What happens
Commander Rawlings of Scotland Yard investigates the 1942 discovery of a skeleton in the ruins of a Kensington chapel, bombed during the London Blitz. Detectives Hatton and Rawlings work to identify the remains and determine how the woman died. Their inquiries turn to her estranged husband, Harry Dobkin, a fire watcher who was on duty near the chapel. The series Whitehall 1212 presents these case files from Scotland Yard, first aired on November 13, 1951, and this episode is an audition recording.
London, England, in 1941 and 1942, including Scotland Yard, the Black Museum and Kensington
Characters: Commander Rawlings, Detective Inspector Hatton, Keith Simpson, Sergeant McLeod, Harry Dobkin, Rachel Dobkin
Listen for: The discovery of the skeleton in the Kensington chapel ruins and the missing purse traced to Guildford
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.