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For the past two months, a gang of safe burglars have been operating in Los Angeles. In that time, they’ve hit a dozen places. The police have no lead to their identity. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to get them....

A bunco gang of petty swindlers have set up operations in the city. They work the obituary racket, selling worthless merchandise to the relatives of the deceased. They're experienced, cunning, and they work fast.

The police receive information that an escaped criminal named Alfred Garvey is hiding out in the city. While searching for him at a hotel, Garvey shoots an off-duty cop and friend of Friday and Romero, John Maxwell. He was about to go on vacation but decided to visit Friday and Romero first. Soon a police manhunt is launched to find Garvey.

A gang of truck hijackers has been working in Los Angeles. They’ve stolen 14 loaded trucks. They’ve kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers.

A man and his wife are found strangled to death in a rooming house, and the killer has set fire to the room to cover his tracks. Also, a dead parrot, who's also been strangled, lies on the floor beside the bodies.

A robber has held up a check cashing service of $1500. After several more robberies, one of his victims is killed during the crime.

An old man, poorly dressed, robs a liquor store and is very apologetic about it.

Old Mr. Stone, who kept his life savings in his mattress, has been killed. His invalid wife has been beaten with a club.

A newborn, one of the three-day-old Striker baby twins, has been stolen from Mercy Hospital nursery. There is no trace of the infant, and there is no trace of the abductor.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on December 22, 1953.

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This Dragnet episode originally aired on October 5, 1954.

An organized gang of pickpockets is working in Los Angeles. None of the victims can give a description of the suspects, and there is no lead to their identity.

A stuttering robber and his partner are tracked down with the help of a stoolie, who is trying to go straight.

Henry Wilson, a movie director, has been killed at the studio. A 250-pound lamp had fallen on him.

A gang of veteran dope peddlers moves into LA. They offer a hundred thousand dollars worth of heroin for sale. Sergeant Friday tries to trap Howard Scully, a careful narcotics wholesaler, who leads the gang. Friday goes undercover and poses as a buyer; he meets the leaders' contacts and they're ready to do business.

A gang of vicious Hitch-Hike Bandits are committing assaults, robberies, and attempted murders. Their victims are army officers stationed in the city. After one of the victims is killed by the gunmen, a manhunt is on.

A homicidal maniac who uses a brick-bat is on the loose. A large dragnet slowly gets him cornered. Also: A mad killer is loose in the city. In every instance, he leaves the murder weapon behind, but there are no fingerprints or clues to the killer's identity. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Homicide, and it's his job to get the killer before he strikes again.

Dragnet, the popular American radio series airing from 1949-1957, is arguably the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. Enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partners gave audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of police work.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on September 14, 1954.