COMICS, OLD-TIME RADIO and OTHER COOL STUFF: Random Thoughts about pre-digital Pop Culture, covering subjects such as pulp fiction, B-movies, comic strips, comic books and old-time radio. WRITTEN BY TIM DEFOREST. EDITED BY MELVIN THE VELOCIRAPTOR. New content published every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
Night Beat: "Bomb on the Denver Plane" 9/4/52
Someone calls Randy with a tip that someone has planted a bomb aboard a passenger plane. The plane is evacuated before it blows up--leaving a piece of leather as the only clue to the bomber's identity.
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Night Beat: "The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead" 3/20/50
Randy meets a man who claims to be dead, though he is still walking and talking. A doctor says he has no heartbeat and an undertaker claims to have buried him. Is Randy going nuts or is there a logical explanation hidden away somewhere?
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Night Beat: "The Will of Mrs. Orloff" 6/1/51
Randy gets stuck with the task of telling a man his mother has died. She was a dirt-poor cleaning woman, so it's something of a surprise when a bank book in her name with $50,000 in the account turns up.
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Night Beat: "Jukebox Romance" 5/18/51
A drawf newspaper vender, a jukebox girl, and a ham actor mix together into a strange love triangle.
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Night Beat: "Gunner's Last Fight" 8/14/50
A washed-up boxer tries to make a comeback. Gangsters want him to throw the fight and his gold-digging wife wants him to take the fall and pocket the cash. But he is determined to fight to win. Even if it kills him.
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