Dragnet: The Big Cheque - The Paper Trail Runs Out

Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are two months deep into a forgery case that keeps slipping through their fingers. A well-dressed, middle-aged man has been working the small shops of Los Angeles - meat markets, liquor stores, grocery stores, delicatessens - cashing worthless cheques for $15 or $20 at a time, always with the same story, always the same careful handwriting. Their prime suspect, career forger Stanley Bubeck, turns out to have been sitting in a Utah jail cell the entire time. The investigation goes back to square one, the cheques keep coming in, and the merchants who can least afford it keep eating the losses.The trail eventually leads to Harry Johansen - a cosmetics salesman by cover, a two-time forgery offender by record, and a man living a double life between a modest family home and a richly furnished Long Beach apartment he kept for his common-law wife. Episode Quotes“They take it from the little guy, and they take it in small amounts. But add up those small amounts at the end of the year, and they’ll scare you.” - Captain Elliott“They won’t get me back to Folsom. I hate it, every lousy bit of it, and I’m not going back.” - Harry JohansenSpecial Thanks to our sponsor: Tablet Pharmacy for supporting ThePulseCommunity.ca.You’ll find all episodes of The PULSE Community Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok and YouTube Podcasts, as well as ThePulseCommunity.ca.Check out Skookum Kid’s Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube Podcasts, as well as SkookumKids.com.Sign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests!#ThePulseCommunity #ThePulsePodcast #vancouverislandpodcasts #Dragnet #RadioArchaeology #ClassicRadio #OldTimeRadio #ParksvilleQualicumBeach #VancouverIsland #JoeFriday #RadioDrama