Zero Hour: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (February 2, 1954)

“Zero Hour” is an episode of Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Barry Craig, a confidential investigator, is hired by Evan Parker to reinvestigate a two-year-old ski accident in which Parker's wife Jean was severely injured and paralyzed. The accident occurred when someone tampered with Jean's ski straps on a steep slope. Now, with all the suspects gathered at the ski lodge for the anniversary weekend, Craig must uncover the truth behind the sabotage while facing warnings and threats from those who want the case left buried.

A ski lodge and village in snow country during winter, two years after a ski accident that left a woman paralyzed.

Characters: Barry Craig, Evan Parker, Tom Cooper, Alan Loomis, Wilma West, Jean Parker

Listen for: A case of attempted murder disguised as an accident, with multiple suspects who have motives and reasons to want the investigation stopped. Craig faces a bullet through his window and repeated warnings to abandon the case.

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.