Dragnet - The Original Radio Show!

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Dragnet , the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet 's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a...

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called away on a matter of life and death, when they respond to help with the investigation of a Chinese man. In the process they make a friend with a little boy who helps out by being a junior detective. Can the boy’s words be trusted?

A gang of juveniles is hanging out on Spring Street. One of the gang members has been wounded, another is shot by a night watchman while committing a robbery. A rash of crimes has broken out in the city. Suspicion points to an organized gang of juveniles. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Juveniles Bureau and it's his job to stop them.

Thomas Laval admits to being involved in a truck highjacking. While in custody, he jumps out of a window, but Sergeants Friday and Romeo are accused of pushing him to his death. An announcement is made that the next program in the series will be sponsored by Fatima cigarettes. A gang of hijackers have started to work in the city and truck loads of valuable merchandise have vanished. The thieves ar...

A homicidal maniac who uses a brick-bat is on the loose. A large dragnet slowly gets him cornered. A mad killer is loose in the city. In every instance he leaves the murder weapon behind but there are no finger prints or clues to the killers identity. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Homicide and it's his job to get the killer before he strikes again. A mad killer is loose in the...

At the climax of the early episode "James Vickers" (September 17, 1949), the chase leads to the Subway Terminal Building, where the robber flees into a tunnel—only to be killed by an oncoming train. By contrast, in episodes set in outlying areas, it is clear that the locations are far less built up than they are today.

"The Wolf" has kidnapped a girl and has demanded $30,000 ransom. An excellent, taut, police drama, emotional and hard hitting. See cat. #46962 for a program with a similar script, broadcast two years later. A twenty-two year old girl has disappeared and a letter has been received demanding $30,000 for the girls return. The letter is signed The Wolf. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned...

Assigned to Homicide detail, Joe Friday investigates the report of a missing woman for signs of foul play. The husband, Mr Kelvi, is a grumpy gent, and the cops talk about him as well as other clues. Joe Friday and Ben Romero go to meet with the Kelvies, but will they find any help there?

This program does not use the familiar "Dragnet" theme music. A nickel plated .44 caliber Smith and Wesson is used to shoot two cops and a lot more people. The police make extensive use of "I. B. M. machines" and a tape recorder to solve the case. "The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Dragnet is a documented drama of an actual crime pr...

A gang of quick trigger gunmen have been terrorizing the city. It’s up to Joe Friday to stop them. In the homacide department of the police station, Joe is invited on a blind date, in an attempt to marry him off. It doesn’t take long to get word of the killing spree, and with partner Ben Romero, Friday springs into action.

A well-liked 21-year-old waitress named Helen Corday is murdered with a steel pipe . With no known motive for the killing, Friday and Romero follow a perplexing trail of false leads in search of the truth.

A malicious robber is impersonating a police officer, usually striking when there's a red traffic light. The "Red Light Bandit" is turned in by his own father. Detective Sergeant Friday is assigned to robbery detail. A ruthless fiend roams the streets of the city masquerading as a police officer. For months helpless citizens have been robbed beaten senseless and kidnapped. The criminal is a twiste...

Friday and Romero are called in to stop a man who claims to have a bomb and is threatening to blow up city hall unless his brother is released.

Juanita Laskey has been reported missing by her mother. The story takes place at Christmas, despite the July broadcast date (which is subject to correction). It's Monday December 12th and cold in Los Angeles. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are working the day watch on a missing person case. They've never heard of Sergeant Green Utah of Juanita Lasky LA is a big city 452 s...

A small-time narcotics user named Benny Trounsel has been beaten to death shortly after tipping the cops to a new narcotics ring in town. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to narcotics detail. For more than 2 months Doctors offices have been burglarized, hospitals pillaged, drug stores robbed and drug supplies ransacked with only one purpose in mind, the theft of narcotics. The crimi...

A killer on the streets, women being murdered and disfigured. But Joe Friday is on the case!