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, Robert Newman, and others, it is little surprise that Inner Sanctum is still beloved by fans today. Utilizing numerous clichés and literary devices, Inner Sanctum Mysteries carried listeners into the heart of horror, a liberal dose of camp often thrown in. Using voices from 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, Volume 2 features the best of fright, terror, and fantastic storytelling the series has to offer! Eleven hours, twenty two shows of spine tingling fun.
Blood of Cain
Tuesday, January 29, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Skeleton Bay
Tuesday, February 5, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
The Man Who Couldn't Die
Tuesday, February 12, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
I Walk in the Night
Tuesday, February 26, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Strands of Death
Tuesday, March 12, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Death Is a Double-Crosser
Tuesday, March 26, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Lady With a Plan
Tuesday, April 09, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Make Ready My Grave
Tuesday, April 23, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
You Could Die Laughing
Tuesday, May 7, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Detour to Terror
Tuesday, May 21, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Eight Steps to Murder
Tuesday, June 4, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
I Want to Report a Murder
Tuesday, June 18, 1946 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup
Death of a Doll
Monday, October 18, 1948 - 30:00 - AFRS
Murder Faces East
Monday, December 13, 1948 - 30:00 - AFRS
The Devil's Fortune
Monday, January 31, 1949 - 30:00 - AFRS
The Unburied Dead
Monday, May 16, 1949 - 30:00 - AFRS
Corpse Without a Conscience
Monday, June 20, 1949 - 30:00 - AFRS
Beneficiary -- Death
Monday, April 17, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Bromo Seltzer
No Rest For The Dead
Thursday, July 13, 1950 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
Twice Dead
Monday, November 6, 1950 - 30:00 - ABC, sustaining
No Rest For The Dead
Sunday, August 24, 1952 - 30:00 - ABC High Potency Ennds Chorophyl Tablets commercials
Stardust
Sunday, August 31, 1952 - 30:00 - AFRS
