Episodi

  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Undead" (Old Time Radio, 1945)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Undead" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
    Oct 19 2026
    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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    31 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Death of a Doll" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Death of a Doll" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
    Oct 18 2026
    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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    26 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Over My Dead Body" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Over My Dead Body" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
    Oct 17 2026
    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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    26 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Lonely Sleep" (Old Time Radio, 1945)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Lonely Sleep" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
    Oct 16 2026
    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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    31 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Death Is a Double - Crosser (AFRS)" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Death Is a Double - Crosser (AFRS)" (Old Time Radio, 1946)
    Oct 14 2026
    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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    25 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Creeping Wall" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Creeping Wall" (Old Time Radio, 1946)
    Oct 13 2026
    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

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support.

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    30 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Black Sea Gull" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Black Sea Gull" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
    Oct 12 2026
    Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Black Sea Gull,” originally broadcast on March 7, 1943. Episode 114 stars Peter Lorre as Richard Blake and was written by Sigmund Miller, with Himan Brown directing.

    Off the Carolina coast at dusk, Richard Blake and Dr. Griffin search the choppy waters for Richard’s missing wife, Barbara. As grief and ominous signs—including a black sea gull—close in, this atmospheric supernatural drama explores love, loss, and the unsettling possibility that death may not be the end.

    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
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    29:28 Closing

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support.

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    30 min
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "No Rest for the Dead" (Old Time Radio, 1952)

    Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "No Rest for the Dead" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
    Oct 11 2026
    Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “No Rest for the Dead,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 24, 1952. Episode 521, also listed as “Mr. Macabre,” was written by Robert Sloane and directed by Himan Brown.

    Desperate for ready cash, a man agrees to sell what is said to be his last remaining asset: his own brain. Everett Sloane, Barbara Weeks, and Leon Janney star in this compact tale of an increasingly sinister bargain.

    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
    30:08 Closing

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support.

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    30 min