The Abandoned Room

In the crumbling manor known as the Cedars, twenty‑year‑old Katherine Perrine finds herself alone with her reclusive great‑uncle Silas on a night when the house seems to breathe dread. The wind rattles the chimneys, shadows flicker across the fire, and Silas’s trembling hands and whispered mutterings hint at a fear that runs deeper than the creaking floorboards. As the old man refuses to leave the ancestral home, he mutters about a forthcoming change to his will, a modest annuity for Katherine, and a looming legal settlement that threatens to upend the family’s fragile peace.

Meanwhile, Bobby Blackburn, Katherine’s cousin, remains in New York, haunted by the recent, mysterious death of his own grandfather at the Cedars. When Katherine finally confides her unsettling night to him, both cousins are thrust into a web of suspicion, strained loyalties, and an atmosphere thick with hidden motives. Listeners are invited to linger in the oppressive silence of the manor, piecing together clues that may reveal whether the danger is a tangible threat or a product of frightened minds.