Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084)

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an abandoned freight car, cradled in the arms of a young man who refuses to explain what happened. When the young man finally confesses to killing her, the detectives struggle to understand why he would murder a woman he claims to have loved deeply and who had devoted years to nurturing his musical ambitions.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday

Herb Ellis as Sgt. Frank Smith

Vic Perrin

Harry Bartell

Joyce McCluskey

Jim Moser, writer

Walter Schumann, music

Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker