What happens
Anton Rejek, a blind musician living in a boarding house, is drawn into a murder investigation after landlady Mrs. Washburn calls the police to the house. Nancy Collins, a young actress, has been stabbed in her room, and the household members are questioned, including her fiancé Danny Farrell and her mother Edna Collins. Rejek begins to explain what he heard the night before, relying on his acute sense of sound to piece together events. Suspense is presented by Roma Wines, with Paul Lucas starring in the story A World of Darkness, first broadcast on January 20, 1944.
A boarding house in a city, where a young woman has been murdered in her room.
Characters: Anton Rejek, Nancy Collins, Danny Farrell, Edna Collins, Mrs. Washburn, Lieutenant, France, Miss Walker
Listen for: Anton Rejek's account of the sounds he heard the night before, which reveals how he understood what happened in the house.
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.