A Confidential Agent: Poison in the Air | Elder Noir Mystery by Nick McCarty Part 3

Описание: 🎙️ Episode Title: Poison in the Air - Part #3
📋 Show: A Confident Agent
🎵 Gerene: Classic Old Time Radio Noir, Murder Mystery, Drama, Detective, Full Episode, Audio Drama.
🎙️ Starring: Liz Parker – voiced by Rosemary Martin
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🕵️ Fear travels fastest when it fits in an envelope.

In this emotional and chilling third episode of the BBC noir drama A Confidential Agent, Liz Parker investigates a disturbing case at a quiet elderly housing community in Sparkwick.

Poison pen letters are driving a wedge between neighbors. Secrets, shame, and isolation leave the elderly residents frightened — and Liz finds herself unearthing not just a criminal but a culture of silence, pride, and painful estrangement.

💌 Who is sending the anonymous threats? Why do the letters know intimate secrets? And why is everyone too scared to talk?

🔍 Core Mystery
A peaceful elderly community in Sparkwick is shaken when anonymous poison pen letters begin circulating — cruel, threatening, and full of unnerving personal details. Liz Parker is hired reluctantly by the community’s vicar to investigate quietly. But her biggest obstacle isn’t the culprit — it’s the silence, shame, and unresolved trauma of the residents themselves.

Amid these delicate lives, Liz finds lost love, bitter regret, and a fragile humanity that must be coaxed into the light. Sometimes, the poison in the air isn’t just in ink — it’s what we bury in ourselves.

🎭 Key Suspenseful Moments
The vicar’s sheepish confession about the letters
Liz interviews multiple elderly residents, facing stonewalling and paranoia
A dramatic reveal: letters prey on family secrets and personal shame
Emotional confrontation with Miss Bryce about estrangement from her family
Liz’s own reflection on her sacrifices for her aging father
The final twist: the source of the letters is not malice… but loneliness

🎙️ Main Cast:
Liz Parker – Rosemary Martin
Antrobus – John Moffatt
Miss Bryce – Margaret Courtenay
Gloria – Joanna Mackie
Reverend Williams – David Garth
Billy – Keith Drinkel
Alice – Jane Knowles

⏱️ Episode Highlights (Timestamps)
Timestamp Segment Title
00:00 – Opening narration: grey Monday in Birmingham
02:40 – Liz demands real cases from Antrobus
06:15 – A vicar brings a delicate request — poison pen letters
13:30 – First interviews with residents at “The Sunshine Homes”
18:40 – One survivor reads the cruel anonymous note aloud
25:15 – Liz uncovers tensions, grudges, and buried resentments
32:00 – Emotional confession: a resident gave up family for pride
36:10 – A heartbreaking monologue about duty and lost youth
41:00 – The truth comes out: who sent the letters, and why
45:00 – Final reflection: “In the city, no one listens anymore…”

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