It appears to me that the middle also bypasses the resistor - you have both sides of the resistor connected together (confirm this with a multimeter).
What value resistor are you using?
I grabbed 100K ohm but I realize now I should be using 100 ohm. Is the first actually now correct but I simply used too large of a resistor?
Draw your circuit on paper first. And share that with us if it doesn't work. Trying to figure out your photos where wires leave and come into the photo makes a difficult task even harder.
Is this more helpful?
Edit: I think I answered my own question. Popped in a 220ohm resistor and the sound was a bit muted but it worked properly with the "1st" layout.