Ep.139 Dragnet: The Big Will

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 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 of Nostologic Mystery Radio.
0:21.7	I'm your host Stevie K.
0:23.5	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:26.6	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode title The Big Will, originally aired, June 7, 1953,
0:36.1	where Charles Stahl has been shot in tire tracks lead to a motel and a drunk Texan and his car.
0:43.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:49.4	Thank you for listening.
0:50.4	Thank you for listening.
1:01.0	Sound off for Chesterfield.
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1:18.8	Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.
1:23.0	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:35.8	You're a detective sergeant.
1:37.8	You're assigned to homicide detail.
1:40.5	A man has been shot and critically wounded.
1:42.7	There's no trace of the suspect.
1:45.2	Your job? Find him.
2:00.4	Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes,
2:02.9	in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
2:06.0	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
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