| Night Beat | | 1949-05-19 | An NBC audition recording. Edmond O'Brien appears as "Hank Mitchell," night reporter on "The Examiner." Hank is convinced that George Bailey is a murderer, and gets himself trapped in an elevator when he goes after Bailey. See the audition of January 13, 1950 (cat. #61585) for the same script recorded by Frank Lovejoy. The script was actually broadcast on the series on May 8, 1950 (see cat. #50016). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-01-13 | An audition recording. See cat. #61818 for a previous audition recording of the same script starring Edmond O'Brien. The adventures of "Lucky" Stone, reporter for the Chicago Star begin. A friend of Ted Carter, an ex-hoodlum, is found murdered. Lucky is determined to find the killer, and the trial leads to the powerful George Bailey. The script was broadcast on the series on May 8, 1950 (see cat. #50016). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-02-06 | The first show of the series. Phillip Warren is given the wrong medical report and plans to kill himself because the report says that he has a fatal disease. Randy Stone tries to track Mr. Warren down before his planned suicide at midnight. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-02-13 | Tom Morrison is a man with "noctophobia," a fear of darkness. He is being driven to commit murder by George Brewster. The program was repeated April 9, 1950 (see cat. #61723). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-02-20 | Prizefighter Billy Candell, a punchy former middleweight champ, wants a final meeting with his love of years gone by. The program was repeated April 16, 1950 (see cat. #61724). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-02-27 | Randy Stone meets Fran Fowler in the park. She's a nightclub singer with a big problem. The program was rebroadcast April 23, 1950 (see cat. #61725), but with a different cast! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-03-06 | Randy Stone is held up and shot by a seventy-year-old man! It's Professor Benson, who has sure-fire roulette system. A fascinating story, well-written! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-03-13 | Gig Sanders has broken out of jail to get even with a fellow gang member who's married his old girl. A cop is killed in the process. See cat. #61726 for a subsequent broadcast of this script on April 30, 1950. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-03-20 | Randy Stone meets a man in the park on a very hot day. He is wearing a heavy overcoat! Mr. Henry Kazarian claims to be dead, and a doctor confirms it! A well-written story, good radio! Part of the final public service announcement and the system cue have been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-03-27 | Maritia Nowak is dying, wanting nothing more than to see her husband, Anton, once again. Randy searches for and finds Anton...but too late. Excellent writing, well-done! The program was repeated July 13, 1951 (see cat. #50012). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-09 | Tom Morrison is a man with "noctophobia," a fear of darkness. He is being driven to commit murder by George Brewster. This is a repeat broadcast of the program of February 13, 1950 (see cat. #50013). Nightbeat was being heard more than once a week at this time. Brian Donlevy appears on the show to promote his "Dangerous Assignment" series. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-10 | Randy Stone fishes Wanda Rhodes out of the river. She had been receiving unsigned notes, all of which say, "I know your secret!" |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-16 | Prizefighter Billy Candell, a punchy former middleweight champ, wants a final meeting with his love of yesteryear. This is a rebroadcast of the program of February 20, 1950 (see cat. #50006). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-17 | Randy Stone tries to prevent a Tong war from erupting into violence in Chicago. The conflict is averted in a most dramatic fashion. A good story with a surprise ending! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-23 | Randy Stone meets Fran Fowler in the park. She's a nightclub singer with a big problem. Dick Powell appears on the program to promote "Richard Diamond, Private Detective." This is a repeat broadcast of the program of February 27, 1950 (see cat. #50011), but the cast is different! The system cue has been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-04-30 | Gig Sandlers has broken out of jail to get even with a fellow gang member who's married his old girlfriend. A cop is killed in the process. Jack Webb appears during the show to promote his program, "Dragnet." See also cat. #50008 for the first broadcast of this script on March 13, 1950. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-01 | "Mentallo The Mental Marvel" is a carnival mind reader who attempts to commit suicide after he's asked, "What happened to you the fifteenth of last month?" The man with the photographic memory just can't seem to remember! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-08 | Randy Stone identifies Ted Carter in the morgue and is determined to track down his killer. Randy finds himself trapped in an elevator while a killer tries to end his journalistic career. The program may be dated May 28, 1950. The script was previously used on the audition program for the "Night Beat series and was broadcast sustaining on May 28 or May 8, 1950 (see cat. #50016). |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-15 | Did a night watchman named Tony Graham, who walks with a cane, set a series of warehouse fires? His father seems to be a bad luck symbol too! The system cue has been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-22 | Randy Stone meets the meek Mr. Fettle in the park. This gentleman can kill just by thinking someone dead! The system cue has been been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-28 | The program may be dated May 8, 1950. The main character in the drama is referred to as "Lucky" Stone, not Randy Stone. "Lucky" identifies Ted Carter in the morgue, and is determined to track down his killer. Lucky finds himself trapped in an elevator while a killer tries to end his journalism career. The script was originally used as an audition for the series (see cat. #51585). A sponsored version was heard on May 8 or May 28, 1950 also, it is cat. #61728. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-05-29 | 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. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-06-05 | 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. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-06-12 | Ex-football star Tom Paxton is in deep trouble with Frank Burr, a crooked politician who wants him to find a blind man and kill him! As part of a Wheaties commercial, announcer Frank Martin introduces Sara Berner, who's own program, "Sara's Private Caper" is about to begin, also sponsored by Wheaties. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-06-19 | Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-06-26 | Thirteen-year-old Jimmy Reed has held up a delicatessen while wearing a mask. He turns out to be the son of Gus Reed, the gangster. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-07-03 | Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. The leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution. A good story! Joel McCrea appears after the story to promote his new show, "Tales Of The Texas Rangers." |
| Night Beat | | 1950-07-10 | Theatrical producer Charles Kelsey is determined to get his revenge against Max Sorenson, a down-and-out Shakespearean actor. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-07-17 | Molly Keller's husband is now dead. Randy Stone discovers the scrub woman is now living in a swanky hotel. Who has the $65,000 from a fourteen-year-old payroll robbery? |
| Night Beat | | 1950-07-24 | A rare Bible in a bookshop turns out to be a "Black Mass," which leads Randy Stone to a meeting with Dante, Virgil and murder! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-07-31 | Randy Stone dials his phone at random and speaks to a woman about to be murdered by her insane husband. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-08-07 | A blind street-fiddler swaps his violin for a gun in a story swiped from Damon Runyon. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-08-14 | Randy helps Gunner Evans, a prize fighter who's roughed up for refusing to take a dive. His wife is helping the crooks! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-08-21 | Sent to Joliet to cover an execution, Randy Stone meets Dr. Graham, an alcoholic who's more guilty than the convict about to be executed. The broadcast of August 28, 1950 was pre-empted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-09-04 | Randy is vacationing at Paradise Lake. When Randy fishes Pat Torrance from the lake, her two friends and everyone else thinks that she jumped in and drowned. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-09-11 | John Galt has escaped from custody on his way to the death house. He kidnaps Randy Stone and takes him to the district attorney's house, determined to prove his innocence. The moral of the story: don't jump to conclusions. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-09-18 | Mary Callahan offers to sell information to Randy Stone about the murder of gambler Marty Crain...for $500! Frank Lovejoy receives a scroll from Agnes Underwood, the only woman city editor of a large metropolitan paper, presented by Theta Sigma Phi, a journalism sorority, for accurately and convincingly portraying a newsman. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-09-25 | Randy Stone tries to track down twenty tons of contaminated butter before a typhoid epidemic hits Chicago! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-10-06 | Randy Stone's car has been stolen...by an ex-cop with amnesia. The thief's name is Kenny Day, and his wife is in danger, or is his wife a victim of murder? The system cue has been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-10-13 | Randy's fishing trip is interrupted to chase Einer Pierce, an escaped killer...all the way to a small town in Minnesota. There's a wedding in the killer's future too! A good show! |
| Night Beat | | 1950-10-20 | Randy Stone helps Judge Noah Arnold after he's beaten up in an alley. The judge's problems start when his daughter takes up with a gangster...and winds up a murderer. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-10-27 | Jerry Karn has been shot in the head and will die unless a brain surgeon operates. When the surgeon refuses to help, Randy Stone of The Chicago Star discovers that the dying man was in love with the surgeon's daughter! An interesting medical story. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-11-03 | Who killed Nick Corby? His wife accuses the black cat! Maybe it was Crazy Mike? Randy Stone of The Chicago Star tries to unravel the puzzle. |
| Night Beat | | 1950-11-10 | "The Slasher" is terrorizing the women of Chicago. Could he be Rick Bennett, a new artist in town who is very interested in women with scars? The last show of the season. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-03-04 | The first show of the season. A special salute to the members of the working press. Big John McMasters, an ex-con prohibition gangster, is released from jail and is promptly shot. Reporter Randy Stone tries to help. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-05-18 | Randy Stone, night reporter for the Chicago Star, looks into a bizarre romance between a dwarf newsdealer and "Julie, the Juke Box Girl!" Excellent writing! |
| Night Beat | | 1951-05-25 | Randy Stone receives a threatening letter, and gradually begins to believe himself in danger. Fear starts to build. An interesting story. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-06-01 | Randy Stone, reporter for The Chicago Star, sees a poor scrub woman die and tries to find Stanley Orloff to explain the woman's $50,000 bank book! |
| Night Beat | | 1951-06-08 | Where in Chicago is Fred Graham? He's been bitten by a rabid dog but doesn't know it...and time is running out! |
| Night Beat | | 1951-06-15 | A good story about a mysterious, bald little man who plays a very hot jazz clarinet. What is Otto Freid's secret? |
| Night Beat | | 1951-06-22 | Randy Stone, reporter for the Chicago Star, looks into five-year-old Jody Levering who is being held hostage in a church belfry. A search for sanctuary. The system cue has been deleted, the program is otherwise apparently complete. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-06-29 | Frank Lyons, a dying reporter, asks Randy Stone of The Chicago Star, to write about the story that ruined his career. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-07-06 | Bill Perrin is a soldier with amnesia and a missing wife. Randy Stone tries to help. Well-written! The last public service announcement and the system cue have been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-07-13 | A woman tells Randy Stone that she knows that her husband, trapeze artist Antonio Costello, is returning from his grave. Part of the final public service anouncement and the system cue have been deleted. See cat. #50012 for a different Night Beat show with apparently the same date. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-07-13 | Randy Stone meets Maritia Nowack in the Chicago subway. She insists on calling him "Anton," the name of her missing husband. A good story! This is a repeat broadcast of the program of March 27, 1950 (see cat. #61722). See cat. #61811 for a different program in the series with apparently the same date! |
| Night Beat | | 1951-08-17 | The "insane asylum" is the scene of a big story at 10:00 P.M. on a very hot night. "Captain Bob" has "blown his top." He was a "gentle giant" who was not so gentle when his brown sugar was taken away. Now, he's got a night stick and a gun...and he's sabotaged the electricity in the asylum. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-10-26 | An elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers, pays a visit to Randy in the newsroom. They've scraped together $2000 to make their dream come true. They want, "the best time of their whole lives." |
| Night Beat | | 1951-11-16 | At the "Rescue Mission" on Skid Row, Randy finds two inch thick steaks on the menu, Champagne cocktails in the bar and clean sheets in the flophouse. The "Good Fairy" turns out to be Ruth Martin, who's sold everything she owns to splurge in one night. Internal evidence indicates November 9, 1951 to be a more logical choice as the broadcast date. |
| Night Beat | | 1951-12-21 | Randy Stone gets a 5 day Christmas vacation and doesn't know what to do with it. A well-written story! |
| Night Beat | | 1951-12-28 | Ben Troy's wife is having a baby, and Ben's almost going into labor himself! A two-voice drama. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-05-01 | A friend of Randy Stone, who works on the newspaper with him, is $3000 in debt to a tough gambler. This leads Randy and his friend to one hand of draw poker...$10,000 against their lives! The final public service announcement and the system cue have been deleted. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-05-08 | A circus clown is in reality a master Communist spy! When the clown is found murdered, Randy discovers that the clown's shoes were the murder weapon! The story of how a Chicago gangster became a hero! |
| Night Beat | | 1952-05-15 | Riley Johnson is giving his plastics factory to his employees. But Riley Johnson is an alcoholic, determined to drink himself to death. Why? A good story! |
| Night Beat | | 1952-05-22 | Randy Stone is accused of being a killer by "Panagen," the mysterious muckraking columnist for the opposition Chicago paper. It appears Randy's going to be executed along with Johnny Liggett! Well-written! |
| Night Beat | | 1952-05-29 | Two brothers, who are both jockeys, are determined to win. For one of them, winning is everything...no matter what. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-06-05 | Professor Keefer, who has worked on developing a "mechanical brain," becomes involved with a murder in a bookie parlor. Randy Stone, report for the Chicago Star, investigates. The program of June 12, 1952 was pre-empted. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-06-19 | Randy Stone tries to help Dolly Graham, who's been convicted of manslaughter. She's been framed for the murder of the wife of Paul Thompson, a state senator. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-06-26 | Benjamin Tusher arrives in Chicago to reform the city...with love! And he does! |
| Night Beat | | 1952-07-03 | Randy Stone falls for Kit Gaynor, a hell of a newswoman, but with an itch to travel. The program of July 10, 1952 was pre-empted. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-07-17 | Jake Strand is out of prison after twenty years. Two tough guys are out for his hidden $100,000, and the smell of peaches! A good story! The program of July 24, 1952 was pre-empted. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-07-31 | Old "Dutch" Hildebrand edits part of Gil Lovett's story out of his column. Why did "Dutch" do it and what is his connection with young Pete, a champion swimmer? The FBI gets involved. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-08-07 | Ann Tobin asks Randy Stone to help her and protect her children from her estranged husband who plans to kill the kids. A well-written portrait of a woman's psychological disintegration. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-08-14 | A beautiful pickpocket named Julie Bronson needs lots of money in a hurry...and with good reason. It seems there's a man named Luke. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-08-21 | Randy Stone meets a beautiful woman in a bar and goes pub crawling with her in the Chicago night. Beware the man with the red hair! The opening is slightly upcut. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-09-04 | Randy Stone receives a tip that a bomb has been planted on a DC-4 airliner en route to Denver. His warning saves all the passengers aboard the plane, but the man who planted the bomb must be found. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-09-11 | Mushy Sindell is promoting his girlfriend's dancing career in a plot stolen right out of "Citizen Kane." A struggling dancer turns down his big chance to be a star. |
| Night Beat | | 1952-09-18 | Who beat up Brother James, the organist at a Skid Row mission? Who threw a hand grenade into the mission...and why? |
| Night Beat | | 1952-09-25 | A good crime drama about "Bug," an insane killer who has killed three women, but indignantly denies the murder of the fourth! The last show of the series. |
| Night Beat | | | Is "Gusher James" really guilty of murder? Mr. Barclay, sitting in a Joliet prison, would sure like to find out! The final promotional announcement and the system cue have been deleted. The identification as AFRS #46 is tentative, as is the date. |
| Night Beat | | | Carefree Carson allows Randy Stone to discover his talent as a cowboy singer, playing the ukulele. The Australian version of a cowboy accent comes out sounding effeminate. The story line is so over-the-top that laughter can be heard coming from the control room! The date is approximate. |
| Night Beat | | | Jimmy Smith is a young boxer and Kid Ryan is a punch-drunk has-been. The aftermath of their manager's match-ups comes to a tragic ending. The date is approximate, the commercials have been partially deleted. |
