Today’s Ghost of Christmas Past was originally broadcast in 1952 and it’s certainly a lot more serious than anything that The Brady Bunch ever had to deal with.

In this episode of the early police procedural Dragnet, two cops search for two young boys who have disappeared on Christmas.  Ominously, one of the boys has received a present — a .22 caliber rifle.

The Big .22 Rifle For Christmas was originally broadcast on December 18th, 1952 and it remains effective even 60 years later.