Inner Sanctum Mysteries | Old Time Radio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Corpse Is Lonely,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 30, 1949. Episode 424 of the long-running anthology was produced and directed by Himan Brown, with Paul McGrath as host.

When Smitty finds a bottle holding part of an old map, he and Julie are drawn into a perilous search for pirate treasure near the remote Jellicoe Lighthouse. Larry Haines stars as Smitty and Barbara Weeks as Julie in this tense coastal mystery by writer John Robert.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
26:29 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Wailing Wall,” originally broadcast November 6, 1945. Episode 244 of the CBS series stars Boris Karloff as Gabriel Hornell and was written by Milton Lewis.

On a fog-bound Manhattan waterfront, firemen rescue an elderly man from the blaze consuming the long-isolated Hornell mansion. As the old house’s history emerges, an unhappy marriage, a guarded secret, and a strange sound that has haunted its owner for decades cast a chilling shadow. Paul McGrath hosts this Himan Brown production.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Amazing Death of Mrs Putnam,” originally broadcast January 7, 1941. Episode 1 of the series, this NBC Blue Network premiere is hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson.

When a frightened woman telephones police from the Putnam house on Maple Street, Detectives Jeff Hansen and Ed “Porky” Lamb arrive to find an unsettling contradiction: Martha Putnam is said to have died hours earlier. As they question the household in the gloomy old home, small inconsistencies point toward a deeper mystery. The original broadcast includes Carter’s Little Liver Pills commercials.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
25:58 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Ghost in the Garden,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 10, 1947. Episode 305 was directed and produced by Himan Brown and features Lesley Woods, Berry Kroeger, and Santos Ortega.

At a family estate shadowed by an old rose garden, Laura’s returning uncle plans to sell the property she believes should be hers. As tensions rise, strange scents, an unsettling visitor, and rumors of a ghost turn the house into a place of suspicion and dread.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
26:01 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Dead Laugh,” originally broadcast on September 23, 1946. This CBS/Bromo-Seltzer episode is cataloged as episode 285 of the series and is also known as “Ghosts Always Get the Last Laugh.”

Judge Richard Thornton is troubled by the mocking laughter of a murderer he sentenced to death. As tensions mount at home and a new nurse enters his life, guilt, fear, and an unsettling possibility from beyond the grave begin to shadow every corner. Featuring Mercedes McCambridge and Santos Ortega, this psychological supernatural mystery was directed and produced by Himan Brown.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
26:51 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Rides a Riptide,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 6, 1948. Cataloged as episode 387, this Bromo-Seltzer-sponsored installment was written by Louis Vittes and features Everett Sloane and Mercedes McCambridge.

At a seaside cliff house, a newly married woman receives an unsettling message connected to her husband’s first wife, who drowned. A desperate blackmail letter soon brings suspicion and danger to the couple’s new home as the surf pounds the rocky shoreline.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
25:34 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Skull That Walked,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 15, 1944. Episode 172 is also known by the alternate title “The Walking Skull.”

At the remote Cruz estate, Carl and Lucille Cruz uncover a human skull while planting trees on their grounds. When caretaker Spears warns that the land may be an old burial ground, Carl dismisses him—but the grim discovery begins appearing where it should not, unsettling Carl’s fragile brother Arthur. Berry Kroeger, Lesley Woods, and Alan Devitt star in this macabre tale of superstition and family tension.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Judas Clock,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 17, 1945. This is episode 224 of the series, written by Christopher Mayo and directed by Himan Brown.

Clockmaker Sebastian Packer is asked to restore a huge, silent Italian Renaissance timepiece—and recognizes it as the dreaded Judas Clock, an object tied to thirty pieces of silver and to memories of a long-buried crime. Berry Kroeger stars, with Alice Reinhart, Santos Ortega, and Jackson Beck; Raymond Edward Johnson serves as host and announcer.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Till Death Do Us Part” (AFRS), originally broadcast October 16, 1945. This is episode 241 of the CBS suspense series, written by Emile C. Tepperman and directed by Himan Brown.

On their wedding night, Joe and Nancy Page witness a shooting near an old mill stream and a moonlit bridge. Afraid the gunman may have seen them, the newlyweds retreat to a nearby tourist cabin—only to face a night of mounting fear and desperate uncertainty. Larry Haines stars as Joe Page and Anne Shepherd as Nancy Page. The surviving recording is cataloged as AFRS transcription #855.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
27:40 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “No Coffin for the Dead,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 20, 1945. Episode 216 stars Les Tremayne and was written by Emile Tepperman, with Himan Brown directing and producing.

After District Attorney Tom Archer survives a knife attack that kills his assistant, the investigation leads to an escaped asylum inmate whose physical condition makes the apparent answer seem impossible. Suspicion, family tensions, and inheritance pressures deepen the mystery in this tense urban thriller.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:27 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Black Art,” originally broadcast May 15, 1945. Episode 227 of the CBS series features Simone Simon as the enigmatic Claudine, with Raymond Edward Johnson as host; it was produced and directed by Himan Brown.

A man awaiting execution receives a startling visit from Claudine, a beautiful, wealthy woman who claims she can help him escape. As the boundaries of his jail cell begin to feel less certain, this shadowy tale of occult possibility asks what Claudine truly wants—and what her help may cost.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
29:23 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Out of Mind,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 29, 1947. Episode 351 was the final broadcast of the series’ 1947 season.

Reporter Ed is plagued by guilt after a story he covered ends in tragedy. When he encounters the mysterious, black-clad Santo, fear and conscience begin to close in amid a shadowy world of crime and uneasy suspicion. Written by John Roeburt, the cast includes Larry Haines, Ann Shepherd, and Everett Sloane.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
25:05 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Honeymoon with Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 19, 1949. This is episode 440 of the series.

Newlyweds Joan and Anthony Darby rent a secluded cottage for their honeymoon, only to find it shadowed by a chilling local legend about a bride, a groom, and a deadly night. Arlene Blackburn and Mason Adams star in this suspense tale from a story by Milton Lewis.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
24:36 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Across the Board,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 5, 1945. This is episode 230 of the series, written by Robert Newman and starring Raymond Massey, with Paul McGrath as host.

After a doctor kills a man in self-defense, he becomes entangled in a sinister chess-themed challenge where human lives appear to be moved like pieces on a board. As police confront a calculating adversary, the suspense builds around a deadly pattern of moves. Jackson Beck also appears.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:29 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Undead,” originally broadcast on December 18, 1945. This CBS episode, No. 250 of the series, is an original radio play by Milton Lewis and stars Anne Seymour as Diana Barker.

Alone in her New York penthouse while her actor husband works nights, Diana is haunted by a terrifying nocturnal encounter. A troubling newspaper clipping draws her toward Greenlawn Cemetery, where mounting fears about her home and marriage take on a distinctly vampiric chill.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:28 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death of a Doll,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 18, 1948. This is episode 392 of the series, written by Fred Maytho and featuring Mason Adams as rookie reporter Willie Harper and Ted Osborne as painter Beau Cousins.

In 1948 Manhattan, Harper’s first assignment for the Morning Blade begins at the city morgue, where an unidentified young woman is found clutching a small doll. Following the doll’s trail through newspaper files, an artist’s memories, and the city’s waterfront shadows, Harper encounters a mystery touched by the ominous name Kara Nana.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
25:56 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Over My Dead Body,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 23, 1947. Episode 324 was written by Robert Sloane and features Larry Haines, Vera Allen, Berry Kroeger, Santos Ortega, and host Paul McGrath.

Edgar Finley devises a grim test of his relatives’ sincerity, acquiring a coffin and arranging a telephone inside it as part of an unsettling staged-death experiment. As suspicion and family tensions build, the tale turns on distrust, inheritance, and mounting danger.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
25:36 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Lonely Sleep,” originally broadcast on September 25, 1945. Episode 238 of the CBS series, this chilling drama was written by Christopher Mayo and directed by Himan Brown.

A lonely department-store window trimmer creates an extraordinarily lifelike female mannequin for a display, but the figure’s uncanny presence begins to deepen his isolation and obsession. Karl Swenson, Joan Banks, and Santos Ortega star in this dark psychological mystery set amid the bright lights of a retail storefront.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:31 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Is a Double-Crosser,” originally broadcast March 26, 1946. This is episode 264 of the classic CBS suspense series.

Recently released forger Harry Smith moves with his wife, Marie, into a New York brownstone where she keeps house for Olaf Anderson, a celebrated elderly diamond cutter. When Anderson is entrusted with a magnificent diamond, Harry is drawn into the specialized world of gem cutting—and toward a dangerous opportunity shaped by greed and deception. Lawson Zerbe stars as Harry Smith in this original radio play by Michael Slaw, directed by Himan Brown.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
25:18 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Creeping Wall,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 8, 1946. Episode 253, written by Sigmund Miller, stars Irene Wicker as Karen Jeremy.

Karen is haunted by the terrifying conviction that the walls around her are slowly leaning inward. Her husband Horace and Dr. Gustafson believe her fears may be a nervous condition, but even a change of surroundings cannot easily quiet the dread. A chilling psychological mystery set between the Jeremys’ home and a looming old mansion.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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