Category: Astounding Radio

The Inner Sanctum was a Horror mystery anthology radio program that ran from 1941 to 1952. It was famous for the creaking door opening and the guest stars. We have a couple Inner Sanctum episodes in our
Boris Karloff Radio Collection

 

There were 6 movies based on the show starring Lon Chaney, Jr. produced in the 1940’s.

 

Calling Dr. Death (1943), Weird Woman (1944),  Dead Man’s Eyes (1944), The Frozen Ghost (1945),  Strange Confession (1945) and Pillow of Death (1945).

Which are available in a boxed set

To celebrate Halloween The Astounding Outpost presents The Sealed Book a classic radio series of mystery and terror tales.
It was and directed by Jock MacGregor for the Mutual network. Between March 18 and September 9, 1945, the melodramatic anthology series was broadcast on Sundays from 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
Each week, after “the sound of the great gong,” host Philip Clarke observed that the mysteriously silent “keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great sealed book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages, Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.”

 

You can buy the series here

To celebrate Halloween The Astounding Outpost presents The Sealed Book a classic radio series of mystery and terror tales.
It was and directed by Jock MacGregor for the Mutual network. Between March 18 and September 9, 1945, the melodramatic anthology series was broadcast on Sundays from 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
Each week, after “the sound of the great gong,” host Philip Clarke observed that the mysteriously silent “keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great sealed book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages, Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.”

This episode collector of the macabre artifacts of famous murders and murderers decides he needs two things to make his collection complete

You can buy the series here