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The Big Betty
Originally Aired: November 23, 1950 Dragnet #76, "The Big Betty," Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero of the Bunco Detail investigate a particularly cruel swindle operation targeting the families of deceased servicemen and recently departed loved ones. The case opens when Miss Bergstrom visits the detectives after being conned out of $78 for a worthless watch and pen-and-pencil set supposedly ordered by her fiancé Harry before he was killed overseas in the Marine Corps. The swindler, identifying himself as Spencer, preys on grieving relatives by claiming to be a friend of…
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