Jack Webb's Dragnet was a pioneering police The description you're about to read is true...In March, 2007, Adam Graham began his journey through all existing episodes of the Dragnet radio show and has been going ever since. Each week he serves up a new episode served along with listener feedback and idiosyncratic every man commentary. Also, every month a public domain episode of the 1950s Dragnet TV show is posted.
Latest episodes
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37 min
The Big Jules
Original Release Date: January 2, 2010Joe Friday goes undercover to bust a big-time Heroine supplier.Original Air Date: June 19, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetect…
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39 min
The Big Donation
Original Release Date: December 26, 2009Joe Friday and Frank Smith seek to find two con men who are tricking supporters of a home for crippled children into giving them the cash me…
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35 min
The Big Little Jesus
Original Release Date: December 19, 2009Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of a woman that looks like a suicide.Original Air Date: June 6, 1952Support the show monthl…
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43 min
The Big Fourth
Original Release Date: December 5, 2009Friday and Smith investigate a series of kidnapping where babies are kidnapped only to be returned later, but missing one item of clothing.Or…
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43 min
The Big Shakedown
Original Release Date: November 28, 2009A convicted bookmaker is blackmailed into increasing his bookmaking business in order to pay off a phony cop. Friday and Smith seek to track…
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42 min
The Big Mail
Original Release Date: November 21, 2009Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the robbery of a mail truck.Original Air Date: May 15, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.greatd…
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38 min
The Big Gamble
Original Release Date: November 14, 2009An investigation of a big gambling ring becomes deadly serious when a police officer gets killed in the raid.Original Air Date: May 8, 1952S…
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34 min
The Big Odd
Original Release Date: April 9, 2011Physical evidence and a witness with a great memory lead Friday and Smith to a neighborhood where they expect to find the mattermind behind a tr…
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47 min
The Big Safe
Original Release Date: November 7, 2009Joe Friday and fill-in partner Frank Smith search for a serial safecracker.Original Air Date: May 1, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.…
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49 min
The Big Elevator
Original Release Date: October 31, 2009Joe Friday and Bill Lockwood are called into investigate when a woman is found dead in a hospital elevator.Original Air Date: April 24, 1952S…
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44 min
The Big Bunco
Original Release Date: October 24, 2009Joe Friday gets a new partner, Bill Lockwood. They team up to catch a man who is scamming women out of their life savings with a phony invest…
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42 min
Pat Novak for Hire: The Jack of Clubs
Original Release Date: October 18, 2009When Pat Novak finds $1000 depsited in his bank account and a beautiful woman who wants him to find a Jack of Clubs, he runs into murder.Orig…
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43 min
The Big Family
Original Release Date: October 17, 2009What appears affairs to be a by a prominent businessman becomes far more when Friday and Romero find conflicting clues at the scence of the c…
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43 min
The Big Show
Original Release Date: October 10, 2009Friday and Jacobs look for a mother who left her baby at a bus depotOriginal Air Date: April 10, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.grea…
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39 min
The Big Street Car
Original Release Date: October 3, 2009Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs try track down a woman who shot her husband.Original Air Date: April 3, 1952Support the show monthly at patreon.great…
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36 min
The Big Shot
Original Release Date: March 27, 2010A robber shoots the owner of a night club he’s robbing. Friday and Smith search for the killer. First episode featuring Ben Alexander as Frank…
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43 min
The Big Rose
Original Release Date: September 24, 2009A 38 year old Woman disappears. Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs suspect foul play. Original Air Date: March 27, 1952 Support the show monthly at p…
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41 min
The Big Border
Original Release Date: September 19, 2009Two escaped convicts make a run for the Mexican Border and its up to Friday and Jacobs to bring them back.Original Air Date: March 20, 1952…
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37 min
The Big Fire
Original Release Date: September 12, 2009Friday and Jacobs suspicion is aroused when a man threatens the lives of a family that signed a lease with him if they try to move in.Origi…
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32 min
Dr. Kildare: The Abandoned Baby
Original Release Date: September 7, 2009Dr. Kildare enlists a cynical cop (played by Jack Webb) to find the mother of an abandoned baby.Original Air Date: May 3, 1950 Support the s…