The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)

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Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.

Dragnet: The Big Almost No Show (EP4964)
Today at 7:00 AM

Today's Mystery: Friday and Jacobs investigate a woman's report of her brother's disappearance.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 31, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Joyce McCluskey, Virginia Gregg,

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Dragnet: The Big Court (EP4959)
04/23/2026

Today's Mystery: Friday and Romero assist with the prosecution of a robbery case, but they lack faith in the case.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 24, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Herb Butterfield; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet: The Big Juvenile Division (EP4949)
04/09/2026

Todays Mystery: Joe Friday tries to stop a juvenile gang war.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Charles Smith, Eddie Firestone, H

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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)
04/02/2026

Today's Mystery: Having busted the small-time carriers in a drug ring, Friday has to capture the man behind the operation by carrying on pretending to be an undercover drug dealer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
03/26/2026

Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)
03/19/2026

Today's Mystery:Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Vic Perrin, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
03/12/2026

Todays Mystery:The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Vic Perrin, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)
03/05/2026

Today's Mystery:A mother is found murdered in her home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Joyce McCluskey

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Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)
02/26/2026

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)
02/19/2026

Todays Mystery: A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)
02/12/2026

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer (EP4904)
02/05/2026

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday seeks a hit-and-run driver.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Lease (EP4899)
01/29/2026

Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappeared of a widower, who recently lost his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Market (EP4894)
01/22/2026

Todays Mystery: A string of supermarket robberies rocks Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)
01/15/2026

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)
12/25/2025

Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
12/18/2025

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Harry Bartell; Ralph Moody; Herb Vigran

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Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864)
12/11/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
12/04/2025

Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Riomero investigate the brutul killing of a woman who worked in an office building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951


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Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
11/27/2025

Todays Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Jack Kruschen

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Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)
11/20/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)
11/13/2025

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)
11/06/2025

Today's Mystery: A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)
10/30/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Philips; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)
10/23/2025

Today's Mystery: An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there's reason to think it might be a homicide.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)
10/16/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)
10/09/2025

Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman

Original Radio Broadcast Date:July 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Barney Phillips

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Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)
10/02/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)
09/25/2025

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)
09/18/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)
09/11/2025

Today's Mystery: A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 28, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)
09/04/2025

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Building (EP4788)
08/28/2025

Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a rich society woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 14, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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Dragnet: The Big Imposter (EP4783)
08/21/2025

Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Bindle (EP4778)
08/14/2025

Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Ralph Moody

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Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)
08/07/2025

Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a US Postal inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing ch

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Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)
07/31/2025

Todays Mystery: A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven year-old son.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Drills (EP4763)
07/24/2025

Todays Mystery: Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dragnet: The Big Casing (EP4758)
07/17/2025

Today's Mystery: A woman is found shot in her apartment. The husband insists it's suicide, but the evidence seems to point to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 3, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Barney Phillips

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Dragnet: The Big Saint (EP4748)
07/05/2025

Today's Mystery: A spate of thefts of GM cars leads Friday and Romero to investigate a particular salvage yard.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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