 I can't exactly call this a "mystery" tale, though finding out who Helen was could qualify it. This is more of an audio biopic-style tale about four characters. Each one lending their personal story to bridge a relationship to not only one another, but perhaps the audience as well.

Each one is a survivor and each one deals with their survival differently. A suspicious, older woman, who endured Auschwitz and the loss of her family; a kindly worn gentleman whose heart collapsed after his family tragedy, yet was able to rise from the ashes into a seat of wisdom; a young girl whose tragic life led to her own collapse and eventual dispossession from identity; and finally, a beaten and forgotten mother whose unknown tragic life led her to hide herself and her child behind a locked door of abuse and neglect.

Survival is something we rarely talk about, but we ask each other about every day in saying, "How's it going?" or "How was your weekend?"

We all cringe when the response we get to these questions is "Not so good..." because it awakens us from our living slumber of existence in a world where we want everything to be "okay."

The truth is, the real world is merely a fish tank and we are all swimming to survive. "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." is what Dory says in Finding Nemo. We are all surviving and I can bet buttons to bacon that we have all survived "something" that has molded us into whom we are right now.

Our flesh is our armor and we wear our battle scars on the inside and out. We all have them and we all survive.

I think that's the point of this tale and most of the tales of Elspith Eric. While this is not my favorite RMT show of all time, it certainly struck a cord with me enough to remember it. I even remember where I was when I listened to it (driving along a New England shoreline among trees, boats, and beaches trying to find my way back to Route 495).

I gave this show a pretty solid 4.7 as the production was great, acting was superb (though the actress playing Helen always seems to grind my ears after a while). However, the story was a bit thin in some areas. A good story, but a little thin. I blame this on the 45-minute time frame.

I hope it was a decent pick! Best wishes,