Night Cry

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · Apr 25, 2026 · 30m

Originally Aired: October 7, 1948

Suspense #310, "Night Cry," finds Detective Lieutenant Mark Duglin nursing a bitter grudge after being passed over for promotion in favor of his colleague, now Captain Knight. The department believes Duglin is too much of a lone wolf, too quick with his fists, and unwilling to work as part of the modern investigative team. When a murder occurs at an upscale gambling club - a man named L.O. Morrison stabbed to death after a fight - Duglin sees it as an open-and-shut case. The victim had brawled with Candel Payne, a war hero, earlier that evening, and Payne has…