“INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES” Multi-Episode Marathon 10 #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 YOUTUBE TIME STAMPS 00 00 00 000 INTRODUCTION00 01 54 794 Over My Dead Body June 23 1947 00 26 33 106 Till Death Do Us Part October 27 1947 00 55 25 238 Death Out Of Mind December 29 1947 01 19 37 154 Tempo In Blood January 12 1948 01 44 00 097 Magic Tile March 08 1948 02 08 12 114 Lady Killer March 29 1948 02 32 40 929 The Corpse Laughs Last June 28 1948 02 58 18 135 Death Demon July 05 1948 03 28 00 959 Eyes Of My Murderer July 19 1948 03 53 29 093 Murder Takes A Honeymoon July 26 1948 04 17 39 242 Murder Ship August 02 1948 04 42 54 281 House Of Doom AFR Version August 09 1948 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-010Click here to visit this podcast episode