“INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES” Multi-Episode Marathon 05 #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 Silent Hands May 13 1944 00 27 22 570 Color Blind Formula February 06 1944 00 54 04 079 Desert Death January 09 1945 01 23 28 344 Death Is An Artist January 23 1945 01 53 04 463 Death In Depths February 06 1945 02 22 41 875 No Coffin For The Dead February 20 1945 02 51 22 581 The Bogoak Necklace April 10 1945 03 21 04 222 Judas Cock April 17 1945 03 51 01 269 Song Of The Slasher April 24 1945 04 20 17 344 Girl And The Gallows May 01 1945 04 48 36 847 Black Art May 15 1945 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-005Click here to visit this podcast episode