“The Man in 206” from Dark Venture was brought to us by our generous Patreon subscriber Greg, who joins us as our guest! In this story, a landlord suspects that one of his tenants is the murderous madman known as “The Executioner!” Can he convince the inspector who lives in the building of his suspicions? What about the reporter who has also taken a room? Does every superhero have an app named after them? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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The song sounds like “Temptation” by Bing Crosby:
https://youtu.be/3qAshUH7ySc
Yep, Temptation! Great song, riveting episode of radio.
The story is well written, but like many stories from it’s time it suffers from the immense stigma surrounding mental illness. People with schizophrenia are assumed to be dangerous killers like the Executioner, in part because that’s how they’re almost always portrayed in media. But in real life, they are ten times more likely to be the victim of violent crime than to be the criminal. Unfortunately, we are only beginning to move past this perception even today, with media still using mental illness as an easy shorthand for evil.
That’s true about the stereotyping of mentally ill people, particularly in horror movies. However, in horror movies a lot of the time, it’s usually the main protagonist who is mentally ill, or being driven mentally ill by forces beyond their control. This was a good, intense, suspenseful story with some genuinely creepy moments and an interesting twist to it—it was good right up to the very end.
I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a lot of the time. There are vastly more instances where the mentally ill are the villains, or minions of the villains.