The Big Waiter

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Jul 2, 2026 · 28m

Originally Aired: September 13, 1951 Dragnet #118, "The Big Waiter," opens with Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero arriving at the Apex Men's Shop on a foggy Los Angeles night. Inside the store's back room, they discover the brutal murder of 64-year-old shopkeeper Joseph Wilford, beaten to death with his arms tied behind his back and a woman's slip knotted around his neck. The victim's wife, Agnes, claims she found the body after returning from a friend's house and reports that several hundred dollars and her husband's engraved wristwatch are missing. However, Friday and Romero's…