The Big Cup

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Oct 27, 2026 · 25m

Originally Aired: March 9, 1954

Dragnet #238, "The Big Cup," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate the brutal murder of an elderly woman, Ethel Lawrence, who has been beaten to death in her home on Green Oak Drive. A neighbor, Earl Brody, discovers the body after the victim's dog, Nero, howls incessantly throughout the afternoon. When Friday and Smith arrive at the scene, they find the elderly woman has been struck dozens of times, her arms showing defensive wounds from trying to protect herself. The house has been ransacked to make it appear as though robbery was the…