it.

Five days later, evidence of possible foul play is uncovered.

Your job, investigate.

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 transcribed from

official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of

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