Ep.124 Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dragnet ran from June 3rd,1949 to February 26th,1957 on NBC at various times and days and starred Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Various partners throughout the show's run were Sergeant Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander). Webb was the creator/Director of the series and wanted everything to be as authentic as possible, down to the last sound effect. The stories were based on actual police files and "the names were c...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode nostalgic mystery radio.
0:21.2	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:27.0	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Smart Guy, originally aired June 8th, 1950.
0:36.5	A woman has been shot to death. The apparent motive was robbery. The killer is still
0:41.2	at large and it's Friday's job to find him. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this
0:48.7	nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening.
1:05.3	The story you were about to hear is true.
1:08.9	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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1:26.3	You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail. A woman has been shot to death. The apparent motive, robbery. The killer's still at large. Your job? Find him.
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2:26.7	Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.
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