The Big Trio

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Aug 11, 2026 · 31m

Originally Aired: July 3, 1952 Dragnet #160, "The Big Trio," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a devastating traffic accident involving four teenagers and an elderly couple. At Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Friday and Smith learn the grim details: 16-year-old Charles Wheeler took his father's car without permission and convinced three younger children to join him for a joyride. What started as a neighborhood drive escalated into a high-speed chase when Wheeler spotted a police car and decided to outrun it, boasting that he could drive as fast as his father. The…