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For many people, Friday the 13th brings a feeling of pending misfortune. But our Miss Brooks, who teaches English at Madison High School, doesn’t believe in such superstition. 

Who's been sending romantic poetry to Harriet Conklin? Our Miss Brooks manages to keep pretty busy teaching English at Madison High School but in spite of her preoccupation with her own subject, she’s managed to find quite a bit of time lately to pursue the study of biology.

Mrs. Davis uses $25 intended to be deposited in the school savings account to buy Miss Brooks a new dress. Miss Brooks, the English teacher at Madison High School, has been busy, but not busy enough for the warden. She ends up taking responsibility for the students' money with disastrous consequences.

There's going to be a grudge fight between Walter Denton and Stretch Snodgrass over the hand of fair Harriet Conklin. Walter and Stretch were the best of friends until one night when Walter found out that his best friend had been to the movies with his girlfriend Harriet.

Miss Brooks babysits, which gives everyone the idea that she's sharing a love nest with Mr. Boynton! Although our Miss Brooks teaches English at Madison High School, her problems, like those of any other teacher, aren’t always confined to purely scholastic ones. There’s Mr. Philip Boynton for instance, the biology teacher for whom Miss Brooks is extremely fond. And who in return lavishes his affection on his frogs and guinea pigs.

Charlie owed Joe Sligo $3000 from his gambling and Sligo’s motto was pay up or die. Charlie has a family and kids to think about and has been in debt for 6 months. Now he turns to Randy Stone for help. Randy Stone knows that the police are looking for Sligo and tells Charlie his only hope is to let the police know where Sligo is.

It was a busy Wednesday night. Barnes on the city desk asked me to lend a hand, and I filled in for a couple of hours. I'd just finished taking notes over the headphones, when the switchboard buzzed me with a personal.

Night is when the city comes alive full of promise. Randy stood on the corner watching the world go by, cataloguing each and every person and happening, when a car came by and clipped a guy holding a black case, knocking him over. Randy went to help him, but he was okay and disappeared into the street into a bar called the Glamour Palace. Randy followed him, realizing that he had the guy’s hat.

It wasn’t much of a story, just an obituary. Mrs. Martha Orloff, age 62, scrub woman, death by natural causes, heart failure. But what’s natural about killing yourself with a scrubbing brush? It would have only been a two-line obit if the other scrubwoman hadn’t stopped him on his way out of the building.

Randy didn’t have to go and look for his story tonight; it came in over the Teletype. Charles Keller died today in the state penitentiary after serving 14 years of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife, Molly Keller, a quiet woman, worked in the offices of the Chicago Star as a humble cleaner. Keller died still denying any knowledge of the $650,000 payroll robbery in the sensation of 14 years ago.

Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. Just when Randy has given up on a story for the night, he stumbles across an old man in a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare. The old man has no money, so Randy pays the fare but is surprised when the gentle-looking old man, Alfred Wyman, says he has to go to kill Miss Gleeson.

Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide, and more! An alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession...a confession to the crime of murder.

A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star, searching through the city for strange stories waiting for him in the darkness. This one began with young love and ended with old death.

For Randy Stone of the Chicago Star, stories begin in many ways. This one began with a Halloween killing and ended with sweet revenge.

Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. This leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution.

As we look in on 321 Bundy Drive, Sheridan Falls, it's late afternoon. Liz is just arriving home from her club meeting and is met at the door by George. Liz has had a very educational day at the club today. They had a lecture on older people and how they can be kept happy and useful, but as Liz has no hobbies, the lecturer pointed out that she's on a slippery slope to being lonely and unhappy when she gets older. So she's going to get a hobby!

George's new secretary has a crush on him, and Liz's old love letters aren't of much help.

Liz fakes a cold to fool George's mother, but the plan backfires and the whole neighborhood thinks the Coopers are expecting.

Liz and Iris are determined to learn how to play baseball. It’s the bank's day out on Sunday, and the employees of the bank have been divided in to baseball teams. George is captain of one of them and Mt Atturbury is captain of the other one. However, they won’t be playing this year, as a new rule means that you can’t play unless your wife plays. Liz and Iris take it upon themselves to ring the bank and put themselves forward, even though they know very little about baseball!

As we look in on lazy little Sheridan Falls, the hometown of the Coopers, we find many signs that summer’s over. The leaves are turning red, the Coopers are turning their faces toward home after their summer vacation, and Liz is hoping all her friends will turn green when they see how she has turned brown....