Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death for Sale,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 13, 1952. This is episode 515 of the series’ final summer run.

Boris Karloff stars as Mark Deavers in a suspenseful crime drama about a long-running life-insurance scheme, a promised $50,000 payoff, and the sudden return of a man thought to be dead. Directed and produced by Himan Brown, the episode turns on greed, deception, and the pressure of a plan beginning to unravel.

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
25:37 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Skeleton Bay,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 5, 1946. Episode 257 features Betty Lou Gerson and was written by Emile Tepperman, with Himan Brown directing and producing.

Mystery novelist Carola Winter retreats to the secluded Skeleton Bay hotel, where private cabins overlook a storm-swept, rockbound coast. After witnessing a disturbing encounter on the beach, her fascination with murder draws her into an increasingly dangerous tangle of secrets and suspicion.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents this 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
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Corpse Nobody Loved,” originally broadcast on September 21, 1952. Cataloged as episode 525, this CBS-era thriller stars Joan Lorring, with Paul McGrath as the series’ memorable Creaking Door host.

On a rain-soaked night, Anne Winslow misses her train and hires a taxi to take her home along isolated Reservoir Road. But an alarming discovery in the cab—and the driver’s disturbing reaction—leave her facing a growing danger far from help.

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
00:43 Original Broadcast
24:07 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Deadly Fare,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 18, 1949. Episode 431 was written by Henry Warner and directed by Himan Brown.

On a nighttime suburban run from a train station, taxi driver Angelo Minetti picks up a passenger whose intentions turn an ordinary fare into a nerve-racking ride. Larry Haines stars as Angelo, with Everett Sloane as the mysterious Philip, in a tightly wound tale of dark roads, a radio-equipped cab, and escalating 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
00:52 Original Broadcast
27:00 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Dead Man’s Debt,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 26, 1945. Episode 233, this Lipton Tea-era installment features Joseph Julian as Danny Gorman and was written by Robert Newman and produced and directed by Himan Brown.

After Danny Gorman is acquitted of jeweler Carson’s murder, freedom proves far from simple. A valuable diamond is still missing, Carson’s accomplice has disappeared, and Danny’s attorney, Mr. Russell, is determined to settle the accounts the courtroom left unresolved.

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
30:10 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Murder Mansion,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 27, 1950. Commonly cataloged as episode 467, this eerie drama features Arnold Moss and Everett Sloane.

Charles Burley buys the century-old Crandall Place, a weathered gray-shingled house perched above the ocean beside its family burial ground. But when Emily Robbins warns that only a Crandall can safely live there, the mansion’s grim reputation—and the intentions of those around it—begin to cast a shadow over the sale.

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
24:25 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Hitch-Hiking Corpse,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 23, 1950. This 458th episode of the series was produced by Himan Brown and features Kenneth Lynch, Mercedes McCambridge, and Everett Sloane.

Westbound truck driver Sean O’Hara picks up a beautiful, unsettling hitchhiker who seems to know far too much about him. As the road leads toward Moon Hollow, Maydock County, and an ominous old mill house, strange encounters and a disturbing cargo turn the journey into a macabre supernatural 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
00:51 Original Broadcast
25:05 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Murder Off the Record,” originally broadcast on August 3, 1952. Episode 518 of the classic CBS suspense series is hosted by Paul McGrath and features Ken Lynch, Lawson Zerbe, Lesley Woods, and Santos Ortega.

In Reno, drifter Happy Dolan records an account of a baffling streak of misfortune that begins with a fortune card from a drugstore weighing machine. Its promise of danger, fortune, and marriage soon seems unnervingly close to the truth in this brisk noir-tinged tale of false luck and mounting peril. This 1952 broadcast revisits an Inner Sanctum script previously heard in 1949.

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
00:53 Original Broadcast
25:57 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Demon,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 5, 1948. Episode #378 was hosted by Paul McGrath and directed and produced by Himan Brown.

After his father’s death, a troubled young man struggles with his mother’s marriage to his uncle and becomes determined to reach beyond the grave. Starring Everett Sloane and Ann Seymour, this domestic Gothic tale follows a search for answers amid grief, family tension, and supernatural dread.

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
30:24 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Deathwatch in Boston,” originally broadcast on CBS on November 15, 1948. Written by Fred Maytho, the episode features Mason Adams and Ted Osborne.

Hospital intern Carl Dickens arrives at Captain Zeb’s Tattoo Salon carrying a heavy wooden box—and a terrifying conviction that his own death is near. As he recounts an uncanny encounter with Charon, an ominous mynah bird quoting Poe and Arch Oboler deepens the atmosphere of supernatural dread and uncertainty.

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
27:18 Closing

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