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Inner Sanctum 41-01-07 Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam
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Inner Sanctum 41-08-03 The Tell-Tale Heart
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Inner Sanctum 41-08-10 The Death Ship
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Inner Sanctum 41-12-07 Island of Death
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Inner Sanctum 41-12-21 The Man from Yesterday
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Inner Sanctum 41-12-28 Death Has Claws
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Inner Sanctum 42-01-18 Dead Reckoning
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Inner Sanctum 42-05-03 Study for Murder
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Inner Sanctum 43-03-07 Black Sea Gull
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Inner Sanctum 43-08-01 The Horla
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Inner Sanctum 44-04-15 The Skull That Walked
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Inner Sanctum 44-04-22 The Melody of Death
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Inner Sanctum 44-05-13 The Silent Hands
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Inner Sanctum 44-06-10 Death Is a Joker
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Inner Sanctum 44-10-07 Dead Man's Vengeance
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Inner Sanctum 44-11-29 The Voice on the Wire
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Inner Sanctum 44-12-06 The Color Blind Formula
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Inner Sanctum 45-01-09 Desert Death
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Inner Sanctum 45-01-23 Death Is an Artist
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Inner Sanctum 45-02-06 Death in the Depths
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Inner Sanctum 45-02-20 No Coffin for the Dead
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Inner Sanctum 45-04-10 The Bog-Oak Necklace
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Inner Sanctum 45-04-17 The Judas Clock
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Inner Sanctum 45-04-24 Song of the Slasher
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Inner Sanctum 45-05-01 The Girl and the Gallows
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Inner Sanctum 45-05-15 The Black Art
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Inner Sanctum 45-05-22 Dead to Rights
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Inner Sanctum 45-05-29 Musical Score
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-05 Death Across the Board
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-12 Portrait of Death
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-05 Death Across the Board
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-12 Portrait of Death
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-19 Dead Man's Holiday
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Inner Sanctum 45-06-26 Dead Man's Debt
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Inner Sanctum 45-08-28 Dead Man's Deal
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Inner Sanctum 45-09-04 The Murder Prophet
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Inner Sanctum 45-09-11 The Last Story
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Inner Sanctum 45-09-18 Terror by Night
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Inner Sanctum 45-09-25 The Lonely Sleep
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Inner Sanctum 45-10-02 The Shadow of Death
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Inner Sanctum 45-10-09 Death by Scripture (AFRS)
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Inner Sanctum 45-10-09 Death by Scripture
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Inner Sanctum 45-10-16 Till Death Do Us Part (AFRS)
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Inner Sanctum 45-10-23 The Corridor of Doom
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Inner Sanctum 41-08-03 The Tell-Tale Heart
The anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. A spooky melodramatic organ score (played by Lew White) punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns. Raymond's closing was an elongated "Pleasant dreeeeaams, hmmmmm?" His tongue-in-cheek style and ghoulish relish of his own tales became the standard for many such horror narrators to follow, from fellow radio hosts like Ernest Chappell (on Wyllis Cooper's later series, Quiet, Please) and Maurice Tarplin (on The Mysterious Traveler).
When Johnson left the series in May 1945 to serve in the Army, he was replaced by Paul McGrath, who did not keep the "Raymond" name and was known only as "Your Host" or "Mr. Host" (Berry Kroeger had substituted earlier for a total of four episodes). McGrath was a Broadway actor who turned to radio for a regular income. Beginning in 1945, Lipton Tea sponsored the series, pairing first Raymond and then McGrath with cheery commercial spokeswoman Mary Bennett (aka the "Tea Lady"), whose blithesome pitches for Lipton Tea contrasted sharply with the macabre themes of the stories. She primly chided the host for his trademark dark humor and creepy manner.
The Creaking Door: The program's familiar and famed audio trademark was the eerie creaking door which opened and closed the broadcasts. Himan Brown got the idea from a door in the basement that "squeaked like Hell." The door sound was actually made by a rusty desk chair. The program did originally intend to use a door, but on its first use, the door did not creak. Undaunted, Brown grabbed a nearby chair, sat in it and turned, causing a hair-raising squeak. The chair was used from then on as the sound prop. On at least one memorable occasion, a staffer innocently repaired and oiled the chair, thus forcing the sound man to mimic the squeak orally.
Guest Stars: Its campy comedy notwithstanding, the stories were usually effective little chillers, mixing horror and humor in equal doses. Memorable episodes included "Terror by Night" (September 18, 1945) and an adaptation of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (August 3, 1941). The latter starred Boris Karloff, who was heard regularly in the first season, starring in more than 15 episodes and returning sporadically thereafter. Other established stars in the early years included Mary Astor, Helen Hayes, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Claude Rains, Frank Sinatra, and Orson Welles. Most of the lead and supporting players were stalwarts of New York radio. These included Santos Ortega, Mercedes McCambridge, Berry Kroeger, Lawson Zerbe, Arnold Moss, Leon Janney, and Mason Adams. Players like Richard Widmark, Everett Sloane, Burgess Meredith, Agnes Moorehead, Ken Lynch, and Anne Seymour, also found fame via the Inner Sanctum Mysteries.
Out of more than 500 programs broadcast, only about 200 remain in circulation, sometimes minus dates or titles.
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