in the dimly lit room, the theory of the missing radio waves took a new turn, leading us down a path where we had to omit no detail, no matter how seemingly irrelevant. after a thorough preexplication of the events leading up to the blackout, it became evident we needed to restart our investigation from scratch, focusing on the hidden messages encoded in the static between stations. this case, like the radio itself, was more about tuning into the right frequency than finding a tangible object hidden away.