Sleepwalker

On a moonless night in a grand Victorian mansion, a woman wakes to find herself standing in her husband's study, blood on her hands and a terrible crime waiting to be discovered. But she has no memory of how she arrived there—or what she may have done. As CBS Radio Mystery Theater unfolds this chilling tale, listeners are drawn into a labyrinth of suspicion, psychological torment, and desperate denial. Is she a murderer who has lost herself to unconscious rage, or the victim of an elaborate frame? With each commercial break, the mystery deepens, voices grow more strained, and the line between nightmare and reality dissolves. The sound design of wind rattling windowpanes, the ominous creak of floorboards, and the intimate whisper of the narrator create an atmosphere thick with dread—the kind that makes you check your own doors before bed.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater* arrived in 1974 as a nostalgic return to the golden age of radio drama, yet it brought contemporary sophistication to the format. Though this particular episode draws its scenario from familiar noir territory, the production sophistication and psychological depth set it apart from its 1940s predecessors. For over a decade, the show became a beacon for audiences seeking escape from television's bright predictability, proving that radio's power to unsettle and intrigue remained undiminished. "Sleepwalker" exemplifies the series' gift for exploring the darker recesses of the human mind—where guilt and innocence become impossible to distinguish, and the night reveals truths the daylight keeps hidden.

Don't miss *Sleepwalker*. Tune in tonight and discover whether some journeys through the dark can ever lead back to innocence.