Old Time Radio Mystery Specials
Aug 30, 2026 · 39 min · 18 segments
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of…
was Wednesday, March 7th.
We were working the night watch out of Homicide.
My name's Friday.
I was on the way home from the office, and it was 2.25 a.m. when I got to Collis Avenue, number 4656.
Joseph? Is
that you?
Yeah, Ma.
Can I wake you?
What time is it? A
little after 2.00.
Can't keep this up.
You've got to have your rest.
Don't
worry.
I'm okay.
We got any cold meat in the icebox?
There's some pressed ham, a few slices of bologna.
Didn't you have any dinner? A
couple of hamburgers and a piece of pie.
I got hungry again.
I had some nice beef stew for dinner.
There's some left in the icebox.
I'll come down and warm it for you.
was Wednesday, March 7th.
We were working the night watch out of Homicide.
My name's Friday.
I was on the way home from the office, and it was 2.25 a.m. when I got to Collis Avenue, number 4656.
Joseph? Is
that you?
Yeah, Ma.
Can I wake you?
What time is it? A
little after 2.00.
Can't keep this up.
You've got to have your rest.
Don't
worry.
I'm okay.
We got any cold meat in the icebox?
There's some pressed ham, a few slices of bologna.
Didn't you have any dinner? A
couple of hamburgers and a piece of pie.
I got hungry again.
I had some nice beef stew for dinner.
There's some left in the icebox.
I'll come down and warm it for you.
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