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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.

  1. 404

    End of Support: Old Time Dragnet App

    The Old Dragnet app is ending. You can access the podcast here.

  2. 403

    April App. Extra: Two Episodes One Out of Seve

    Two episodes from Jack Webb's political commentary show, "One Out of Seven" from February 1946.

  3. 402

    January App. Extra; This is Your FBI

    Youngsters get into trouble and it just keeps getting worse until finally the FBI is called in. Original Air Date: April 5, 1946

  4. 401

    Dragnet: The Big War (TV)

    Season 7, Episode 28 (April 10, 1958) Lt. Friday and Sgt. Smith try to stop a gang war and warn the mother of one of the gang leaders of trouble ahead, but she ignores the warning.

  5. 400

    The Big New Years (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for a man who killed a fellow officer on New Year's Eve. Season 4, Episode 12 Original Air Date: November 11, 1954

  6. 399

    App. Extra: Somebody Knows

    CBS airs a program searching for the Blue Dahlia killer. Original Air Date: August 24, 1950

  7. 398

    Dragnet: The Big Present

    Friday and Smith are looking for a burglar who leaves a milk bottle at the scene of the crime. They suspect a juvenile might be involved. Original Air Date: October 21, 1954 (Season 4, Episode 9)

  8. 397

    The Big Bar (TV)

    Friday and Smith investigate a series of bar robberies and shootings where the robber's favorite tune could be the key to the case. Season 4, Episode 8 Original Air Date: October 14, 1954

  9. 396

    October App. Extra: Wanted

    Police seek Myron "Mike" Melik in connection of the murder of a Michigan State Senator.

  10. 395

    The Big Pair (TV)

    A young girl and her grandfather return from vacation to find everything gone. Joe Friday and Frank Smith help them to get them back. Season 4, Episode 4 Original Air Date: September 16, 1954

  11. 394

    The Big Crime (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for two missing twin little girls but foul play is feared. Original Air Date: Season 4, Episode 3 Original Air Date: September 9, 1954

  12. 393

    The Big Fraud (TV)

    Friday and Smith investigate a case where a man claims to be have been shaken down by police. Season 4, Episode 2 Original Air Date: September 2, 1954

  13. 392

    The Big Producer (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for a man who has been producing smut that ends up in high schools. Season 4, Episode 1 Original Air Date: August 26, 1954

  14. 391

    August App. Extra: Honor the Law

    Two episodes of True Crime show Honor the Law (January 14 and January 17, 1936) covering the capture of a desperate gangster.

  15. 390

    The Big False Make (TV)

    Friday and Smith question a suspect who confesses to a crime Original Air Date: May 27, 1954 Original Air Date: May 27, 1954 (Season 3, Episode 39)

  16. 389

    The Big Frame (TV)

    Friday and Smith go to the scene of a hit and run and find evidence to suggest it was murder. Original Air Date: April 22, 1954 Season 3, Episode 34

  17. 388

    July App Extra: Nick Harris, Detective

    Enjoy this true crime tale from 1938 starring real life master Detective Nick Harris. Original Air Date: July 1st and 8th, 1935

  18. 387

    The Big Girl (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for a beautiful woman who is robbing and slugging motorists but each time there's a different description. Season 3, Episode 31 (Original Air Date: April 1, 1954)

  19. 386

    Update: The Return of the Site

    A special podcast to thank listeners and let them know that the site has returned and thank them for their support.

  20. 385

    Old Time Dragnet Alert: What's Going on With the Old TIme Dragnet Podcast

    What's going on with greatdetectives.net and otrdragnet.com

  21. 384

    The Big Hit and Run Killer (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for the driver in a fatal hit and run killing. Original Air Date:  March 18, 1954 (Season 3, Episode 29)

  22. 383

    June App. Extra: Charlton Heston in: The President's Lady

    Charlton Heston plays Andrew Jackson in this Lux Radio Theatre play about his romance with his wife Rachel (Joan Fontaine) and the toll mudslinging took on her. Original Air Date: October 9, 1953

  23. 382

    June App. Extra: Jack Webb on the Whistler

    Jack Webb plays a man picked up by a beautiful woman and trouble follows in, "Danger is a Beautiful Blonde" (Original Air Date: May 8, 1949)

  24. 381

    App. Outage Extra: Police Headquarters

    An episode from Police Headquarters from 1932 for you to enjoy while we wait for the app. to be fixed.

  25. 380

    What's Going on with the App

    Why you aren't able to download regular episodes of Dragnet right now.

  26. 379

    The Big Shoplift (TV)

    Friday and Smith investigate a series of shopliftings. Season 3, Episode 28  (Original Air Date: March 11, 1954)

  27. 378

    May App. Extras:Famous Jury Trials

    A stoiry based on true jury trials. This episode People v. Radin. Original Air Date: May 3, 1947

  28. 377

    The Big Winchester (TV)

    A beat cop discovers that there's more than meets the eye to an apparent suicide by an elderly man. Friday and Smith find themselves looking for a murderer. Original Air Date:  March 4, 1954 Season 3,  Episode 27

  29. 376

    April App. Extra: Case Dismissed

    This episode from the Chicago Bar Association shows the dangers of dying without a will or with a poorly written one. Original Air Date: February 6, 1954

  30. 375

    The Big Children (TV)

    Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate in case of child neglect in a wealthy neighborhood with  missing mother. Original Air Date: February 11, 1954 (Season 3, Episode 24)

  31. 374

    Jack Webb Extra: The Short Career of Dexter Coles

    A world-weary journalist sells out to a corrupt political machine, but struggles to live with himself. Original Air Date: February 8, 1950 on Family Theater.

  32. 373

    The Big Boys (TV)

    On a slow day, Friday and Smith find themselves searching for four robbery suspects from San Francisco. Season 3, Episode 21 Original Air Date: January 21, 1954

  33. 372

    February App. Extra: Border Patrol

    Two border patrol agents fight drug smuggling across the Mexican border. Original Air Date: March 27, 1941

  34. 371

    Dragnet: The Big Trunk (TV)

    An old vaudeville performer living in a run-down rooming house is killed and the apparent motive: a trunk full of worthless momentos. Original Air Date: January 7, 1954

  35. 370

    January App. Extra: Three for Adventure

    Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, and Elliot Lewis star as three adventures seeking to recover jewels in this 1949 pilot of a radio series that never happened

  36. 369

    The Big Thief (TV)

    Joe Friday and Frank Smith search for a young couple holding up doctors who pay house calls at hotels. Original Air Date: December 17, 1953

  37. 368

    December App. Extra: The Silent Men

    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. plays a variety of government agents in this series honoring the work of federal special agents. In this episode, he plays a special agent trying to track down missing scientists and their military secrets. Original Air Date: January 20, 1952

  38. 367

    The Big Little Jesus (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for a stolen statue of the Baby Jesus  on Christmas Eve for a church that desperately needs it. Original Air Date: December 24, 1953

  39. 366

    November App. Extra: Top Secret

    Baroness Karen Geza goes behind enemy lines to stop the Nazis from developing a powerful weapon in NBC's adaptation of real intelligence stories from WW2. Original Air Date: August 20, 1950

  40. 365

    The Big Will (TV)

    A will left behind by a murdered man could provide the clue to the murderer's identity. Season 3, Episode 11 Original Air Date: November 12, 1953

  41. 364

    The Big Dance (TV)

    Friday and Smith search for two young hold up men. Season 2, Episode 33 Original Air Date: June 23, 1953

  42. 363

    September App. Extra: Spotlight Playhouse

    In the Genius of Hoboken, a man's desire to create violins is frustrated by the challenge of raising a family. Original Air Date: March 21, 1946

  43. 362

    The Big Barrette (TV)

    Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman who seemed to have no enemy. Original Air Date: June 18, 1953 (Season 2, Episode 32)

  44. 361

    August App. Extra: Gangbusters

    Criminals plot to get rid of the one witness who can break up their racket. Original Air Date: April 4, 1941

  45. 360

    The Big Lease (TV)

    Joe Friday and Frank Smith search for a missing landlord. Season 2, Episode 27 Original Air Date: May 14, 1953

  46. 359

    July App. Extra; Calling All Cars

    In this January 22, 1935 episode of Calling all Cars, the story of a prison break from San Quentin is told.

  47. 358

    The Big Hate (TV)

    A 25 year old man is found with a 52 year old woman dead in his arms. Friday and Smith have to figure out what happened and the suspect's not talking. Season 2, Episode 14 Original Air Date: February 12, 1953

  48. 357

    June App. Extra: Jack Webb Guest Star:

    Two appearance by Jack Webb on Guest Star, sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department. From February 27, 1949 and June 21, 1953.

  49. 356

    The Big Lamp (TV)

    A burglar is acquitted.  Friday and Jacob think he's back to his old tricks. Original Air Date: June 19, 1952 Season 1, Episode 14

  50. 355

    May App Extra: 21st Precinct

    Our second straight month looking at Dragnet contemporaries takes a look at 21st Precinct and the episode, "The Red Tiger" from June 30, 1954.

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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.

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