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Inner Sanctum 41-01-07 Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam
Inner Sanctum 41-08-03 The Tell-Tale Heart
Inner Sanctum 41-08-10 The Death Ship
Inner Sanctum 41-12-07 Island of Death
Inner Sanctum 41-12-21 The Man from Yesterday
Inner Sanctum 41-12-28 Death Has Claws
Inner Sanctum 42-01-18 Dead Reckoning
Inner Sanctum 42-05-03 Study for Murder
Inner Sanctum 43-03-07 Black Sea Gull
Inner Sanctum 43-08-01 The Horla
Inner Sanctum 44-04-15 The Skull That Walked
Inner Sanctum 44-04-22 The Melody of Death
Inner Sanctum 44-05-13 The Silent Hands
Inner Sanctum 44-06-10 Death Is a Joker
Inner Sanctum 44-10-07 Dead Man's Vengeance
Inner Sanctum 44-11-29 The Voice on the Wire
Inner Sanctum 44-12-06 The Color Blind Formula
Inner Sanctum 45-01-09 Desert Death
Inner Sanctum 45-01-23 Death Is an Artist
Inner Sanctum 45-02-06 Death in the Depths
Inner Sanctum 45-02-20 No Coffin for the Dead
Inner Sanctum 45-04-10 The Bog-Oak Necklace
Inner Sanctum 45-04-17 The Judas Clock
Inner Sanctum 45-04-24 Song of the Slasher
Inner Sanctum 45-05-01 The Girl and the Gallows
Inner Sanctum 45-05-15 The Black Art
Inner Sanctum 45-05-22 Dead to Rights
Inner Sanctum 45-05-29 Musical Score
Inner Sanctum 45-06-05 Death Across the Board
Inner Sanctum 45-06-12 Portrait of Death
Inner Sanctum 45-06-05 Death Across the Board
Inner Sanctum 45-06-12 Portrait of Death
Inner Sanctum 45-06-19 Dead Man's Holiday
Inner Sanctum 45-06-26 Dead Man's Debt
Inner Sanctum 45-08-28 Dead Man's Deal
Inner Sanctum 45-09-04 The Murder Prophet
Inner Sanctum 45-09-11 The Last Story
Inner Sanctum 45-09-18 Terror by Night
Inner Sanctum 45-09-25 The Lonely Sleep
Inner Sanctum 45-10-02 The Shadow of Death
Inner Sanctum 45-10-09 Death by Scripture (AFRS)
Inner Sanctum 45-10-09 Death by Scripture
Inner Sanctum 45-10-16 Till Death Do Us Part (AFRS)
Inner Sanctum 45-10-16 Till Death Do Us Part
Inner Sanctum 45-10-23 The Corridor of Doom
Inner Sanctum 45-11-06 The Wailing Wall
Inner Sanctum 45-11-20 Boomerang
Inner Sanctum 45-12-11 The Dark Chamber (AFRS)
Inner Sanctum 45-12-11 The Dark Chamber
Inner Sanctum 45-12-18 The Undead
Inner Sanctum 46-01-08 The Creeping Wall
Inner Sanctum 42-05-03 Study for Murder
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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