The dream detective

The story opens with a modest historian‑narrator who has been drawn into the orbit of Moris Klaw, a detective famed for his unconventional, almost dream‑like reasoning. When the night attendant at the Menzies Museum is found dead in the elegant Greek Room, the curator Martin Coram rushes the narrator to the scene, describing the grisly tableau with shaking hands and a tossed cigarette. The museum’s layout, its locked private quarters, and the eerie arrangement of the body all hint at a puzzle far beyond a simple theft.

As the narrator gathers clues, Klaw’s reputation for “insane theories” begins to surface, setting the tone for a case that blends meticulous observation with uncanny intuition. Listeners will be led through the shadowed corridors of the museum, the puzzling evidence, and the early steps of an investigation that promises more questions than answers.