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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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Night Is My Shroud,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 24, 1949. Episode 445 features Kenneth Lynch and Ann Shepherd, with Paul McGrath as host. A man faces a horrifying possibility: that his wishes may have the power to make others die. This compact supernatural drama explores dread, moral peril, and the terrifying consequences of thoughts that may become deadly reality. 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 25:53 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Magic Tile,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 8, 1948. Episode 361 stars Mercedes McCambridge and Everett Sloane and was produced and directed by Himan Brown. A woman convinced that her mother and stepfather are concealing the truth about her father’s death turns to a strange tile rumored to summon the dead. As she searches for answers, the ominous object draws her deeper into a frightening family 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 00:46 Original Broadcast 25:08 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Flame of Death,” episode 410, originally broadcast on CBS on February 21, 1949. The drama stars Charlotte Holland and Les Tremayne and was sponsored by Lipton Tea. A distraught widow blames herself for her husband’s fiery death. When she begins to believe he has returned from the grave to haunt her, fear and suspicion leave her uncertain whom she can trust. 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 27:05 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Death Is a Joker,” originally broadcast on June 10, 1944. In this overall-series episode 180, Peter Lorre stars as actor-comedian Charles Rupert. On trial for murder, Charles recounts the troubling events that followed a visit to his friend Robert Langwell, whose planned marriage to Julie Winthrop awakens jealous tensions. Framed by a courtroom and unfolding in Langwell’s apartment, this CBS suspense drama also features Raymond Edward Johnson, Berry Kroeger, and Myron McCormick. 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 00:57 Original Broadcast 31:46 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Mind over Murder,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 22, 1949. Episode logs identify it as episode 436. Written by John Roeburt, the drama stars Everett Sloane and Elspeth Eric. Grace Stenning faces a nightmare after her father secures a loan under an extraordinary arrangement: his brain is the collateral. When the lender is found dead, Grace is pulled into a tense mystery of violence, fear, and the burden of a witness who may have chosen not to act. 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 00:37 Original Broadcast 24:50 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Beyond the Grave,” originally broadcast on ABC on December 19, 1949. Commonly listed as episode 453, this fog-bound thriller is also known by the alternate title “Terror Out of the Fog” and features Martin Gabel. On a narrow Florida island cut off by heavy fog, Arthur receives threatening telephone calls that seem to come from his wife, Valerie, who drowned months earlier. As friends and family arrive and the bridge to the mainland becomes uncertain, suspicion and dread close in around the isolated house. 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 25:30 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Undead” (AFRTS), originally broadcast December 18, 1945. This is episode 250 of the CBS suspense series, written as an original radio play by Milton Lewis and featuring Anne Seymour as Diana Barker. Diana is troubled by a vivid nighttime vision and the strange absences of her actor husband, Richard. When she discovers an old obituary bearing his name and photograph, her search for answers leads from a New York penthouse to Greenlawn Cemetery—and an unsettling family tomb. Paul McGrath hosts, with Karl Swenson and Santos Ortega also featured. 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 30:00 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Silent Hands,” originally broadcast on May 13, 1944. Episode 176 of the CBS series stars Mary Astor and was written by Robert Sloane and Robert Tallman, with Himan Brown directing. On fog-shrouded bluffs above a West Coast harbor, police search for the mysterious “woman in white” in connection with a series of strangulation murders. When reporter Barnes follows an anonymous tip to Overlook Park, he and colleague McGraw are drawn to the unsettling Kohler house, where Nina and Carolyn Kohler—and a private aviary—add to the mounting unease. 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 26:46 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Corpse for Halloween,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 31, 1949. This is episode 446 of the classic radio anthology, hosted by Paul McGrath. Years after a disastrous tiger-hunting expedition in Burma, Jimmy Fox is still haunted by guilt. On Halloween night, amid a city full of masks and costumes, a scarred survivor from the past confronts him—and makes escape from old fears seem impossible. Larry Haines, Mercedes McCambridge, and Berry Kroeger star in this psychological horror story written by John Roeburt 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 and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:55 Original Broadcast 27:05 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Hunter from Beyond,” episode 36 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast September 7, 1941. Hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson and directed by Himan Brown, the episode aired on the Blue Network. A climbing party braves the icebound heights of La Chino, where an unexpected discovery in the glacier gives an ancient legend a chilling new urgency. Alan Devitt and Myron McCormick star in this high-altitude tale of a hunter who may have waited 100,000 years to settle an account. 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 00:50 Original Broadcast 06:15 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Scream,” originally broadcast on January 16, 1950. This is episode 457 of the series, directed and produced by Himan Brown and featuring Barbara Weeks. A woman finds her loyalty tested when her husband returns to a small town still haunted by an earlier murder accusation. After their housekeeper is killed, suspicion and hostility rise again in this tense CBS mystery from the Bromo-Seltzer era. 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 00:42 Original Broadcast 25:05 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inner-sanctum-mysteries-old-time-radio--7222651/support. Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio