Dragnet: The Big Poison
Dragnet · September 7, 1950 · 29 min · 5,117 words
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Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police violence.
From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. Was Saturday, September 30th, was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day shift out of homicide.
My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Blaine Steed. My name's Friday. Was 3.45 p.m. when I got to room 67A, missing persons. Hi, Jim. Hi. Where's Al? Next door I'll be back in a minute.
You know, there's a phone message for you and the book from your wife. What is it this time? She didn't say. She'll have been on bad week. Oh, what's the matter? Lucy, who? Our cat.
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