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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
  • Sixteen Nights of Diamonds

    Sixteen Nights of Diamonds
    Aug 4 2026
    Aired: Aug 18th, 1949. Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero chase a jewel thief who's hit sixteen nights running, slipping into homes through cellophane-taped doors and vanishing with diamonds, sapphires, and one very confused pawnbroker's nephew's paperwork. As society matrons flood the front office with complaints, Friday and Romero race the pawn shops and fences of Los Angeles to catch a break before burglary number seventeen. A crisp, early entry in the Dragnet run, showcasing the show's trademark just-the-facts realism and procedural grind.
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    30 min
  • The Lux Hotel Murders

    The Lux Hotel Murders
    Aug 3 2026
    Aired: Aug 11th, 1949. Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero race through a rain-soaked Los Angeles night chasing a killer who has struck twice at cheap downtown hotels, leaving behind only a hastily scrawled hotel register and a nervous manager's fading memory. This early Dragnet case, with Romero still at Friday's side, shows the show's documentary-style grit in its rawest form as detectives grind through interviews and evidence in real time. A tense, atmospheric slice of classic police procedural radio.
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    30 min
  • The Tucker Building Lead

    The Tucker Building Lead
    Aug 2 2026
    Aired: Aug 4th, 1949. A dying informant's last words send Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero into the underworld of a citywide narcotics ring. With only a scrawled name and an address to go on, the detectives piece together clues from a rooming house to a downtown office building in a case ripped from real LAPD files. Classic Dragnet: terse, procedural, and unflinching.
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    30 min
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