Ep.438 Dragnet: The Big Casing

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 32 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.
0:21.8	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:27.2	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Casing, originally aired May 3rd, 1951,
0:36.8	where a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, the husband claims it was suicide, but the evidence
0:42.4	seems to point towards murder.
0:45.0	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:51.4	Thank you for listening.
1:12.7	The story you are about to hear is true.
1:15.6	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:17.5	Fatima Cigarettes.
1:21.4	Best of all, long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant.
1:31.7	You're assigned to homicide detail.
1:34.2	You go to an apartment house
1:35.6	and answer to a shooting and dead body call.
1:38.4	Her husband tells you it's suicide.
1:40.8	The facts show it to be murder.
1:43.0	Your job?
1:45.0	Find out.
1:53.4	You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes.
1:55.6	You'll find they now cost the same.
1:59.3	But in Fatima, the difference is quality.
2:02.9	You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette,
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