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Dragnet - "Big Carney" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
Dragnet presents “Big Carney,” episode 202 of the classic NBC radio series, originally broadcast May 3, 1953. Jack Webb stars as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Sergeant Frank Smith.
Assigned to Los Angeles Burglary Detail during the Christmas shopping season, Friday and Smith investigate a series of shop thefts beginning with the disappearance of an $8,000 necklace from a jewelry store. Written by John Robinson, this case follows the detectives from Wilshire Boulevard leads to a Valley trailer camp.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual…
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