Ep.289 Dragnet: The Big Grandma

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 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 Nostolic Mystery Radio.
0:21.5	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester.
0:26.7	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Grandma,
0:33.0	originally aired October 19, 1950, where an elderly woman has been passing bad checks for the last nine
0:40.8	years, but she has never passed a bad check between May and October. So sit back and relax,
0:49.0	and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening. The story.
0:55.8	The story you are about to hear
1:09.9	is true. Only the names have been changed to hear is true.
1:14.0	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:15.4	Fatima Cigarettes.
1:19.8	Best of all, long cigarettes, brings you drag net.
1:29.9	You're a detective sergeant.
1:31.9	You're assigned to forgery detail.
1:35.9	An accomplished check forger resumes operations in your city.
1:38.9	The suspect's described as a middle-aged woman.
1:42.5	She's written more than $20,000 in bad checks.
1:44.0	Your job. Get her.
1:48.7	In a moment, an authentic case from official files.
1:54.4	Oh, no.
1:58.0	Ah, that's different. Yes, what a difference.
2:01.5	In Fatima, the difference is quality.
2:04.1	You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette
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