Night Beat Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
by Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts · 76 episodes
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Chicago Star Reporter Randy Stone walks the Night Beat, searching for stories for his column and finding heartache and mystery along the way in this classic and well-written 1950-52 mystery drama series. Adam Graham is your host and guide to every circulating episode of Night Beat.
Latest episodes
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34 min
Night Beat: A Case of Butter
Original Release Date: June 12, 2017A hit-and-run case involving a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butter. Original Air Date: Septe…
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36 min
Night Beat: Wanna Buy a Story?
Original Release Date: June 5, 2017A young woman offers to sell Randy a story about the murder of an infamous mobster and the identity of the killer. Original Air Date: September 1…
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34 min
Night Beat: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Original Release Date: May 29, 2017A man escapes from death row and captures Randy and the DA who prosecuted him and promises to kill them. Original Air Date: September 11, 1950 Su…
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Night Beat: Old Home Week
Original Release Date: May 22, 2017Randy takes a short vacation and finds himself mixed up with a wife, ex-wife, and two ex-girlfriends with plenty of malice.Original Air Date: Sep…
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33 min
Night Beat: Doctor's Secret
Original Release Date: May 15, 2017A doctor, the father of a man executed in the electric chair, keeps calling the warden asking to see the chair. Original Air Date: August 21, 195…
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36 min
Night Beat: Gunner's Last Fight
Original Release Date: May 8, 2017A down-on-his-luck boxer refuses to take a bribe to take a fall and his wife is leaving him over it.Original Air Date: August 14, 1951 Support the…
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34 min
Night Beat: Old Blind Pop
Original Release Date: May 1, 2017Randy finds out a blind street musician traded his violin into a pawn shop in exchange for a loaded gun. Original Air Date: August 7, 1950 Support…
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35 min
Night Beat: A City at Your Fingertips
Original Release Date: April 24, 2017Randy randomly dials a phone number and reaches a woman in danger of being killed by her husband. Original Air Date: July 31, 1950 Support the…
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47 min
Night Beat: The Devil's Bible
Original Release Date: April 17, 2017Randy discovers that a man who tried to take a $50,000 medieval satanic book from a bookstore was blamed for the murder of the last owner and h…
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33 min
Night Beat: Molly Keller
Original Release Date: April 10, 2017After her husband dies in prison for a robbery where the money was never recovered, a scrub woman rents a luxury hotel suite.Original Air Date:…
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36 min
Night Beat: Old King Death
Original Release Date: April 3, 2017A down-on-his-luck actor who is mentally ill assaults a big theater producer. The producer is determined to get even and teach a lesson to his s…
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34 min
Night Beat: Marty
Original Release Date: March 27, 2017While looking for a story, Randy meets a six-year-old boy looking for his mother with a $100 bill in his hands. Original Air Date: July 3, 1950…
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34 min
Night Beat: The Juvenile Gangster
Original Release Date: March 20, 2017The thirteen-year-old robs a store. Randy discovers he’s the son of an escaped convict. Original Air Date: June 26, 1950 Support the show month…
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35 min
Night Beat: Vincent and the Painter
Original AIr Date: March 13, 2017A disgruntled former security guard says his boss at an art gallery killed Vincent.Original Air Date: June 19, 1950Support the show monthly at http…
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35 min
Night Beat: The Football Player and the Syndicate
Original Release Date: March 6, 2017A private eye who is a former football star and down on his luck needs Randy’s help to find a missing man or risk getting killed by the a crime…
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32 min
Night Beat: Girl From Kansas
Original Release Date: February 27, 2017Randy comes across a small town girl who has been arrested.Once she gets out, someone tries to kill her.Original Air Date: June 5, 1950 Supp…
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37 min
Night Beat: Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer
Original Release Date: February 20, 2017Randy stumbles upon a mentally disturbed man trying to kill his psychiatrist. Original Air Date: May 29, 1950 Support the show monthly at ht…
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34 min
Night Beat: I Wish You Were Dead
Original Release Date: February 13, 2017Randy meets an old man who states he can kill anyone by wishing him dead. Original Air Date: May 22, 1950 Support the show monthly at https:…
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33 min
Night Beat: The Night Watchman
Original Release Date: February 6. 2017Randy encounters an out-of-work watchman who believes his son is behind a series of arsons. Original Air Date: May 15, 1950 Support the show…
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32 min
Night Beat: The Elevator Caper
Original Release Date: January 29, 2017Randy believes a gangster killed an old friend and sets out to prove it.Original Air Date: May 8, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://pa…