{"podcast":{"title":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers","slug":"1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","podcast_index_feed_id":5874010,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/529217/rss","website_url":"https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-radio-crime-solvers/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/a/1/a/0a1a12190707444fe55e3c100dce7605/1001Radio_logo2.jpg","author":"Jon Hagadorn","episode_count":281,"summary":"Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday, Vincent Price's 'The Saint', and Michael Waring's free-lance troubleshooting investigator 'The Falcon'- to name a few. We release new episodes every Sunday at 5pm ET. We're a proud part of 1001 Stories Network. www.1001storiespodcast.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T08:29:05.147245+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010"},"episode":{"title":"THE BIG WANT AD and THE BIG SHOPLIFT","slug":"the-big-want-ad-and-the-big-shoplift","published_at":"2026-08-12T19:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-big-want-ad-and-the-big-shoplift","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","url":"https://6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df.libsyn.com/the-big-want-ad-and-the-big-shoplift","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df/THE_BIG_WANT_AD_and_THE_BIG_SHOPLIFT.mp3?dest-id=4552092","summary":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers Show Notes – Dragnet: \"The Big Want Ad\" & \"The Big Shoplift\" THE BIG WANT AD In this tense and tightly wound Dragnet case, Friday and Smith find themselves chasing a criminal who hides behind the most ordinary disguise imaginable — a classified advertisement. When a series of \"help wanted\" ads begin leading unsuspecting job‑seekers into danger, the detectives uncover a pattern of fraud, intimidation, and escalating violence. The suspect is clever, manipulative, and always one step ahead, using the anonymity of the newspaper to lure victims with promises of easy work and fast money. As Friday and Smith dig deeper, they discover that the man behind the ads isn't just running a scam — he's building a trap. The investigation becomes a race to stop him before his next ad brings in another victim. \"The Big Want Ad\" is Dragnet at its procedural best, showing how even the most harmless corner of everyday life can hide a predator waiting for the right moment to strike. THE BIG SHOPLIFT A routine call from a downtown department store turns into a surprisingly complex case when Friday and Smith are asked to investigate a sudden spike in shoplifting. At first, it looks like petty theft — a few missing items, a nervous clerk, and a store detective who's convinced he's dealing with amateurs. But as the detectives interview employees and examine the evidence, they begin to suspect something far more organized. The thefts are too clean, too consistent, and too profitable to be random. The trail leads them to a professional ring that uses decoys, distractions, and carefully timed movements to strip stores of merchandise without leaving a trace. Friday and Smith must untangle the network, identify the ringleader, and shut down an operation that's been bleeding l…","meta_description":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers Show Notes – Dragnet: \"The Big Want Ad\" & \"The Big Shoplift\" THE BIG WANT AD In this tense and tightly wound Dragnet case, Friday…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3412,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/episodes/the-big-want-ad-and-the-big-shoplift/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-big-want-ad-and-the-big-shoplift.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}