Case of the Inoperative Wireless

This time in its history, Scotland Guard opens its official files to bring you the true stories of some of its most baffling cases. These are the true stories.

Research for Whitehall 1212 comes from Percy Hoskins, Chief Crime Reporter of the London Daily Express. The stories for Radio are written and directed by Willis Cooper. Now here is the custodian of Scotland Yard's famous black museum, Chief Superintendent John Davidson.

Good afternoon. Now here is what rejoiced under the name of a wireless set. It doesn't look a great deal like one, doesn't it? As a matter of fact, I never did hear that this wireless set ever brought in any programs.

Of course, it's true that there were no radio programs for it to bring in when it was constructed. But I never heard that it brought in any wireless messages, either. Although I'm told that there were plenty of them.

Now, I'm afraid this invention was completed with the sole intention of selling it, whether it worked or not. And it is true also that it did something. It helped start a man on his way to the hangman.

You see, he was a murderer as well as an inventor. I shall ask Inspector George Wells, and you in quite well, to tell you about him. Yes, I knew him. Tom Addison, the first time I ever heard of him was when he died. I mean, he said I never knew him when he was alive and I never saw the man, but I got quite well acquainted with

Tom and his habits, of course. I must agree that that's not uncommon with many of the professional acquaintances of a man in my job. They're either dead when you run across them or sometimes dead soon afterwards.