
The Great Detectives Present Dragnet (Old Time Radio)
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.
Location:
United States
Description:
Host Adam Graham makes his second journey through every episode of Dragnet as well as quite a few bonus episodes and programs.
Language:
English
Episodes
Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)
8/7/2025
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
Original Radio Broadcast Date:
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield, Jack Kruschen
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Duration:00:35:27
Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)
7/31/2025
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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Duration:00:41:51
Dragnet: The Big Drills (EP4763)
7/24/2025
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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Duration:00:33:33
Dragnet: The Big Casing (EP4758)
7/17/2025
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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Duration:00:42:53
Dragnet: The Big Saint (EP4748)
7/5/2025
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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Duration:00:32:51
Dragnet: The Big Speech (EP4742)
6/28/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed man who beat and robbed a Doctor and stole a supply of narcotics.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 19, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Robert, Patreon supporter since July 2020.
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Duration:00:36:02
Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)
6/21/2025
Today's Mystery: A man was slugged and robbed but doesn't want to talk due to threats by the robbers.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:36:52
Dragnet: The Big Friend (EP4730)
6/14/2025
Today's Mystery: An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:34:57
Dragnet: The Big Trunk (TV Soundtrack) (EP4724)
6/7/2025
Today's Mystery: A former vaudeville performer is murdered over worthless possessions in an old trunk.TV
Soundtrack from a TV Episode that AIred January 4, 1954 based on a radio script from March 22, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Dayton Lummis; Richard Garland; James Anderson; Lillian Powell; Emlen Davies
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Duration:00:33:21
Dragnet: The Big Ben (EP4718)
5/31/2025
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a carjacking.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris
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Duration:00:33:12
Dragnet: The Big New Years (EP4706)
5/17/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigates the murder of a cop on New Year's Eve.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:32:11
Dragnet: The Big Partner (EP4700)
5/10/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday hunts for an escaped robber.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 1, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Ralph Moody; Barney Phillips
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Duration:00:36:22
Dragnet: The Big Couple (EP4694)
5/3/2025
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for husband-and-wife con artists who are swindling local churches.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:39:32
Dragnet: The Big Crime (EP4688)
4/26/2025
Todays Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for two missing four-year-old twin girls.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Eliza, Patreon supporter since July 2021.
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Duration:00:45:39
Dragnet: The Big Cast (EP4676)
4/12/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero think they've found a man responsible for the disappearances of a dozen men.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris
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Duration:00:34:23
Dragnet: The Big Children (EP4670)
4/5/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in to investigate when children in a wealthy neighborhood are begging door-to-door.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 1, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris
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Duration:00:34:15
Dragnet: The Big Tomato (EP4664)
3/29/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate who sold drugs to a high school senior who ended up dying under the influence in a car accident.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:31:05
Dragnet: The Big Dance (EP4658)
3/22/2025
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday investigates a series of hold-ups.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:31:59
Dragnet: The Big Jump (EP4652)
3/15/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero go to a building where a mentally disturbed man is threatening to jump off a 13-story building.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris
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Duration:00:35:20
Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)
3/8/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are on the trail of The Rattlesnake Bandit, a sadistic robber who holds up couples in cars and inflicts violence for the pleasure of it.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Duration:00:37:08