Diary of a Madman
Description
In a courtroom, Judge Franklin K. Wallace presides over the trial of Peter Simmons, accused of a young woman's murder. Wallace's wife Estelle, uneasy about her husband's behavior, discovers his diary, filled with chilling confessions. Her determination to find the truth brings her husband to the stand, where he finally confesses.
Judge Franklin K. Wallace runs the murder trial of Peter Simmons, who stands accused of killing a young woman. When Wallace's wife Estelle grows worried about how her husband is acting, she finds his diary full of scary confessions. Estelle decides she must uncover the truth, which leads to her husband taking the witness stand and finally admitting what he did.
A mentally unstable judge commits murders while believing he's "obeying the laws of nature." He later presides over trials of innocents accused of his own crimes while maintaining a hidden diary documenting his violent acts in a locked desk drawer.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.
Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 4.0. Updated Jul 16, 2026.
