Dragnet: The Big Blast

Fatima Cigarette is proud to present its Academy Award winning radio program. The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima Cigarette's best of all long cigarettes brings you dragnet.

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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 transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Monday, July 9th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night, watch out of homicide detail. My partner's been Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name's Friday.