Whitehall 1212
The Man Who Murdered His Wife
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Whitehall 1212 is a police drama set in London’s Scotland Yard. Its title refers to the telephone number for the Yard’s Black Museum, where Chief Superintendent John Davidson presents cases connected with objects kept in the collection.
Each broadcast frames a crime story around one of those objects. Davidson introduces its history, then the drama follows the investigation and the people involved, bringing police work and criminal motives into focus. The format combines a presenter’s account with acted scenes rather than unfolding as a conventional detective’s ongoing personal story.
The series has a sober, documentary-minded tone, with the Black Museum setting lending its mysteries an unsettling sense of reality. This episode is titled “The Man Who Murdered His Wife.”
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.