Ep.462 Dragnet: The Big Chance

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 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 Nostalgic Mystery Radio.
0:21.1	I'm your host Stevie Kay.
0:22.9	It's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester.
0:26.2	For this episode, I bring you Dragnet, episode titled The Big Chance, originally aired August 24, 1950,
0:34.7	where a highway patrolman has disappeared from his cruiser out in the countryside.
0:40.7	So sit back and relax, and I hope you to enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:46.8	Thank you for listening. The story you are about to hear is true.
1:05.8	Only the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent.
1:09.6	Fatima Cigarettes.
1:11.1	Best of all, long cigarettes, brings you dragnet.
1:24.4	You're a detective sergeant.
1:26.9	You're assigned to homicide detail. You're assigned to homicide detail.
1:29.4	You answer an early morning call.
1:31.7	A police officer on patrol duty disappears.
1:35.0	Any attempt to contact him by car radio fails.
1:38.6	Your job. Find him.
1:44.0	If you want a long cigarette, smoke the best of all long cigarettes.
1:48.6	Smoke extra mild Fatima.
1:51.1	Yes, Fatima is the king-size cigarette,
1:53.9	which contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos,
1:57.4	superbly blended to make it extra mild.
2:00.6	To give Fatima a much different, much better flavor and
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