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BONUS - Five Favorites: Night Beat
BONUS - Five Favorites: Night Beat
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Length:
146 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this bonus episode, we're walking the Night Beat with reporter Randy Stone in my five favorite episodes of this fantastic radio drama series. Frank Lovejoy stars as Stone, always looking for stories for his newspaper column and always ready to help people in need. We'll hear the show's first episode ("Zero," originally aired on NBC on February 6, 1950), where he helps a woman track down a man before he takes his own life, and a meeting with an unusual man who claims to have a sinister super power ("I Wish You Were Dead," originally aired on May 22, 1950). Randy meets a faded college football star in trouble with the mob ("The Football Player and the Syndicate," originally aired on NBC on June 12, 1950), and he dials a random phone number to find a woman in danger ("The City at Your Fingertips," originally aired on NBC on July 31, 1950). Finally, Randy and the police hunt for a contaminated case of butter that could unleash typhoid on the Windy City ("A Case of Butter," originally aired on NBC on September 25, 1950).
Released:
Feb 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 2 - Crime is a Sucker's Road (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): This week, it's hard-hitting, hard-boiled mystery with Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe in "The Hairpin Turn," first broadcast on CBS on January 28, 1950. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)