Night Beat Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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.
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October 27, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: January 1, 2018
A farmer from rural Illinois comes to Chicago determined to take down a corrupt political boss “with love.”
Original Air Date: June 26, 1952
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A farmer from rural Illinois comes to Chicago determined to take down a corrupt political boss “with love.”
Original Air Date: June 26, 1952
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October 20, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: December 25, 2017
Randy meets a woman who treats everyone on skid row to champagne, steaks, and fresh sheets, and is being haunted across the country by a childhood friend who promises to kill her on her thirtieth birthday but died herself when she was eleven.
Original Air Date: November 16, 1951
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Randy meets a woman who treats everyone on skid row to champagne, steaks, and fresh sheets, and is being haunted across the country by a childhood friend who promises to kill her on her thirtieth birthday but died herself when she was eleven.
Original Air Date: November 16, 1951
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October 13, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: December 18, 2017
Randy gets time off for Christmas, which reminds him he has no one to spend Christmas with. When a boy tries to give him an envelope and is run over by a car, Randy has to find the boy’s mother.
Original Air Date: December 21, 1951
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Randy gets time off for Christmas, which reminds him he has no one to spend Christmas with. When a boy tries to give him an envelope and is run over by a car, Randy has to find the boy’s mother.
Original Air Date: December 21, 1951
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October 6, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: December 11, 2017
Randy becomes convinced that a 19-year old woman was railroaded into a conviction for manslaughter of a politician’s wife.
Original Air Date: June 19, 1952
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Randy becomes convinced that a 19-year old woman was railroaded into a conviction for manslaughter of a politician’s wife.
Original Air Date: June 19, 1952
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September 29, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: December 4, 2017
A once-promising scientist visits the scene of a murder Randy is covering.
Original Air Date: June 5, 1952
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A once-promising scientist visits the scene of a murder Randy is covering.
Original Air Date: June 5, 1952
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September 22, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: November 27, 2017
A star jockey’s younger brother returns to Chicago. Little Brother is determined to prove himself a better jockey and will do anything to prove it.
Original Air Date: May 29, 1952
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A star jockey’s younger brother returns to Chicago. Little Brother is determined to prove himself a better jockey and will do anything to prove it.
Original Air Date: May 29, 1952
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September 15, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: November 20, 2017
Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper.
Original Air Date: May 22, 1952
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Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper.
Original Air Date: May 22, 1952
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September 8, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: November 6, 2017
The wife of an acrobat clown comes to Randy to sell a story about her husband being a spy.
Original Air Date: May 8, 1952
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The wife of an acrobat clown comes to Randy to sell a story about her husband being a spy.
Original Air Date: May 8, 1952
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September 1, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: August 10, 2021
Randy investigates when a convicted murder insists the crime he was convicted of was committed by a wealthy and influential oil man.
Original Air Date: March 7, 1952
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Randy investigates when a convicted murder insists the crime he was convicted of was committed by a wealthy and influential oil man.
Original Air Date: March 7, 1952
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August 25, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: October 23, 2017
Randy keeps company with a colleague whose wife is having a baby.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1951
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Randy keeps company with a colleague whose wife is having a baby.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1951
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August 18, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: October 16, 2017
A cute elderly couple from rural Illinois asks Randy’s help to plan a big splurge in Chicago, but Randy senses something troubling.
Original Air Date: October 26, 1951
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A cute elderly couple from rural Illinois asks Randy’s help to plan a big splurge in Chicago, but Randy senses something troubling.
Original Air Date: October 26, 1951
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August 11, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: October 9, 2017
A mental patient has gotten loose on the grounds with a gun.
Original Air Date: August 17, 1951
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A mental patient has gotten loose on the grounds with a gun.
Original Air Date: August 17, 1951
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August 4, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: October 2, 2017
Randy meets a feverish woman who believes he’s her husband, Anton. Randy sets out to find her husband when he learns she’s about to die.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1951
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Randy meets a feverish woman who believes he’s her husband, Anton. Randy sets out to find her husband when he learns she’s about to die.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1951
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July 28, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: September 25, 2017
A discharged soldier with amnesia asks Randy’s help to find his wife and recover his memory.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1952
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A discharged soldier with amnesia asks Randy’s help to find his wife and recover his memory.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1952
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July 21, 2025 • 39 mins
Original Release Date: September 18, 2017
A dying has-been reporter asks Randy to get the truth behind the man who framed him for liable and ruined his career.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1951
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A dying has-been reporter asks Randy to get the truth behind the man who framed him for liable and ruined his career.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1951
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July 14, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: September 11, 2017
A mad man is holding a missing five year old boy in a church’s bell tower.
Original Air Date: June 22, 1951
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A mad man is holding a missing five year old boy in a church’s bell tower.
Original Air Date: June 22, 1951
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July 7, 2025 • 37 mins
Original Release Date: September 4, 2017
Randy rescues a man from being roughed up. The man runs into a bar and leaves behind his hat. Randy runs right into the bar and finds no one has seen him, and then comes back to discover the mystery man plays a great clarinet.
Original Air Date: June 15, 1951
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Randy rescues a man from being roughed up. The man runs into a bar and leaves behind his hat. Randy runs right into the bar and finds no one has seen him, and then comes back to discover the mystery man plays a great clarinet.
Original Air Date: June 15, 1951
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June 30, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: August 28, 2017
A woman’s dog has died of rabies, and she turns to Randy to help find a man the dog had bitten five days before.
Original Air Date: June 8, 1951
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A woman’s dog has died of rabies, and she turns to Randy to help find a man the dog had bitten five days before.
Original Air Date: June 8, 1951
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June 23, 2025 • 39 mins
Original Release Date: August 21, 2017
Randy sees a cleaning woman die before his eyes and searches for her son to let him know.
Original Air Date: June 1, 1951
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Randy sees a cleaning woman die before his eyes and searches for her son to let him know.
Original Air Date: June 1, 1951
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June 16, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: August 14, 2017
Randy receives a letter from a man threatening to kill him sometime during the night.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1951
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Randy receives a letter from a man threatening to kill him sometime during the night.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1951
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