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Actually, Mystery Playhouse, hosted by Peter Lorre. A man has such a vivid nightmare of murder that he goes to report it to his brother in-law, who is a policeman. Vince even has a button that he claims to have torn from his assailant, and a key. How could it be just a dream? Despite the emotion, the cop is too jaded to believe the story.
The teletypes spring into action to report a murder, and Vince is allowed to go along with his brother-in-law, Cliff. Everything in the nightmare matches the details of the crime scene. Now Cliff turns on him, trying to slap the truth out of him. What a buddy, good thing this is before the days of police brutality laws. Sane heads prevail when the local sheriff helps out with further details of the crime, actually a double murder.
Details of the murder begin to form the background story. Is Vince’s nightmare actually that, or is he experiencing a mental block? Can a hypnotist release him from his amnesia? Or has someone been playing mind games to make Vince think he committed murder? Regardless, the question remains, if it wasn’t Vince, then who?
