Episode 191: Death and the Compass

The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society

16-10-2020 • 1 hr 3 mins

The celebration of our fourth anniversary continues with Joshua’s present for Tim, a specially chosen episode of Vanishing Point, “Death and the Compass!” In this adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges’s short story, detective Erik Lönnrot is on the case when a rabbi and has been found murdered. A message found with the body suggests the crime is related to the name of God, and as more murders are reported, a bizarre symmetry begins to emerge. What secret motivated these deaths? Who has created the maze that Lönnrot must navigate? Will you fall down your own rabbit holes after listening to this episode? Listen for yourself and find out!