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Dragnet

Dragnet

Di: 07 Audio Network
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Dragnet follows Los Angeles Police Sergeant Joe Friday, played by series creator Jack Webb, as he works real-case-inspired investigations with the clipped, just-the-facts narration that became instantly iconic. Airing from 1949 to 1957, it's often credited as the show that invented the police procedural, prized for its stark sound design, terse dialogue, and documentary-style realism. Friday's partner changed more than once over the run—Barton Yarborough's Sgt. Ben Romero held the role in the early years until his sudden death, after which Ben Alexander's Officer Frank Smith took over for most of the seasons that followed. For modern listeners, it's a fascinating listen back to the show that set the template for every cop drama since.Copyright 07 Audio Network Scienze sociali
Episodi
  • The Case of the Steel Pipe

    The Case of the Steel Pipe
    Jul 29 2026
    Aired: Jul 7th, 1949. A young waitress named Helen Corday is found bludgeoned to death in a foggy Los Angeles vacant lot, and Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Romero turn to the crime lab for answers. Paint chips, blood typing, hair samples, and a single tennis shoe print become the building blocks of the investigation as detectives canvass her boss and union rep to find someone, anyone, who knew the real Helen Corday. A vivid look at how forensic science met old-fashioned legwork in the earliest days of the television-era police procedural.
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    30 min
  • The Quick Trigger Boys

    The Quick Trigger Boys
    Jul 28 2026
    Aired: Jun 24th, 1949. When a stakeout tip leads to a stickup gone wrong, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are called to a bar where a gang of trigger-happy holdup men has left a fellow officer dead. As Friday works the case with his usual no-nonsense method, a routine night of paperwork and dinner invitations turns into a manhunt for a crew that's put every cop in the city on notice. Classic Dragnet: procedural, tense, and true to the LAPD files.
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    30 min
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