The Black Room

The Man abducted by Mr. Zee and Mr. Kay is not really expected to survive in The Black Room without light or diversions—all the others have died or gone insane. But for 26 days The Man survives, relying on a very small mouse with whom he shares his limited rations, and Mr. Zee must decide whether to release him so that he may share his secret with The Others. The secret of survival when all hope seems lost is companionship.

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.

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