{"product_id":"the-badge-true-and-terrifying-crime-stories-that-could-not-be-presented-on-tv-from-the-creator-and-star-of-dragnet-9781560256885","title":"The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of Dragnet","description":"\"This is the city, Los Angeles, California. I work here, I carry a badge. The story you are about to see is true...\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before \u003ci\u003eCharlie's Angels, Miami Vice, \u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eNYPD Blue, \u003c\/i\u003e there was \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1951 to 1959, Jack Webb starred as Sergeant Joe Friday in the most successful police drama in television history. Webb (\"Just the facts, ma'am\") was also the creator of \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e, and what made the show so revolutionary was its documentary-style format and the fact that each episode was \"ripped\" from the files of the LAPD. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But 1950s television censors deemed many of the stories in the LAPD's files too violent or sensational for the airwaves. \u003ci\u003eThe Badge\u003c\/i\u003e is Webb's collection of stories that could not be presented on TV: untold, behind-the-scenes accounts of the Black Dahlia murder, the Brenda Allen confessions, Stephen Nash's \"thrill murders,\" and Donald Bashor's \"sleeping lady murders,\" to name just a few. Case by case, \u003ci\u003eThe Badge\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a spine chilling police tour through the dark, shadowy world of Los Angeles crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Some books influence a writer. Books rarely shape a writer's curiosity whole. I'm anomalous that way. I got lucky at the get-go. It was one-stop imaginative shopping. I found all my stuff in one book.\" -- James Ellroy on \u003ci\u003eThe Badge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560256885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 192\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jack Webb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659808731292,"sku":"9781560256885","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_91530f7d-0314-4b32-988a-ca0b8387867c.jpg?v=1603895507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-badge-true-and-terrifying-crime-stories-that-could-not-be-presented-on-tv-from-the-creator-and-star-of-dragnet-9781560256885","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}