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The Big Filth
Originally Aired: February 2, 1954
Dragnet #233, "The Big Filth," Sergeant Joe Friday and policewoman Irene Gardner investigate a disturbing call from a concerned neighbor, Mrs. Eggers, about four children living in apparent neglect. Mrs. Eggers reports that she hasn't seen the mother, Rowena Telford, in over a week, and that the oldest boy, Stevie, has been going door-to-door asking neighbors for work and food. When Friday and Gardner arrive at the small clapboard house, they find it seemingly abandoned, with weeds overtaking the yard and newspapers piling up outside.
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