Hey, want to hear a PC Game Pass advert?

I'll take your silence as a yes.

Want you games on day one like Call of Duty Black Op 6 or Stalker 2?

I thought so.

How about unlocking all the League of Legends champions when you link your Riot Games account?

All for one low monthly price.

Well, guess what?

We got you.

Learn more at Xbox.com slash PC Game Pass. Stalker to

available November 20th, 2024. Game catalog varies by region and overtime. And yeah, that's the

end of the script. Hi, Mystery Hour listeners. Hope you're all well and enjoying the holidays.

And like you, I'll be taking a break for a couple of weeks.

But don't worry, we will not leave your feed dark. I want to share with you two of my favorite

stories from the mystery hour. Two stories that we actually started off the entire series with,

way before we plugged it into the 90-night feed. So I hope you enjoy it. And have a safe and happy new

year. And I'll see you in 2025.

Hi and welcome to Rabia Jodhry presents The Mystery Hour with the Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen

Mystery Magazines. Our very first story comes to us from the November, December, 2003 edition of the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

Enjoy, A Small Mercy by Alice Hatcher.

I can admit without shame that I was afraid

when I found the sliding glass door between the dining room and patio standing

wide open. If not for the screeching wind and the palm fronds scraping the eaves, the police sirens

...