Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Smile of Death,” originally broadcast February 19, 1951. Listed as episode 494 overall and episode 24 of the 1951 run, this ABC mystery features Larry Haines and was produced and directed by Himan Brown.

At a hotel, an elderly man entrusts a large sum of money to the night clerk—then dies wearing an enigmatic smile. Young Archie Davies becomes caught up in the troubling circumstances surrounding the death and the missing security of the money. The surviving recording is incomplete, preserving approximately the first half of the broadcast.

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
14:55 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Corpse Without a Conscience,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 20, 1949. This is episode 427 of the classic radio horror anthology, hosted by Paul McGrath.

A dispute over land and inheritance sets a macabre threat in motion when Mario Bullimi believes he has been cheated of his property. Edna Ferguson receives an ominous warning that the wronged man will return from the grave, drawing her nephew Charles into a web of family money, deception, and dread. The episode features Everett Sloane and Karl Swenson and was written by Ed Adamson and Robert 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
00:49 Original Broadcast
25:56 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death’s Little Brother,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 29, 1949. This is episode 437 of the long-running radio suspense series, written by Louis Vittes and featuring Larry Haines and Amzie Strickland, with Paul McGrath as host.

Aboard a passenger train, a desperate drifter sees a possible escape from his troubles in the life of fellow traveler Clark Davis, who is traveling to reunite with his long-separated sister after an uncle’s death and the promise of an inheritance. But the Davis family reunion holds uneasy secrets and unexpected 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
00:48 Original Broadcast
27:02 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Man from Yesterday,” episode 51 of the classic radio thriller, originally broadcast December 21, 1941. Written by Milton Geiger and directed by Himan Brown, the episode aired on the NBC Blue Network and features Anne Seymour, Myron McCormick, Santos Ortega, and Arthur Vinton.

After an African expedition captures a massive gorilla for museum exhibition, Dr. Robert Rand becomes unsettled by the animal’s unnervingly intelligent attention. As the expedition’s prize is confined behind museum bars, a primal encounter from the jungle begins to cast an increasingly ominous shadow.

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
30:15 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Unforgiving Corpse,” originally broadcast May 28, 1951. This ABC episode, numbered 508, was hosted by Paul McGrath and features Luis Van Rooten, Lawson Zerbe, and Mason Adams.

At San Amato station, stationmaster Ben Sears is still haunted by a wreck that killed engineer Kirby Willis ten years earlier. As the anniversary nears, ominous signs and the prospect of the 11:55 train’s return force Sears to confront the past. Written by John Roeburt, this suspense tale was broadcast under Mars sponsorship.

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:26 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Tempo in Blood,” originally broadcast January 12, 1948. In episode 353, a nervous nightclub pianist finds himself haunted by a man who claims to have devised an undetectable murder.

At the Silver Crest, Chick Dennison’s fears deepen as the ominous Sanders repeatedly crosses his path. Mason Adams stars as Chick, with Everett Sloane as Sanders, in a tense psychological thriller written by Ed Adamson and 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
00:49 Original Broadcast
25:12 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Murder Comes to Life,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 10, 1949. This episode, number 404, was produced and directed by Himan Brown and features Charles Irving, with Paul McGrath as host.

A disoriented amnesiac searches for the truth about his identity after clues point toward a troubling past in Chicago. As familiar faces and unsettling evidence close in, memory itself becomes the center of a tense psychological crime story.

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
26:44 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Dead Man’s Holiday,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 19, 1945. Episode 232 features Myron McCormick and was written by Robert Sloane, with Himan Brown directing and producing.

After surviving a train accident, a man finds that his wife has vanished and the familiar facts of his life no longer seem to exist. As he searches for answers, this unsettling mystery of memory, identity, and mounting suspicion draws him deeper into a waking nightmare.

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
30:17 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Devil’s Fortune,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 31, 1949. Also known as “El Fortuna Diablo,” this episode is cataloged as episode 407 and features Karl Swenson, Charles Irving, and Jackson Beck, with Paul McGrath as host.

A mining engineer in El Paso is pressured into a dangerous search for El Fortuna Diablo, a legendary and supposedly cursed gold mine in Mexico. As superstition, greed, and danger close in at the remote site, the promise of buried fortune takes on an increasingly sinister edge. The story was written by John Roeburt.

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
26:27 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Strands of Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 12, 1946. Episode 262 stars Santos Ortega in a psychological crime drama written by Henry Warner and directed by Himan Brown.

Summoned to a morgue to identify a woman he fears may be his wife, Henry retraces the tensions in his marriage to Helen—beginning with a black dress, elusive nylon stockings, and a supposed bridge party. The postwar domestic setting soon takes on a chilling edge amid fears of the “Silk Stocking Strangler.”

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
29:25 Closing

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