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The Big Small

An elderly woman who forges checks has been committing crimes throughout the city, but her situation proves to be more complicated than it first appears. See catalog #47069 for the network-sponsored version of this episode.

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An elderly woman is causing trouble across town by writing fake checks, but she's hiding bigger secrets than anyone realizes.

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 Small.” Dragnet. Radio broadcast, January 11, 1953.

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