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Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/6172994/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>TV &amp; Film</category><copyright>Copyright Radio Shows of the Past!</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg</url><title>Nightbeat Radio Show!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightbeat-radio-show--6172994</link></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 09:49:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. 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Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"/><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"><itunes:category text="Film History"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>I Wish You Were Dead</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-wish-you-were-dead--59954076</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954076</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:26:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954076/night_beat_1950_05_22_16_i_wish_you_were_dead.mp3" length="3996472" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6/5e609468-f2ac-4951-8f71-823648ce2fe6.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1765</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Old Blind Pop</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-blind-pop--59954077</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954077</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:26:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954077/night_beat_1950_08_07_27_old_blind_pop.mp3" length="3962535" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634/28828c7d-8e40-49dc-898f-a3002adc6634.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1750</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Twill be the Death of Me</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/twill-be-the-death-of-me--59954078</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954078</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954078/night_beat_1950_07_10_23_twill_be_the_death_of_me.mp3" length="28384957" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834/bc9b2258-37dc-43b4-bd3b-43da64fcf834.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1772</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Gunner's Last Fight</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/gunner-s-last-fight--59954079</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954079</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954079/night_beat_1950_08_14_28_gunner_s_last_fight.mp3" length="6947081" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a/5bb37cc4-9b7e-40a8-8bab-d183f0a0706a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1734</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hunter Becomes the Hunted</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hunter-becomes-the-hunted--59954080</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954080</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954080/night_beat_1950_09_11_32_the_hunter_becomes_the_hunted.mp3" length="6984095" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7/5a00d701-7b8b-4bd2-a5e6-179906c67bd7.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1736</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Girl in the Park</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-in-the-park--59954081</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954081</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954081/night_beat_1950_02_27_4_the_girl_in_the_park.mp3" length="7117727" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c/1cf370e1-eab6-4f2c-bff0-fe64020fd72c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1769</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Night Watchman</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-watchman--59954082</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954082</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954082/night_beat_1950_05_15_15_the_night_watchman.mp3" length="23669235" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0/2856f2b7-67c1-4626-8506-767be7954af0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1480</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Juvenile Gangster</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-juvenile-gangster--59954083</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954083</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:24:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954083/night_beat_1950_06_26_21_the_juvenile_gangster.mp3" length="3894449" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e/4e709b0f-cef1-4bdb-8e21-1be48076950e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1720</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Elevator Caper</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/elevator-caper--59954084</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954084</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:24:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954084/night_beat_1950_05_08_14_elevator_caper.mp3" length="7518963" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75/0db5c2f7-d781-4444-a2ac-9cd9ac4e9f75.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1869</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>City at Your Fingertips</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/city-at-your-fingertips--59954085</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954085</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:24:29 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954085/night_beat_1950_07_31_26_city_at_your_fingertips.mp3" length="28303036" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020/62ff7c95-bfb0-4fea-912c-5969fb7b8020.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1767</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Marty</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/marty--59954086</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954086</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954086/night_beat_1950_07_03_22_marty.mp3" length="3288841" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1449</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Molly Keller</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/molly-keller--59954087</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954087</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:24:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954087/night_beat_1950_07_17_24_molly_keller.mp3" length="28371988" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1771</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Flowers on the Water</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/flowers-on-the-water--59954088</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954088</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:23:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954088/night_beat_1950_03_27_8_flowers_on_the_water.mp3" length="7090209" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1758</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/49c9a07c1055b5fde872c32d4387e517.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>I Know Your Secret</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-know-your-secret--59954089</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954089</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:23:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954089/night_beat_1950_04_10_10_i_know_your_secret.mp3" length="7355696" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1837</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Girl From Kansas</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-from-kansas--59954090</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954090</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:23:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954090/night_beat_1950_06_05_18_the_girl_from_kansas.mp3" length="3406324" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1502</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Am I My Brother's Keeper</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/am-i-my-brother-s-keeper--59954091</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954091</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:23:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954091/night_beat_1950_03_13_6_am_i_my_brother_s_keeper.mp3" length="7023837" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1754</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Vincent &amp; The Painter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/vincent-the-painter--59954092</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954092</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:22:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954092/night_beat_1950_06_19_20_vincent_the_painter.mp3" length="3392519" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1496</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mentalo The Mental Marvel</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mentalo-the-mental-marvel--59954093</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954093</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:22:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954093/night_beat_1950_05_01_13_mentalo_the_mental_marvel.mp3" length="3351105" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1477</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Wanna Buy a Story</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wanna-buy-a-story--59954094</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954094</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:22:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954094/night_beat_1950_09_18_33_wanna_buy_a_story.mp3" length="28384114" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1772</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Man Who Claimed To Be Dead</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-who-claimed-to-be-dead--59954095</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954095</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:22:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954095/night_beat_1950_03_20_7_the_man_who_claimed_to_be_dead.mp3" length="14210336" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1771</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/49c9a07c1055b5fde872c32d4387e517.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A World All of His Own</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-world-all-of-his-own--59954096</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954096</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:22:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954096/night_beat_1950_02_20_3_a_world_all_of_his_own.mp3" length="7011355" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1751</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Doctor's Secret</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/doctor-s-secret--59954097</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954097</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:21:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954097/night_beat_1950_08_21_29_doctor_s_secret.mp3" length="6995261" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1738</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Number 13</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/number-13--59954098</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954098</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:21:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954098/night_beat_1950_03_06_5_number_13.mp3" length="7145682" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1776</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/49c9a07c1055b5fde872c32d4387e517.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/harlan-matthews-stamp-dealer--59954099</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954099</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:21:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954099/night_beat_1950_05_29_17_harlan_matthews_stamp_dealer.mp3" length="6867323" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1714</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Zero</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/zero--59954101</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954101</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:21:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954101/night_beat_1950_02_06_1_zero.mp3" length="14187656" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1777</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/49c9a07c1055b5fde872c32d4387e517.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Football Player and the Syndicate</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/football-player-and-the-syndicate--59954102</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954102</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:21:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954102/night_beat_1950_06_12_19_football_player_and_the_syndicate.mp3" length="6176810" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1534</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Night Is A Weapon</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-is-a-weapon--59954103</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954103</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:20:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954103/night_beat_1950_02_13_2_the_night_is_a_weapon.mp3" length="4092682" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1800</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tong War</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tong-war--59954104</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954104</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954104/night_beat_1950_04_17_11_tong_war.mp3" length="7504642" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1866</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Devil's Bible</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-s-bible--59954105</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954105</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:20:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954105/night_beat_1950_07_24_25_the_devil_s_bible.mp3" length="28557149" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1783</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Old Home Week</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-home-week--59954100</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59954100</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59954100/night_beat_1950_09_04_31_old_home_week.mp3" length="6997203" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but <i>Night Beat</i> also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.Radio historian John Dunning described <i>Nightbeat</i> as a "superior series", carried by vivid writing and Lovejoy's sympathetic performance.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Ripperologist</i> editor Paul Begg offered this description of the series:Broadcast on NBC, <i>Nightbeat</i> ... starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the <i>Chicago Star</i>, looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn't. It is generally regarded as a "quality" show, and it stands up extremely well.<br /><br />Frank Lovejoy (1914–1962) isn't remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to cover much in a short time. There was a good supporting cast, orchestra and sound effects. "The Slasher," broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1747</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e956db90546200a6b33dad387439fcd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
