“The murder was recorded,” Murdoch whispered.
As Crabtree led Grundy away, Julia held up the warped cup. “The heat required for this… it’s a marvel of engineering. Tragic, but a marvel.” murdoch mysteries season 16 lossless
“Impossible,” Brackenreid boomed later at the station. “I shook Grundy’s hand at 8:15. The coroner puts Addington’s death at 8:12. Even with your newfangled automobiles, he couldn’t be in two places.” “The murder was recorded,” Murdoch whispered
The only other object of note was a wax cylinder recording still spinning on the phonograph, its needle resting in the groove. Constable Crabtree had already cranked it once. “It’s Mr. Addington’s own voice, sir,” Crabtree said. “He’s giving a lecture about ‘lossless auditory replication’—his obsession.” Tragic, but a marvel
Murdoch was unconvinced. He visited Grundy’s workshop, a cathedral of brass horns and electrical condensers. On a workbench sat two identical metal discs. “For archiving,” Grundy said smoothly. “One master, one duplicate. Lossless transfer.”
Murdoch’s eyes narrowed. “There’s no scorch mark on the carpet, Julia.”
But the problem was the suspect: Addington’s rival, Mr. Silas Grundy, a soft-spoken audio engineer. Grundy had a perfect alibi—he was across town, demonstrating his own “lossless” recording to Inspector Brackenreid and a room full of journalists at the moment of the murder.
