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Dragnet: The Big Winchester

Dragnet · August 16, 1951 · 29 min · 4,960 words

The transcript of “The Big Winchester”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast August 16, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Dragnet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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An elderly man is found dead in the living room of his home. There's a single bullet hole in his chest. On the surface it appears the man took his own life. But the evidence points to the opposite.

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Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. This is me January 10th, it's cold in Los Angeles. We're working a day watch out of homicide detail. My partner's been Romero, the boss is Pat Brown, chief of detectives. My name is Friday.

It was 8.25 a.m. when I got to the police academy, the doctor's office. Morning? Morning? Can I help you? I'm checking in for my annual physical. Oh, okay. My name? Joe Fridney. Friday, just like today and a week?

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