“INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES” Multi-Episode Marathon 09 #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 Make Ready My Grave April 23 1946 00 31 33 732 You Could Die Laughing May 07 1946 01 01 14 626 Detour to Terror May 21 1946 01 30 48 100 Eight Steps to Murder June 04 1946 02 00 25 568 I Want To Report a Murder June 18 1046 02 30 03 844 Murder Comes at Midnight August 09 1946 LOW QUALITY02 55 14 815 Dead Laugh September 23 1946 LOW QUALITY03 21 08 827 No Rest For The Dead November 25 1946 03 48 30 221 Death Bound February 03 1947 04 18 17 845 Terror By Night May 19 1947 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-009Click here to visit this podcast episode