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The Big Switch
Originally Aired: January 12, 1954
Dragnet #230, "The Big Switch," Sergeants Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate what initially appears to be a young woman's suicide attempt at a cheap hotel on Grand Avenue. When a desk clerk discovers Mona Fenton unconscious in a gas-filled room, stuffed sheets around the windows suggest she intended to die. At Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Dr. Hall delivers troubling news: not only might the carbon monoxide have caused permanent brain damage, but examination reveals needle marks indicating the 20-something woman is an addict. The case grows more…
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