CUE CLUES

The Murder in Studio B

A Three-Part Murder Mystery for the CUE Broadcast Newsletter

Part 1: The Feed That Froze 

Christine was the first to notice it. 

It was 9:42 PM. She was preparing a late-night affiliate report when the Studio B camera feed froze mid- broadcast. Not a glitch, just a perfect still frame of the studio… and someone lying on the floor. 

Rachel rushed to pull the security footage, but it was corrupted. Janet called building security. No alarms had been triggered. Yet when they opened Studio B, the body of Skip, the night engineer, was found cold and lifeless, a single CUE mic cord wrapped around his wrist.   

The only thing written on the glass whiteboard behind him?   

“SIGN OFF” in red ink.