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The Big Eavesdrop

Sergeant Friday and Frank Smith accidentally hear Sam Allison confess to murder while they're staking out a drug deal. The officers employ a deceptive tactic using someone posing as another person to pressure the killer into admitting his crime, a method that appears legally questionable. The episode's original ending has been removed.

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Sergeant Friday and Frank Smith are waiting to buy drugs when they hear Sam Allison crying and saying he killed someone. The police officers get a fake person to trick the killer into telling the truth using methods that seem to break the law. The show's ending has been cut out.

Dragnet is an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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“The Big Eavesdrop.” Dragnet. Radio broadcast, December 14, 1952.

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