Inner Sanctum Mysteries | Old Time Radio

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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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

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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

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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

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Murder Rides the Carousel,” originally broadcast on September 5, 1949. Episode 438 of the CBS suspense series, this carnival-set mystery features Leslie Woods, Lawson Zerbe, Everett Sloane, and Mercedes McCambridge, with Paul McGrath as host.

A female carnival barker becomes entangled in a murder investigation after a patron is found dead following a troubling encounter. As the case draws her deeper into the nighttime midway, the carousel and fairground atmosphere become the backdrop for mounting unease. Written by Louis Vittes 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
25:17 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death on the Highway,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 6, 1949. This episode, program #425, was produced and directed by Himan Brown and features Ted Osborne and Alice Reinhart.

An embezzler fleeing the consequences of a crime picks up a hitchhiker on a lonely highway—only to find the encounter growing increasingly unsettling. After a roadside accident draws unwanted attention, the driver faces witnesses, suspicion, and the threat of blackmail.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
26:14 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Bog-Oak Necklace,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 10, 1945. Episode 223 of the series, this eerie drama was written by David Driscoll and directed by producer Himan Brown, with Miriam Hopkins, Santos Ortega, and Lesley Woods.

When workmen uncover skeletal remains beside a rural body of water, a distinctive bog-oak necklace draws an elderly woman back toward a tragedy buried for forty years. Told largely in flashback, the story follows the necklace’s unsettling connection to two sisters and a long-ago contested romance.

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
00:58 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Mark My Grave,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 17, 1949. This is episode 405, written by John Robert and featuring Lawson Zerbe as newspaper photographer Colby and Santos Ortega as Gabby.

Sent to the isolated village of Christenberry to investigate the notorious Brenda ghost, Colby expects a cynical newspaper assignment. Instead, the decaying Brenda estate, a missing couple, an empty coffin, and unsettling organ music lead him into an increasingly chilling haunted-house mystery.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
27:14 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Spectre of the Rose,” originally broadcast on August 19, 1946. Episode 280, this CBS Bromo-Seltzer presentation is a Ben Hecht special, adapted for radio by Robert Sloane and directed by Himan Brown.

Celebrated ballet dancer Andre Sanine has abandoned the stage after a devastating performance of Le Spectre de la Rose. When impresario Max “Poli” Polikoff urges him to return opposite a gifted young ballerina, Haidi, rehearsals awaken troubling memories amid the music, costumes, and shadowed world of the ballet. Ben Hecht makes a special appearance.

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
00:45 Original Broadcast
27:07 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Dead Walk at Night,” originally broadcast on September 28, 1952. Episode 526 of the CBS series stars Donald Buka as Danny Williams and was produced and directed by Himan Brown.

Danny hopes to marry Martha, but the persistent tapping of his wealthy blind uncle’s cane begins to haunt him. As the sound seems impossible to escape, guilt and fear deepen into a shadowy psychological mystery.

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
23:54 Closing

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