Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets where this week we're walking through Chicago after dark with intrepid and

inquisitive reporter Randy Stone in one of radio's finest dramas

Night Beat. Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy.

Movie fans may know him as one of the men

menaced by William Tallman in The Hitchhiker

and his Humphrey Bogart's buddy on the police force from In A Lonely Place.

Every night Stone explored the streets of the Windy City in search of a good story for his column, and he found a load of trouble to go along with his byline.

Now, Knight Beat isn't strictly a detective show.

Not every episode involved a mystery for Randy to solve, but plenty of stories

involved the criminal element of Chicago and the desperate men and women caught up in dangerous

situations.

This is a show that's really grown on me over the years, and it now ranks close to the top of

my list of favorite radio shows from any genre. We'll hear a pair of shows from

Nightbeat today in honor of its 70th anniversary. It premiered on NBC back on

February 6th, 1950.

First, we'll hear The Night is a Weapon,

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