The Big Lay Out

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Sep 7, 2026 · 32m

Originally Aired: January 25, 1953

Dragnet #188, "The Big Lay Out," Sergeant Joe Friday faces a deeply personal case when his friend Ed Field reaches out in desperation. Ed has discovered a narcotics layout hidden in his 18-year-old son Gary's bedroom, and all signs point to the high school senior being a heroin addict. The discovery devastates Ed and his wife Helen, who cannot understand how their son, a good student from a comfortable home with everything he could want, has fallen into drug use. Earlier that day, Gary came home, locked himself in his room, and when Helen tried to check on…