THE BIG TRY and THE BIG BIBLE DRAGNET
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
This series was broadcasted from June 3, 1949 to February 26, 1957 on NBC at various times and days, starring Dragnet starred Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Various partners throughout the show's run were Sergeant Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander). Webb was the creator/Director of the series and wanted everything to be as authentic as possible, down to the last sound effect. The stories were based on actual police files and "the names were changed to protect the innocent". Dragnet broke a few radio taboos as well,...
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THE GHOST THAT GLEAMS and THE LEGEND OF THE LIVING SWAMP THE SHADOW
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
One of America's most beloved crime dramas in the 30's and 40's, The Shadow's opening lines "Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men.....the Shadow knows" were a catchphrase back in those days. The shadow was a detective who could not be seen or heard unless he chose to be- and each cleverly written script kept listeners in suspense as the shadow uncovered the crime and sent to bad guys packing.
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WORLD CHAMPION and FRIENDLY TARGET ADVENTURES OF THE FALCON
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
The Falcon radio series premiered on the Blue Network in 1943 and continued until 1954. 70 shows wewre taped. Like the Falcon film series, the radio shows mixed danger, romance and comedy in equal parts/
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THE RUSHLITE DIAMOND CAPER and THE WHEEL OF LIFE CAPER SAM SPADE
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for the Maltese Falcon. The series ran from 1946-1951 and starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lureen Tuttle as his secretary Effie. The sam Spade character had been made famous in movies by Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart. The show was a huge hit for CBS radio.
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THE HAMMER OF GOD and THE SINS OF PRINCE SARADIN FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
The Father Brown Stories were written by G K Chesterton. Father John Brown was a Roman Catholic priest from East Anglia who solved mysteries by intuition rather than detection, he was famed for carrying an umbrella. The vicar criminologist is often helped by the criminal Flambeau. The radio plays were 30 minutes in length for each episode and were narrated and starred Andrew Sachs. Check out hundreds of new narrated and dramtized stories atb www.bestof1001stories.com!
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THE INVISIBLE MAN and THE HONOR OF ISRAEL GOW FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
The Father Brown Stories were written by G K Chesterton. Father John Brown was a Roman Catholic priest from East Anglia who solved mysteries by intuition rather than detection, he was famed for carrying an umbrella. The vicar criminologist is often helped by the criminal Flambeau. The radio plays were 30 minutes in length for each episode and were narrated and starred Andrew Sachs. Listen to hundreds more narrations at our 1001 Stories website at today!
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THE BLUE CROSS and THE QUEER FEET FATHER BROWN STORIES
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
The Father Brown Stories were written by G K Chesterton. Father John Brown was a Roman Catholic priest from East Anglia who solved mysteries by intuition rather than detection, he was famed for carrying an umbrella. The vicar criminologist is often helped by the criminal Flambeau. The radio plays were 30 minutes in length for each episode and were narrated and starred Andrew Sachs. Check out our 12 podcasts at today and find loads of great stories from Old West ro Sherlock Holmes!
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DRAGNET TRIPLE PLAY THE BIG LISTEN, THE BIG BILL, THE BIG SWITCH
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
Createdn by Jack Webb with the support of the Los Angeles Police Dapartment, Dragnet was a huge radio hit for years, portraying the men and women who worked for the department as real people who worked hard to uphold the law and protect the citizens.
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THE BIG DRILLS and THE BIG BLAST DRAGNET
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style.
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THE MAN ON THE HOOK and A THOUSAND VIOLINS
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR Jeff Regan, Investigator, was one of countless private detective series that proliferated in the years following WWII. The series initially featured Jack Webb in the title role, who was coming off his work in Pat Novak for Hire, followed by Johnny Madero, Pier 23. The series premiered July 10, 1948, over the CBS network. Originally promoted as Joe Canto, Private Eye, the series was never actually broadcast under that name. However, Barton Yarborough, Jack Webb’s first partner in Dragnet, would make a guest appearance in the show playing a bit part named Joe Canto....
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The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a small role. Both employed the same Los Angeles Police Department technical adviser, used actual police cases and presented the case in "just the facts" manner that became a hallmark of Dragnet. It is interesting to note that Webb employed that format in other radio series, some pre-dating the film mentioned above.
Dragnet was a long running radio and television police procedural drama, about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers.
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