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Dragnet - "Big Casing" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Dragnet presents “The Big Casing,” originally broadcast May 3, 1951. Supplied archival metadata identifies this as episode 3, while established radio listings number the broadcast as program 99. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.
Friday and Romero investigate a fatal shooting in a Los Angeles apartment, where conflicting accounts and physical evidence call for methodical police work. Written by James “Jim” Moser for NBC’s Fatima-sponsored radio series, the broadcast also notes Moser’s Edgar Award recognition from the Mystery Writers of…
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