Ep.413 Dragnet: The Big Quack

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 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 nostalgic mystery radio.
0:21.1	I'm your host Stevie K.
0:22.8	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester.
0:26.1	For this episode, I bring you Drag Nett, episode titled The Big Quack, originally aired October 12, 1950,
0:35.1	where Joe Friday and Ben Romero searches for a man running at school for phony psychologists.
0:41.0	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:47.0	Thank you for listening.
0:51.8	In Colorado Springs, Colorado, a group of men are gathered together for their annual conference.
1:01.0	For their day-in, day-out service to the public, Dragnet honors the 57th annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
1:16.0	Music the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The story you're about to hear is true.
1:19.5	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:22.8	Fatima Cigarettes.
1:24.4	Best of all long cigarettes brings you dragnet.
1:28.3	You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant.
1:39.3	You're assigned to burglary detail.
1:42.3	A man posing as a doctor is burglarizing homes in your city.
1:46.9	You have his description.
1:49.3	Your job.
1:50.9	Find him.
1:57.0	Oh, no.
2:00.6	Ah, that's different.
2:02.4	Yes, what a difference.
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