Summary: Todays Mystery:The daughter of the vice-president of a bank is kidnapped.<br><br>Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1949<br><br>Originating from Hollywood<br><br>Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield; Herb Vigran<br><br>ost-episode Question: Should AI be used to reconstruct lost episodes of old time radio from existing scripts?<br><br><a href="https://www.wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=34071" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gotham Radio Players Recreation of The Big Cop </a>(Recreation begins at 35:43)<br><br><a href="https://shows.acast.com/hotcopyradiotheater" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hot Copy Radio Theater</a><br><br><a href="https://amerad.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">American Radio Theater</a><br><br>Support the show monthly at <a href="http://patreon.greatdetectives.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patreon.greatdetectives.net</a><br><br>Welcome to our latest Patreon supporter, Christine<br><br>Patreon Supporter of the Day: Tom, Patreon Supporter since December 2019<br><br>Support the show on a one-time basis at <a href="http://support.greatdetectives.net./" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://support.greatdetectives.net.</a><br><br>Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715<br><br>Take the listener survey at <a href="http://survey.greatdetectives.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://survey.greatdetectives.net</a><br><br>Give us a call at 208-991-478<br><br>Follow us on Instagram at <a href="http://instagram.com/greatdetectives" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://instagram.com/greatdetectives</a><br><br>Follow us on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/radiodetectives" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@radiodetectives</a><br><br>Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
