What happens
Suspense presents The Bertillion Method, first broadcast on April 26, 1954, with Charles Boyer in the lead. Alphonse Bertillon, a detective of the French Sûreté, examines a murdered man found wrapped in tar paper and rope near a Paris park. Working from clues in the victim's clothing and a wine cellar's traces, Bertillon identifies the dead man as Charles Télie, an accountant and former convict. He questions the grieving widow and the man's employer, then grows suspicious of a dress shop owner, Monsieur Cabasu. Bertillon and his chief, Inspector Camascas, must decide whether there is enough evidence to justify a search and arrest.
Paris at the turn of the century, in spring
Characters: Alphonse Bertillon, Inspector Camascas, Charles Télie, Mrs. Télie, Monsieur Cabasu, Madame Cabasu, Théo
Listen for: Bertillon's reasoning from small physical clues, such as the sleeve wear, the wine cellar traces and the victim's identity, and his questioning of the suspect at the dinner table
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.