Experiment 6-R

Originally Aired: September 22, 1949 Suspense #351, "Experiment 6-R," Morris Brandt has spent twelve long years as assistant manager at the Carlton Plaza Hotel, enduring daily humiliation at the hands of his boss, Paul Koblenz. Each afternoon at precisely 3:15, Brandt must perform a degrading ritual: delivering coffee, unlocking the liquor cabinet with Koblenz's key, and serving brandy while being reminded of his subordinate position. When Koblenz coldly informs Brandt that advancement is impossible as long as he's alive, and that he's a very healthy man who plans to live a long time, something inside Brandt begins to change. The grinding frustration of being capable yet trapped, of being too successful for his own good, builds to a breaking point. As Brandt addresses a distinguished gathering of scientists from a special clinic, he hints at the dark irony of his situation and promises to reveal his role in the mysterious Experiment 6-R. The tension mounts as he recounts his story, suggesting that desperate ambition and years of suppressed rage may have led him down an extraordinary and possibly sinister path.