The Perfectionist

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · Jul 22, 2026 · 29m

Originally Aired: January 21, 1952

Suspense #457, "The Perfectionist," follows an unnamed narrator who has committed what he believes to be the perfect murder. After meticulously planning each step, including transporting his victim's body in a specially designed trunk to a city 90 miles away, his flawless scheme begins to unravel due to a baggage clerk's error at the train station. The trunk containing the body has been mistakenly delivered to another family, the Granicks, while their trunk was given to him.

Desperate to recover his trunk before the body is discovered, the narrator poses as…