Police procedurals go back long before "Dragnet"'s 1949 premiere - with an especially strong heritage in Los Angeles. Private Investigator Nick Harris presented dramatizations drawn from his own true-life case files as far back as the 1920s, and the Los Angeles Police Department itself collaborated closely with Don Lee Network producer William N. Robson for the long-running 1930s series "Calling All Cars". But these formats fell from favor by the 1940s, with the advent of the "hard boiled dick" genre of crime programs. An ordinary policeman just doing his job had little chance against the legions of smart-mouthed gumshoes parading across the ether during the postwar years.
This week, the audio book version of Jack Webb's Dragnet has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Radio category. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen to it for free at Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality at Audible.
Dragnet
by Jack Webb
Length: 9:50 h
Published: 11-01-16
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Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. Six
by Jack Webb
Length: 17:16 h
Published: 2014-05-12
Tracks:
28:38 1953-10-27 - Big Fraud 29:08 1953-11-03 - Big Rain 25:10 1953-11-10 - Big Kid 25:47 1953-11-17 - Big Flight 26:00 1953-11-24 - Big Present 25:37 1953-12-01 - Big Odd 25:36 1953-12-08 - Big Pick 25:09 1953-12-15 - Big Brink 27:33 1953-12-22 - Big Little Jesus 25:33 1953-12-29 - Big Steal 25:09 1954-01-05 - Big Listen 25:37 1954-01-12 - Big Switch 25:33 1954-01-19 - Big Bill 25:58 1954-01-26 - Big Bid 26:03 1954-02-02 - Big Filth 26:20 1954-02-09 - Big Broad 26:01 1954-02-16 - Big Sucker 25:43 1954-02-23 - Big Pipe 25:35 1954-03-02 - Big TV 25:51 1954-03-09 - Big Cup 25:39 1954-03-16 - Big Rod 25:46 1954-03-23 - Big Mustache 25:56 1954-03-30 - Big Confession 26:07 1954-04-06 - Big Saw 25:59 1954-04-13 - Big Note 25:45 1954-04-20 - Big Net 25:02 1954-04-27 - Big Lift 26:01 1954-05-04 - Big Stop 25:31 1954-05-11 - Big Look 26:10 1954-05-18 - Big Help 26:14 1954-05-25 - Big Watch 24:47 1954-06-01 - Big Cowboy 25:09 1954-06-08 - Big Student 25:29 1954-06-15 - Big Cat 26:00 1954-06-29 - Big Chick 25:48 1954-07-06 - Big Search 25:22 1954-07-13 - Big Rescue 25:34 1954-07-20 - Big Heel 25:58 1954-07-27 - Big Match 25:30 1954-08-03 - Big Stand
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Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. One
by Jack Webb
Length: 19:41 h
Published: 2014-05-12
Tracks:
28:42 1949-06-10 - Homicide 29:23 1949-06-17 - The Werewolf 28:50 1949-06-24 - Homicide 29:14 1949-07-07 - Helen Corday 29:18 1949-07-14 - Red Light Bandit 29:14 1949-07-21 - City Hall Bombing 29:08 1949-07-28 - Big Missing 29:54 1949-08-04 - Benny Trounsel 28:51 1949-08-11 - Homicide 29:52 1949-08-18 - Sixteen Jewel Thieves 29:19 1949-08-25 - Police Academy-Mario Koski 30:02 1949-09-01 - Myra the Redhead 29:19 1949-09-03 - Eric Kelby 29:17 1949-09-10 - Sullivan Kidnapping - The Wolf 29:32 1949-09-17 - James Vickers 29:23 1949-09-24 - Brick-Bat Slayer 28:59 1949-10-01 - Tom Laval 28:58 1949-10-06 - Second Hand Killer 28:59 1949-11-24 - Mother-In-Law Murder 29:08 1949-12-01 - Spring Street Gang 30:02 1949-12-08 - Jade Thumb Rings 29:00 1949-12-15 - Garbage Chute 29:11 1949-12-22 - Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas 30:43 1949-12-29 - Roseland Murder 29:41 1950-01-05 - Big Escape 29:47 1950-01-12 - Big Man - Pt. 1 29:14 1950-01-19 - Big Man - Pt. 2 27:59 1950-02-02 - Claude Jimmerson Child Killer 29:15 1950-02-09 - Big Girl 30:51 1950-02-23 - Big Grifter 29:01 1950-03-02 - Big Kill 30:47 1950-03-09 - Big Thank You 30:04 1950-03-16 - Big Boys 30:53 1950-03-23 - Big Gangster - Pt. 1 29:11 1950-03-30 - Big Gangster - Pt. 2 29:08 1950-04-06 - Big Book 30:51 1950-04-13 - Big Watch 30:50 1950-04-20 - Big Trial 30:05 1950-04-27 - Big Job 29:45 1950-05-04 - Big Badge
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Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. Two
by Jack Webb
Length: 19:34 h
Published: 2014-05-12
Tracks:
29:37 1950-05-11 - Big Knife 30:10 1950-05-18 - Big Pug 29:40 1950-05-25 - Big Key 30:27 1950-06-01 - Big Fake 30:15 1950-06-08 - Big Smart Guy 29:20 1950-06-15 - Big Press 29:04 1950-06-22 - Big Mink 29:11 1950-06-29 - Big Grab 29:52 1950-07-06 - Big Frame 29:35 1950-07-13 - Big Bomb 29:16 1950-07-20 - Big Gent - Pt. 1 30:06 1950-07-27 - Big Gent - Pt. 2 29:39 1950-08-03 - Big Dare 31:08 1950-08-10 - Big Actor 29:35 1950-08-17 - Big Youngster 29:15 1950-08-24 - Big Chance 29:19 1950-08-31 - Big Check 29:21 1950-09-07 - Big Poisen 29:03 1950-09-14 - Big Make 28:36 1950-09-21 - Big Pair 28:35 1950-09-28 - Big Death 29:57 1950-10-05 - Big 38 29:52 1950-10-12 - Big Quack 30:08 1950-10-19 - Big Grandma 28:05 1950-10-26 - Big Meet 29:57 1950-11-02 - Big Church 30:31 1950-11-09 - Big Mother 29:41 1950-11-16 - Big Parrot 23:37 1950-11-23 - Big Betty 29:16 1950-11-30 - Big Car 29:10 1950-12-07 - Big Picture 29:25 1950-12-14 - Big Break 28:46 1950-12-21 - Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas 30:03 1951-01-04 - Big Holdup 29:39 1951-01-11 - Big Jump 29:04 1951-01-18 - Big Dance 28:49 1951-01-25 - Big Tomato 29:02 1951-02-01 - Big Children 28:55 1951-02-08 - Big Cast 29:18 1951-02-22 - Big Couple
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Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. Three
by Jack Webb
Length: 19:23 h
Published: 2014-05-12
Tracks:
26:40 1951-03-01 - Big Partner 26:27 1951-03-08 - Big New Years 26:12 1951-03-15 - Big Ben 29:15 1951-04-05 - Big Friend 29:27 1951-04-12 - Big Threat 30:40 1951-04-19 - Big Speech 30:16 1951-04-26 - Big Saint 29:20 1951-05-03 - Big Casing 28:46 1951-05-17 - Big Blast 29:15 1951-05-24 - Big Mailman 30:25 1951-05-31 - Big Bindle 30:18 1951-06-07 - Big Imposter 29:34 1951-06-14 - Big Building 28:52 1951-06-21 - Big Run 26:33 1951-06-28 - Big Cliff 29:50 1951-07-05 - Big Love 29:48 1951-07-12 - Big Set-Up 26:27 1951-07-19 - Big Sophomore 29:37 1951-07-26 - Big Late Script 29:25 1951-08-09 - Big Screen 28:37 1951-08-16 - Big Winchester 28:23 1951-08-23 - Big In-Laws 29:23 1951-08-30 - Big Crazy 27:51 1951-09-06 - Big Seventeen 29:52 1951-09-13 - Big Waiter 29:58 1951-09-20 - Big Sour 28:36 1951-09-27 - Big September Man 29:44 1951-10-11 - Big Shoplift 30:08 1951-11-01 - Big Lease 26:08 1951-11-08 - Big Hit and Run Killer 30:02 1951-11-15 - Big Bungalow 30:02 1951-11-22 - Big Hands 29:58 1951-11-29 - Big Affair 29:58 1951-12-06 - Big Canaries 29:44 1951-12-13 - Big Overtime 29:28 1951-12-20 - Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas 29:39 1951-12-27 - Big Sorrow 29:16 1952-01-03 - Big Red - Pt. 1 29:19 1952-01-10 - Big Red - Pt. 2 29:40 1952-01-17 - Big Juvenile Division
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Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. Five
by Jack Webb
Length: 18:46 h
Published: 2014-05-12
Tracks:
29:07 1952-11-23 - Big Guilt 29:10 1952-11-30 - Big Shirt 30:13 1952-12-07 - Big Mole 25:29 1952-12-14 - Big Eavesdrop 26:41 1952-12-21 - Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas 29:47 1952-12-28 - Big Mask - Pt. 1 28:15 1953-01-04 - Big Mask - Pt. 2 28:04 1953-01-11 - Big Small 22:49 1953-01-18 - Big String 29:46 1953-01-25 - Big Lay-Out 25:16 1953-02-01 - Big Strip 28:41 1953-02-08 - Big Press 29:26 1953-02-15 - Big Tooth 26:16 1953-02-22 - Big Smoke 25:24 1953-03-01 - Big Want 29:02 1953-03-08 - Big Laugh 29:51 1953-03-15 - Big Impossible 29:52 1953-03-22 - Big Informant 29:53 1953-03-29 - Big Dream 29:34 1953-04-05 - Big Chet 25:51 1953-04-12 - Big Compulsion 24:40 1953-04-19 - Big Rip 29:44 1953-04-26 - Big Scrapbook 29:58 1953-05-03 - Big Carney 30:00 1953-05-10 - Big Joke 29:46 1953-05-17 - Big False Move 30:56 1953-05-24 - Big Gun - Pt. 1 28:54 1953-05-31 - Big Gun - Pt. 2 29:19 1953-06-07 - Big Will 30:15 1953-06-14 - Big Lilly 29:11 1953-06-21 - Big Revolt 28:10 1953-06-28 - Big Ham 25:43 1953-09-01 - Big Bop 24:12 1953-09-08 - Big Lift 27:05 1953-09-15 - Big Cab 26:42 1953-09-22 - Big Slip 29:26 1953-09-29 - Big Try 28:42 1953-10-06 - Big Little Mother 25:29 1953-10-13 - Big Plea 29:03 1953-10-20 - Big Paint
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Dragnet - Two Classic Tales, Vol. 1
by Jack Webb
Length: 0:57 h
Published: 2015-05-08
Tracks:
28:32 Homicide, The Nickel Plated Gun 29:01 The Werewolf
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Dragnet - Two Classic Tales, Vol. 5
by Jack Webb
Length: 0:57 h
Published: 2015-05-08
Tracks:
29:00 Auto Burglaries, Myra the Redhead 28:05 Eric Kelby, Burried Body in Nursery
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Dragnet - Two Classic Tales, Vol. 3
by Jack Webb
Length: 0:56 h
Published: 2015-05-08
Tracks:
28:38 Red Light Bandit 28:21 Homicide, Maniac Murderer
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Dragnet - Two Classic Tales, Vol. 2
by Jack Webb
Length: 0:57 h
Published: 2015-05-08
Tracks:
28:25 Homicide, Quick Trigger Gun Men 28:52 Homicide, The Helen Corday Murder
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Dragnet - Two Classic Tales, Vol. 4
by Jack Webb
Length: 0:57 h
Published: 2015-05-08
Tracks:
28:52 Sixteen Jewel Thieves 28:32 Police Academy, Mario Koski
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