Nightbeat – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Nightbeat – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham

The great ones are back in action.

EP3526: Night Beat: Gusher James

EP3526: Night Beat: Gusher James

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 Support the sho Read more ...

Aug 10, 2021 • 0:00

EP2457: Night Beat: The “Bug” Killings

EP2457: Night Beat: The “Bug” Killings

Randy is investigating a series of murders where the killer calls the police in advance of each killing. Original Air Date: September 25, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net…

Mar 12, 2018 • 36:19

EP2451: Night Beat: The Policy Wheel Racket

EP2451: Night Beat: The Policy Wheel Racket

A blind man tells Randy the leader of a local rescue mission has been severely beaten. Randy wants to find out why but the man won’t tell him. Original Air Date: September 18, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham,…

Mar 5, 2018 • 33:15

EP2445:Night Beat: Larry, the Understudy

EP2445:Night Beat: Larry, the Understudy

A young dancer’s understudy puts on an impressive dancing performance that has the show’s owner ready to make him a star. However, he quits and disappears from the Read more ...

Feb 26, 2018 • 34:36

EP2439: Night Beat: The Bomb On Flight 63

EP2439: Night Beat: The Bomb On Flight 63

Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver. Original Air Date: September 4, 1952 Support the show monthly at

Feb 19, 2018 • 33:00

EP2433: Night Beat: The Man with the Red Hair

EP2433: Night Beat: The Man with the Red Hair

On his night off, Randy meets a woman at a bar. She turns to ice when she sees a man with red hair. Original Air Date: August 21, 1952 Support the show monthly at Read more ...

Feb 12, 2018 • 31:40

EP2427: Night Beat: His Name is Luke

EP2427: Night Beat: His Name is Luke

A former burlesque dancer, a shoeshine man, and a delicatessen owner are among those acting out of character and raising money for a mysterious Read more ...

Feb 5, 2018 • 33:51

EP2421: Night Beat: Somebody Stop Ann

EP2421: Night Beat: Somebody Stop Ann

A female columnist enlists Randy’s help because she fears her estranged husband will kill her and her children. Original Air Date: August 7, 1952 Support th Read more ...

Jan 29, 2018 • 31:27

EP2415: Night Beat: Flight from Fear

EP2415: Night Beat: Flight from Fear

An elderly layout man pulls part of a columnist’s article on a young talented swimmer. The swimmer refused to try out for the Olympics and ends up threatening the co Read more ...

Jan 22, 2018 • 35:22

EP2409: Night Beat: The Smell of Peaches

EP2409: Night Beat: The Smell of Peaches

Randy meets a recently paroled old-time gangster who suffered a nervous breakdown who swears he’s being followed by two men who want to kill him for $100,000. Original Air Date: July 17, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…

Jan 15, 2018 • 31:14

EP2403: Night Beat: The Old Itch

EP2403: Night Beat: The Old Itch

Randy gets scooped by an intrepid, globe-trotting, female reporter. Original Air Date: July 3, 1952 Support the show monthly at

Jan 8, 2018 • 34:22

EP2402: Dragnet: The Big String

EP2402: Dragnet: The Big String

Friday and Smith investigate the kidnapping of a college professor’s wife. Original Air Date: January 18, 1953 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

Jan 6, 2018 • 30:39

EP2397: Night Beat: Reformer

EP2397: Night Beat: Reformer

A farmer from rural Illinois comes to Chicago determined to take down a corrupt political boss “with love.” Original Air Date: June 26, 1952 Support t Read more ...

Jan 1, 2018 • 32:37

EP2391: Night Beat: Lost Souls

EP2391: Night Beat: Lost Souls

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 h Read more ...

Dec 25, 2017 • 34:55

EP2385: Night Beat: Five Days off for Christmas

EP2385: Night Beat: Five Days off for Christmas

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 Read more ...

Dec 18, 2017 • 32:33

EP2379: Night Beat: Railroaded

EP2379: Night Beat: Railroaded

Randy becomes convinced that a 19-year old woman was railroaded into a conviction for manslaughter of a politician’s wife. Original Read more ...

Dec 11, 2017 • 32:29

EP2373: Night Beat: The Marvelous Machine

EP2373: Night Beat: The Marvelous Machine

A once-promising scientist visits the scene of a murder Randy is covering. Original Air Date: June 5, 1952 Support the show monthly at

Dec 4, 2017 • 34:15

EP2367: Night  Beat: The Jockeys Were Brothers

EP2367: Night Beat: The Jockeys Were Brothers

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 Da Read more ...

Nov 27, 2017 • 32:02

EP2361: Night Beat: Target for a Week

EP2361: Night Beat: Target for a Week

Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper. Original Air Date: May 22, 1952 Support the show monthly at

Nov 20, 2017 • 34:06

EP2349: Night Beat: Long Live the Clown

EP2349: Night Beat: Long Live the Clown

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 Support the show monthly at

Nov 6, 2017 • 33:28

Video Theater 118: Four Star Playhouse: Search in the Night

Video Theater 118: Four Star Playhouse: Search in the Night

While on the Night Beat, Randy Stone becomes curious when he sees a diver searching the river for something.  Season 2, Episode 7 Original Air Date: November 5, 1953 Read more ...

Oct 29, 2017 • 0:00

EP2337: Night Beat: Expectant Father

EP2337: Night Beat: Expectant Father

Randy keeps company with a colleague whose wife is having a baby. Original Air Date: December 28, 1951 Support the show monthly at

Oct 23, 2017 • 31:59

EP2331: Night Beat: Mr. and Mrs. Carothers

EP2331: Night Beat: Mr. and Mrs. Carothers

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, Read more ...

Oct 16, 2017 • 34:29

EP2325: Night Beat: They

EP2325: Night Beat: They

A mental patient has gotten loose on the grounds with a gun. Original Air Date: August 17, 1951 Support the show monthly at

Oct 9, 2017 • 36:35

EP2319: Night Beat: Anton’s Return

EP2319: Night Beat: Anton’s Return

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: J Read more ...

Oct 2, 2017 • 32:24

EP2313: Night Beat: The Bill Perrin Amnesia Case

EP2313: Night Beat: The Bill Perrin Amnesia Case

A discharged soldier with amnesia asks Randy’s help to find his wife and recover his memory. Original Air Date: July 6, 1952 Support the show monthly at

Sep 25, 2017 • 33:25

EP2307: Night Beat: Byline for Frank

EP2307: Night Beat: Byline for Frank

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: Read more ...

Sep 18, 2017 • 39:08

EP2301: Night Beat: Sanctuary

EP2301: Night Beat: Sanctuary

A mad man is holding a missing five year old boy in a church’s bell tower. Original Air Date: June 22, 1951 Support the show monthly at

Sep 11, 2017 • 32:02

EP2295: Night Beat: Otto, the Music Man

EP2295: Night Beat: Otto, the Music Man

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 t Read more ...

Sep 4, 2017 • 37:32

EP2289: Night Beat: The Search for Fred

EP2289: Night Beat: The Search for Fred

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 Support the Read more ...

Aug 28, 2017 • 32:27

EP2283: Night Beat: The Will of Mrs. Orloff

EP2283: Night Beat: The Will of Mrs. Orloff

Randy sees a cleaning woman die before his eyes and searches for her son to let him know. Original Air Date: June 1, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Aug 21, 2017 • 39:18

EP2277: Night Beat: Fear

EP2277: Night Beat: Fear

Randy receives a letter from a man threatening to kill him sometime during the night. Original Air Date: May 25, 1951 Support the show monthly at

Aug 14, 2017 • 33:57

EP2271: Night Beat: Juke Box Romance

EP2271: Night Beat: Juke Box Romance

A person with dwarfism tried to kill a bully who tries to embarrass him by setting up a meeting with a juke box operator he’s in love with. Original Air Date: May Read more ...

Aug 7, 2017 • 34:14

EP2265: Night Beat: Big John McMaster

EP2265: Night Beat: Big John McMaster

Randy befriends an old time gangster just released from prison. He then finds the man shot and refusing to tell what happened. Original Air Date: March 4, 1951 Su Read more ...

Jul 31, 2017 • 35:20

EP2259: Night Beat: The Slasher

EP2259: Night Beat: The Slasher

Randy suspects an artist looking for his unfaithful girlfriend is actually a serial slasher. Original Air Date: November 10, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Jul 24, 2017 • 35:07

EP2253: Night Beat: Black Cat

EP2253: Night Beat: Black Cat

A disturbed abandoned cat sets Randy into the midst of a murder mystery in a tenement where all the suspects are oddballs. Original Air Date: November 3, 1950 Sup Read more ...

Jul 17, 2017 • 33:53

EP2247: Night Beat: The Doctor’s Daughter

EP2247: Night Beat: The Doctor’s Daughter

Randy is outraged when a doctor chooses to take a vacation in France rather than operate on a man whose life hangs by a thread after a gunshot wound. Original Air Date: Read more ...

Jul 10, 2017 • 32:24

EP2241: Night Beat: Judge Arnold’s Daughter

EP2241: Night Beat: Judge Arnold’s Daughter

A judge’s daughter who went to live in a poor part of town to understand crime is in over her head and it’s up to Randy to help. Original Air Date: October 2 Read more ...

Jul 3, 2017 • 34:02

EP2235: Night Beat: Einar Pearce and Family

EP2235: Night Beat: Einar Pearce and Family

Randy becomes prisoner to the family of an escaped murderer in Minnesota. Original Air Date: October 13, 1950 Support the show monthly at

Jun 26, 2017 • 33:04

EP2229: Night Beat: The Kenny Day Amnesia Case

EP2229: Night Beat: The Kenny Day Amnesia Case

Randy has to help an ex-cop with amnesia fill in what’s happened in the three years since he left the force and why he claims to have killed his wife. Original Air Read more ...

Jun 19, 2017 • 36:24

EP2223: Night Beat: A Case of Butter

EP2223: Night Beat: A Case of Butter

A hit and run case involve a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butter. Original Air Date: September 25, 1950 Suppor Read more ...

Jun 12, 2017 • 33:22

EP2217: Night Beat: Wanna Buy a Story?

EP2217: Night Beat: Wanna Buy a Story?

A 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 18, 1950 Support t Read more ...

Jun 5, 2017 • 35:51

EP2211: Night Beat: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

EP2211: Night Beat: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

A 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 Support the show mo Read more ...

May 29, 2017 • 33:26

EP2205: Night Beat: Old Home Week

EP2205: Night Beat: Old Home Week

Randy takes a short vacation and finds himself mixed up with the wife, ex-wife, and two ex-girlfriends with plenty of malice. Original Air Date: September 4, 1950

May 22, 2017 • 33:42

EP2199: Night Beat: Doctor’s Secret

EP2199: Night Beat: Doctor’s Secret

A 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, 1950 Support the sho Read more ...

May 15, 2017 • 33:09

EP2193: Night Beat: Gunner’s Last Fight

EP2193: Night Beat: Gunner’s Last Fight

A 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

May 8, 2017 • 36:00

EP2187: Night Beat: Old Blind Pop

EP2187: Night Beat: Old Blind Pop

Randy 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 the show monthl Read more ...

May 1, 2017 • 33:25

EP2181: Night Beat: A City at Your Fingertips

EP2181: Night Beat: A City at Your Fingertips

Randy 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 show monthly at

Apr 24, 2017 • 34:42

EP2175: Night Beat: The Devil’s Bible

EP2175: Night Beat: The Devil’s Bible

Randy 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 his body positively identified.

Apr 17, 2017 • 46:22

EP2169: Night Beat: Molly Keller

EP2169: Night Beat: Molly Keller

After 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: July 17, 1950 Sup Read more ...

Apr 10, 2017 • 32:22

EP2163: Night Beat: Old King Death

EP2163: Night Beat: Old King Death

A 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 stuck-up wife in the process Read more ...

Apr 3, 2017 • 36:14

EP2157: Night Beat: Marty

EP2157: Night Beat: Marty

While 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 Support the show m Read more ...

Mar 27, 2017 • 33:46

EP2151: Night Beat: The Juvenile Gangster

EP2151: Night Beat: The Juvenile Gangster

The 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 monthly at

Mar 20, 2017 • 33:41

EP2150: Dragnet: The Big Border

EP2150: Dragnet: The Big Border

Friday and Jacobs search for two convicts who escaped from San Quentin. Original Air Date: March 20, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

Mar 18, 2017 • 32:41

EP2145: Night Beat: Vincent and the Painter

EP2145: Night Beat: Vincent and the Painter

A disgruntled former security guard says his boss at an art gallery killed Vincent. Support the show monthly at

Mar 13, 2017 • 34:41

EP2139: Night Beat: The Football Player and the Syndicate

EP2139: Night Beat: The Football Player and the Syndicate

A 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 t Read more ...

Mar 6, 2017 • 35:17

EP2133: Night Beat: Girl From Kansas

EP2133: Night Beat: Girl From Kansas

Randy 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 Support the show monthly Read more ...

Feb 27, 2017 • 32:05

EP2127: Night Beat: Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer

EP2127: Night Beat: Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer

Randy stumbles upon a mentally disturbed man trying to kill his psychiatrist. Original Air Date: May 29, 1950 Support the show monthly at

Feb 20, 2017 • 36:57

EP2122: Inspector Thorne: Golden Girl Murder Case

EP2122: Inspector Thorne: Golden Girl Murder Case

A famous actress is murdered soon after getting married. Original Air Date: August 3, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Feb 14, 2017 • 37:26

EP2121: Night Beat: I Wish You Were Dead

EP2121: Night Beat: I Wish You Were Dead

Randy 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

Feb 13, 2017 • 34:08

EP2115: Night Beat: The Night Watchman

EP2115: Night Beat: The Night Watchman

Randy 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 monthly at

Feb 6, 2017 • 32:55

EP2109: Night Beat: The Elevator Caper

EP2109: Night Beat: The Elevator Caper

Randy believes a gangster killed an old friend and sets out to prove it. Original Air Date: May 8, 1950 Support the show monthly at

Jan 30, 2017 • 32:16

EP2103: Night Beat: Mentallo, the Mental Marvel

EP2103: Night Beat: Mentallo, the Mental Marvel

\ A brilliant carnival performer can answer any question…except for one. The question of what he was doing on the fifteenth drives him to the point of suicide and Randy ha Read more ...

Jan 23, 2017 • 34:29

EP2097: Night Beat: Tong Water

EP2097: Night Beat: Tong Water

Randy tries to prevent a Tong War in Chinatown.. Original Air Date: April 17, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

Jan 16, 2017 • 33:17

EP2091: Night Beat: I Know Your Secret

EP2091: Night Beat: I Know Your Secret

Randy encounters a woman about to commit suicide after receiving a sinister note and harassing phone calls with the same message, “I know your secret.” Origi Read more ...

Jan 9, 2017 • 32:45

EP2085: Night Beat: Flowers on the Water

EP2085: Night Beat: Flowers on the Water

Randy searches for the lost husband of a dying woman. Original Air Date: March 27, 1950 Support the show monthly at Read more ...

Jan 2, 2017 • 33:19

EP2079: Night Beat: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

EP2079: Night Beat: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

Randy investigates a couple who panic when they hear an escaped convict isn’t caught in a police raid. Original Air Date: March 13, 1950 Support the sho Read more ...

Dec 26, 2016 • 36:34

EP2073: Night Beat: Five Days Off For Christmas

EP2073: Night Beat: Five Days Off For Christmas

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 Read more ...

Dec 19, 2016 • 32:39

EP2067: Nightbeat: The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead

EP2067: Nightbeat: The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead

Randy meets a man in a park who claims to be dead and then they visit a doctor who confirms it. Original Air Date: March, 20, 1950

Dec 12, 2016 • 34:05

EP2061: Night Beat: The Number 13

EP2061: Night Beat: The Number 13

A seventy year-old man robs Randy at gun point and shoots him. Randy survives and sets out to find the robber at the request of the robber’s wife. Original Air Date: March 6, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,…

Dec 5, 2016 • 37:13

EP2055: Night Beat: Girl in the Park

EP2055: Night Beat: Girl in the Park

Randy meets a woman in the park who expects to die when her boyfriend is executed. Original Air Date: February 27, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Nov 28, 2016 • 33:30

EP2049: Night Beat: A World All His Own

EP2049: Night Beat: A World All His Own

A punch-drunk ex-boxing champion dreams of making peace with his ex-wife while living in a fantasy world. Original Air Date: February 20, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Nov 21, 2016 • 33:52

EP2043: Nightbeat: The Night is a Weapon

EP2043: Nightbeat: The Night is a Weapon

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Nov 14, 2016 • 34:03

EP2037: Night Beat: Zero

EP2037: Night Beat: Zero

Lucky Stone has to find a fastidious man who plans to commit suicide at midnight as a result of getting a false terminal diagnosis. Original Air Date: February 6, 1950 Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

Nov 7, 2016 • 33:47

EP2031: Night Beat: The Elevator Caper

EP2031: Night Beat: The Elevator Caper

Lucky Stone’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When he is roughed up by some of the gangster’s men, he gets a gun to hunt him down. Audition Date: January 13, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show…

Oct 31, 2016 • 34:00

EP2025: Night Beat: The Ted Carter Murder Case

EP2025: Night Beat: The Ted Carter Murder Case

Hank Mitchell’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When Hank’s roughed up by some of the gangster’s men, he gets a gun to hunt him down. Audition Date: May 19, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on…

Oct 24, 2016 • 34:20

EP1946s: Nightbeat: Girl in the Park

EP1946s: Nightbeat: Girl in the Park

Randy tries to unravel the secrets of a fearful young woman in a park whose boyfriend is about to be executed. Special Rebroadcast Date: April 23, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read…

Jul 24, 2016 • 0:00

EP1724s: Nightbeat: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

EP1724s: Nightbeat: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

A killer has escaped prison. When a crowd gathers to witness the murderer’s capture, a young couple in trouble captures Randy’s attention. Original Rebroadcast Date: April 30, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…

Nov 8, 2015 • 0:00

EP0610s: Nightbeat: A World of His Own

EP0610s: Nightbeat: A World of His Own

Randy Stone tries to find out what’s wrong with a punch drunk boxer. Encore Air D Read more ...

Feb 25, 2012 • 0:00

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