“INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES” Multi-Episode Marathon 04 #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio

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Get full-length pulp audiobooks pulp eBooks and old-time radio shows ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD by emailing WeirdDarkness RadioArchives com A creaking door and a chorus of haunting organ music No radio show opening is more memorable for many fans than the one heard on Inner Sanctum Mysteries This disturbing simple salvo led people into thirty minutes of suspense and horror sprinkled with puns from a creepy host all of which can now be heard again in sparkling audio quality from Radio Archives Inner Sanctum Mysteries was the brainchild of producer Himan Brown inspired by the unsettling creaking door in the basement of a studio where he once worked Brown took that inspiration and built around it a formula that lived on beyond the show itself Listeners tuned in every week to hear that door open and be welcomed by the sinister yet often humorous host to join him in a chair near the fire inside the Inner Sanctum for a story sure to chill them to the bone Stories on Inner Sanctum Mysteries originally included both classic and original tales the new stories taking center stage as the show continued With writers like pulp scribes Emile Tepperman and Robert Newman as well as Robert Sloan Milton Lewis and others it is little surprise that Inner Sanctum is still beloved by fans today Utilizing numerous clich s and literary devices Inner Sanctum Mysteries carried listeners into the heart of horror a liberal dose of camp often thrown in Using voices ranging from star Boris Karloff to a veteran crew of New York radio actors Inner Sanctum set the standard for horror programs both on radio and even inspired decades of horror hosts on television Inner Sanctum Mysteries features some of the best of fright terror and fantastic storytelling old time radio has to offer 00 00 00 000 INTRODUCTION00 01 54 794 The Amazing Death of Mrs Putnam January 07 1941 00 27 00 637 Dead Freight May 18 1941 00 51 06 162 Death is a Joker May 25 1941 01 21 51 610 Telltale Heart August 03 1941 01 48 28 747 Hell Is Where You Find It October 09 1941 02 13 42 511 Man From Yesterday December 21 1941 02 43 08 456 Terrible Vengeance June 14 1942 03 08 21 322 Black Seagull March 07 1943 03 38 10 167 Death Across the Board June 06 1943 04 06 45 922 The Skull That Walked April 15 1944 04 35 28 785 Melody of Death April 22 1944 SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS This episode is sponsored by http RadioArchives comWeird Darkness Retro Radio theme by Storyblocks I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https weirddarkness com eternaldarknessWeirdDarkness – is a registered trademark Copyright Weird Darkness 2024 CUSTOM WEBPAGE https weirddarkness com innersanctum-marathon-004Click here to visit this podcast episode