What happens
Reginald Parker, a stage actor famous for playing a murderer, meets April Manby on a train to Brighton. She invites him to a Christmas party at her family's house, where he is introduced to her parents and to a police inspector. Shortly afterward the Lord Mayor of Brighton is found strangled, and Parker's name and his play, The Brighton Strangler, draw the attention of the people around him. The story is presented as a radio drama of the series Suspense, starring John Loder and June Duprez.
Brighton, England, around Christmas, with scenes in a London theatre and a Brighton hotel and house
Characters: Reginald Parker, April Manby, Dr. Manby, Chief Inspector, Sheldon, Edward
Listen for: Parker's reactions to the Lord Mayor's murder and the inspector's remarks about crime and the play
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.