The Big Mail
from Friday - The Dragnet Podcast
Originally Aired: May 15, 1952 Dragnet #153, "The Big Mail," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a brazen armed robbery of a United States mail truck carrying twenty-two sacks of registered mail. The case begins with no leads on the identity of the holdup men who forced the postal vehicle off the road and made off with their valuable cargo. In the squad room at 11:05 PM, Friday and Smith interview Bud Houston, the shaken mail truck driver who still vividly recalls the terrifying moments when three armed men in a dark blue sedan forced his truck to the curb on a darkened stretch of Ferguson Street. Houston recounts how the robbers, one of whom was called Sid and appeared to be the leader, held guns to the crew's heads and commandeered both the postal truck and its crew. As the investigation unfolds, Friday methodically questions Houston about every detail of the truck's routine route from the post office to Union Station and back, searching for any clue that might lead to the perpetrators. With a Post Inspector on the way and Houston's partners being treated for head injuries, the detectives face the challenge of tracking down the thieves with minimal evidence to guide them.
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