30 minute suspense/horror episodes
The eerie organ music, the turning of a doorknob and the deadly squeaking door, opens the way to....the Inner Sanctum.
If you want to have fun being scared, this is the show for you. If a scene of horror brings to mind bad puns, this is the show for you. If people dying by the score in unlikely and macabre ways brings a childish thrill, this is the show for you. This anthology horror/mystery/suspense series ran from 1941 to 1952.
While the stories will keep you awake at night, the most memorable part of the show was the creaking door opening and the host of the show. Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," and closed each episode with "Pleasant Dreamsssssss." At breaks in the story he would comment on the action with oh so gleeful mayhem. Comments like: “Looks like she got more than she bargained for”, or “He always was a head case.” His goulish sense of humor and bad horror puns punctuated the stories. His influence can be seen in the Crypt Keeper from the various Tales from the Crypt movies/television/comics, as well as hosts for other anthology shows.
When Johnson left the series in 1945, he was replaced by Paul McGrath, who maintained the sense of dark humor, even when paired with the light hearted sponsor Lipton Tea. So turn off the lights, turn up the radio and
Pleasant Dreeeeaaaaammmmsssss
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All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Episode List Set 1
InnerSanctum 00-00-00 Waxwork William Conrad .mp3
InnerSanctum 00-00-00 Weight Machine.mp3
InnerSanctum 40-00-00 Ghosts Always Get The Last Laugh.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-01-01 Amazing Death Of Mrs. Putnam.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-01-07 Death for Sale.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-04-20 The Fog.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-05-18 Dead Freight.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-05-25 Death Is a Joker.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-08-03 The Tell-Tale Heart.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-08-10 The Death Ship.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-12-07 Island of the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-12-21 The Man from Yesterday.mp3
InnerSanctum 41-12-28 Death Has Claws.mp3
InnerSanctum 42-01-18 Dead Reckoning.mp3
InnerSanctum 42-05-03 Study for Murder.mp3
InnerSanctum 42-09-20 Dead Walk at Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 43-02-07 The Black Seagull.mp3
InnerSanctum 43-03-07 The Black Seagull.mp3
InnerSanctum 43-06-06 The House Where Death Lived.mp3
InnerSanctum 43-08-01 The Horla.mp3
InnerSanctum 43-08-22 The Bog-Oak Necklace.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-01-08 The Dead Laugh.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-04-22 The Melody of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-05-13 The Silent Hands.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-10-07 Dead Man s Vengeance.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-10-14 Stardust.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-11-29 Voice On The Wire.mp3
InnerSanctum 44-12-06 The Color Blind Formula.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-00-00 Death For Sale.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-01-09 Desert Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-01-23 Death Is an Artist.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-02-06 Death in the Depths.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-02-20 No Coffin for the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-03-06 The Lost Refrain.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-03-13 Island of the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-04-03 The Meek Die Slowly.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-04-10 The Bog-Oak Necklace.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-04-17 The Judas Clock.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-04-24 Song of the Slasher.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-05-01 The Girl and the Gallows.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-05-15 The Black Art The Black Cat .mp3
InnerSanctum 45-05-22 Dead to Rights.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-05-29 Musical Score.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-06-05 Death Across the Board.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-06-12 Portrait of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-06-19 Dead Man s Holiday.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-06-26 Dead Man s Debt.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-08-28 Dead Man s Deal.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-09-04 The Murder Prophet.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-09-11 The Last Story.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-09-18 Terror by Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-09-25 The Lonely Sleep.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-10-02 The Shadow of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-10-09 Death by Scripture.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-10-16 Till Death Do Us Part.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-10-23 The Corridor of Doom.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-10-30 The Man Who Couldn t Die.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-11-06 Wailing Wall.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-12-11 The Dark Chamber.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-12-12 Elixier Number Four.mp3
InnerSanctum 45-12-18 The Undead.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-01-08 The Creeping Wall.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-01-15 The Edge of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-01-22 The Confession.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-01-29 Blood of Cain.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-02-05 Skeleton Bay.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-02-12 The Man Who Couldn t Die.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-02-26 I Walk in the Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-03-12 Strands of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-03-26 Death Is a Double-Crosser.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-04-09 Lady with a Plan.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-04-23 Make Ready My Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-05-07 You Could Die Laughing.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-05-21 Detour to Terror.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-06-04 Eight Steps to Murder.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-06-18 I Want to Report a Murder.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-08-19 Spectre of the Rose.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-09-09 Murder Comes at Midnight.mp3
Episode List Set 02
InnerSanctum 98-10-10 Hyman Brown Discusses Creation Of Sho.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-09-23 The Dead Laugh.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-10-07 The Listener.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-11-04 Death s Old Sweet Song.mp3
InnerSanctum 46-11-25 No Rest for the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-01-06 Death Pays the Freight.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-02-03 Death Bound.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-02-10 The Ghost in the Garden.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-03-03 The Corpse Nobody Loved.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-05-05 Don t Dance on My Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-05-19 Terror by Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-06-23 Over My Dead Body.mp3
InnerSanctum 47-12-29 Death out of Mind.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-01-12 Tempo in Blood.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-02-16 The Black Art.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-03-08 The Magic Tile.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-03-29 Lady Killer.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-04-30 Murder Comes At Midnight.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-06-28 The Corpse Laughs Last.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-07-05 Death Demon.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-07-15 Death Demon.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-07-26 Murder Takes a Honeymoon.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-09-06 Death Rides A Riptide.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-09-20 Hangman s Island.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-09-27 Murder by Prophecy.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-10-18 Death of a Doll.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-11-15 Death Watch In Boston.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-12-06 Cause of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-12-13 Murder Faces East.mp3
InnerSanctum 48-12-20 Between Two Worlds.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-01-03 Fearful Voyage.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-01-10 Murder Comes to Life.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-01-17 Mark My Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-01-24 Deadly Dummy.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-01-31 Devil s Fortune.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-02-07 Death Demon.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-02-14 Birdsong for a Murderer.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-03-21 Only the Dead Die Twice.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-03-28 Appointment with Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-04-04 Death Wears a Lonely Smile.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-04-11 Murder off the Record.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-04-18 The Death Deal.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-05-09 Corpse on the Town.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-05-16 The Unburied Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-05-23 Strange Passenger.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-06-06 Death On The Highway.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-06-20 Corpse Without a Conscience.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-07-04 Pattern for Fear.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-07-18 Deadly Fare.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-08-15 Dead Heat.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-08-22 Mind over Murder.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-08-24 No Rest for the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-08-29 Death s Little Brother.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-09-05 Murder Rides the Carousel.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-09-12 Vengeful Corpse.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-09-25 The Lonely Sleep.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-10-03 Catch a Killer.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-10-10 The Devil s Workshop.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-10-17 Image of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-10-31 A Corpse for Halloween.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-11-14 Wish to Kill.mp3
InnerSanctum 49-12-19 Beyond the Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-00-00 The Corpse Without A Conscience.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-01-09 Killer at Large.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-01-23 Hitchhiking Corpse.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-01-30 Skeleton Bay.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-03-20 The Corpse In The Parlor.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-03-27 Murder Mansion.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-04-17 Beneficiary Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-09-18 Dead Man s Holiday.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-11-06 Twice Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 50-12-04 Beyond The Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 51-02-19 The Smile of Death.mp3
InnerSanctum 51-02-26 Man from the Grave.mp3
InnerSanctum 51-05-28 Unforgiving Corpse.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-06-22 Birdsong for a Murderer.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-06-29 Terror by Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-07-06 Death Pays the Freight.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-07-12 Death For Sale with Karloff.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-07-20 The Listener.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-07-27 The Murder Prophet.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-08-03 Murder off the Record.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-08-10 The Magic Tile.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-08-24 No Rest for the Dead.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-08-31 Strange Passenger.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-09-07 The Meek Die Slowly.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-09-14 Till Death Do Us Part.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-09-21 The Corpse Nobody Loved.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-09-28 The Dead Walk at Night.mp3
InnerSanctum 52-10-05 Death Pays the Freight.mp3