Season One
Case 02
Dead Air
A late-night host goes silent mid-broadcast. The last thing he said wasn’t meant for air.
Start with Night Desk — free
5 levels · about 40 minutes
The case
At 2:14 a.m. the station’s biggest voice stopped talking. Eleven seconds of silence went out to forty thousand listeners before the automation cut to music.
His producer is on the line. She has played you the tape. She thinks he was talking to someone in the room.
Part of Season One: $19.99 once for all 9 cases, yours to keep and replay. Cases unlock in order, so Dead Air opens after Night Desk.
Levels · played in order
- 7 min
Off the air
Eleven seconds of silence, and what came just before it.
- 7 min
The producer
She was behind the glass the whole time. Wasn’t she?
- 8 min
Call-in line
A caller who knew too much, too early.
- 8 min
Tape delay
Seven seconds nobody was supposed to hear.
- 9 min
Sign-off
The last broadcast.