Strange Vision: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (January 19, 1954)

“Strange Vision” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 19, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig takes an undercover job at Dexter Dean's small chemical plant in Ohio after Dean hires him to investigate a series of mysterious fires that have plagued the facility. With four fires of undetermined origin occurring since September and insurance threatened with revocation, Craig must work among the plant's limited staff while posing as a new employee to uncover whether sabotage is at play.

A small chemical plant in Greensville, Ohio, and the town surrounding it in the 1950s.

Characters: Barry Craig, Dexter Dean, Ben Marlow, Clyde Tawler, Marcia

Listen for: Tension builds as Craig observes workplace conflicts and romantic rivalries among the plant employees, setting the stage for his investigation into the sabotage mystery.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.