Episode

The Dragnet Radio Podcast #163- The Big Pill

Podcast: Radio Retropolis
Published: Jul 7, 2026
Duration seconds: 1974
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Summary

Two Marines are targeted and poisoned, with one dying, in a cheap hotel by a man with a vendetta. Commentary on the public opinion of the Korean War at that time. Plus, what makes Virginia Gregg the ideal character actress.