What happens
John Keeler, recently released from a sanitarium, suspects his wife Helen and his business partner Bill Sloan of betraying him. Following a series of suspicious events, Keeler sets out to take revenge, carefully planning an alibi while Bill and Helen spend an evening together at the house on the cliff. Inner Sanctum Mysteries is a radio series, and this episode, Boomerang, first aired on November 20, 1945. The story is narrated in the first person by Keeler himself, who recounts his growing mistrust and his scheme.
New York City, a house on a cliff outside the city, and a train and airplane journey to Buffalo.
Characters: John Keeler, Helen Keeler, Bill Sloan, Inspector Jerome, William Bates, Miss Jackson
Listen for: Keeler's narration of his growing suspicion of his wife and partner, and his plan to use a business trip as an alibi.
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.