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There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age, including Box 13, Let George Do It, and Casey, Crime Photographer, but Night Beat was a cut above. It was the story of Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. It starred Frank Lovejoy as Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neuman, John Michael Hayes (who would later...
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This radio drama stars Frank Lovejoy in twelve half-hour episodes that aired in 1950, during the golden age of radio.Among several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age, Night Beat was a cut above the others. It was the story of Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines.Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes,...
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A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star searching through the city for strange stories waiting for him in the darkness. This one began with young love and ended with old death.
5) Marty
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Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. This leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution.
6) Molly Keller
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Randy didn’t have to go and look for his story tonight; it came in over the Teletype. Charles Keller died today in the state penitentiary after serving 14 years of a twenty-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife, Molly Keller, a quiet woman worked in the offices of the Chicago Star as a humble cleaner. Keller died still denying any knowledge of the $650,000 payroll robbery in the sensation of 14 years ago.
7) Night Beat
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This popular radio program followed Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. Running from 1950 to 1952, listeners were invited to join the newsman in his journeys, oftentimes encountering criminals and troubled souls.
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Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide and more! An alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession… a confession to the crime of murder.
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Night is when the city comes alive full of promise. Randy stood on the corner watching the world go by, cataloguing each and every person and happening, when a car came by and clipped a guy holding a black case, knocking him over. Randy went to help him, but he was okay and disappeared into the street into a bar called the Glamour Palace. Randy followed him, realizing that he had the guy’s hat.
12) Pay Up or Die
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Charlie owed Joe Sligo $3000 from his gambling and Sligo's motto was pay up or die. Charlie has a family and kids to think about and has been in debt for 6 months. Now he turns to Randy Stone for help. Randy Stone knows that the police are looking for Sligo and tells Charlie his only hope is to let the police know where Sligo is.
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Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. Just when Randy has given up on a story for the night, he stumbles across an old man in a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare. The old man has no money so Randy pays the fare but is surprised when the gentle looking old man, Alfred Wyman, says he has to go to kill Miss Gleeson.
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