This is actually based on a true story. Recently, the podcast Unsolved Murders which combines a storytelling narrative with audio drama did an episode on the real case. Audio drama is getting some new life due to podcasting. The thing about the old dramas from the 40s is the dated sound and the organ music, things like that. Now when today's actors do radio drama or podcast drama, it sounds like they are reading the script from the page much like a high school play. The art of voice acting has been lost. That's what they could learn from CBSRMT. It did not sound like 40s and the actors are wonderfully natural while doing the effects and script especially for audio. The awakening of audio drama is great, but I wish they would study this show for it's skill at voice acting. If you turn off the visual on a movie or tv show, they don't sound like they are reading, nor should a podcast/radio drama. CBSRMT is probably one of the best radio drama's ever produced. It's still as good today as it was back then. The  writing, acting, music, narrator and sound effects all come together and the result is golden.