A Challenge for the Dead

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "A Challenge for the Dead" is a Mystery from Friday, April 18, 1975.

The episode centers on a cold case from two decades prior involving a murdered priest. Police officer Johnny Gordon remains convinced that Mike Perry, now a powerful crime boss, committed the killing during a church robbery. Though Gordon and Perry were once friends and both pursued the same woman—now Gordon's wife Claire—their past creates tension. Claire struggles to comprehend her husband's almost fanatic desire to convict Mike and becomes further bewildered when she unexpectedly encounters Perry again.