The Big Customer

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Nov 11, 2026 · 27m

Originally Aired: June 22, 1954

Dragnet #253, "The Big Customer," finds Sergeants Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigating a violent robbery that has left a special officer shot and a store owner stabbed. At Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, they interview Mrs. Montgomery, whose husband Keith was attacked during the holdup of their store. She recounts how two men entered around 9:30 while she and Keith were playing cribbage in the back room. When Keith refused to hand over the cash and told the young criminals to leave, the shorter man pressed a switchblade to his chest while demanding money…