This week we pay a visit to the early days of the legendary series, Dragnet! In this episode, “The Werewolf,” an elusive maniac is terrorizing the city with a series of seemingly random attacks on young women. Sergeant Joe Friday and the rest of the LAPD have been tasked to use every resource at their disposal to catch this menace! What will it take to finally put an end to this crime spree? How does this production compare to later installments in the series? Which is worse, being a police woman or playing a police woman on the radio? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
I thought this was great! I am only familiar with the later, color TV series; and mostly only for the stolen baby Jesus episode, which is a holiday favorite for my wife and me. This radio broadcast was a revelation. Maybe the episode is a bit of an outlier, but even as someone who generally takes a dim view of copaganda, I was enthralled by that chase scene!