Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boyce. |
| 0:35.0 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this |
| 0:40.3 | week's episode of Dragnet, but first, I do want to encourage you if you are enjoying the podcast |
| 0:45.5 | to please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to impart |
| 0:54.0 | by the financial support of our listeners. |
| 0:56.4 | You can support the show on a one-time basis by mailing a donation to Adam Graham, |
| 1:02.6 | Peelbox 15913. That's Peelbox 15913, Boise, Idaho, 83715. |
| 1:20.9 | And you can also become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month by going to patreon.com. Now, from July 19th, 1951, here is the big sophomore. |
| 1:35.0 | The story you were about to hear |
| 1:39.9 | only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 1:43.7 | The is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 1:56.0 | You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Juvenile Bureau. |
| 2:01.1 | Dozens of petty theft cases are reported in one of the residential areas in your city. |
| 2:07.1 | The victims, neighborhood businessmen, the suspects, teenage high school students. |
| 2:09.6 | Your job? Stop them. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. |
| 2:23.3 | For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, |
| 2:27.3 | you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. |
| 2:33.6 | From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, |
| 2:36.8 | Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, February 4th, was cloudy |
| 2:45.5 | in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of juvenile bureau assigned to university |
| 2:49.6 | division. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's inspector bowling. My name's Friday. We were on the way out from the office, and it was 7.13 p.m. when we got to the corner of South Waverly and Chester Avenue. The grocery store. I guess that's him back there at the meet, Connor. Yeah. Come on. Looks like he's getting ready to close up. Yeah, I guess we just about made here to meet, Connor. Yeah. Come on. |
| 3:09.7 | Looks like he's getting ready to close up. |
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