List of Inner Sanctum episodes

Inner Sanctum Mysteries is a radio drama that originally aired on the Blue Network between January 7, 1941 and October 5, 1952. The majority of the original episodes are thought to be lost. Below is a list of episodes and the original airdates.^[1][2][3]

A total of 527 episodes were produced, but a majority are presumed to be lost. Less than 200 are known to exist today. A number of the episodes that exist are edited versions that were rebroadcast on Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) as part of Mystery Playhouse hosted by Peter Lorre. These episodes edited out the commercials as well as the original introductions and postscripts by Raymond. They were replaced with an introduction by Peter Lorre.^[4]

Series overview

Season		No of episodes	No of missing episodes	Premiered:	Ended:
	1	52	37	1941-01-07	1941-12-28
	2	52	49	1942-01-04	1942-12-27
	3	52	48	1943-01-03	1943-12-25
	4	52	44	1944-01-01	1944-12-27
	5	43	11	1945-01-02	1945-12-25
	6	48	27	1946-01-01	1946-12-30
	7	52	42	1947-01-06	1947-12-29
	8	51	33	1948-01-05	1948-12-27
	9	52	19	1949-01-03	1949-12-26
	10	32	18	1950-01-02	1950-12-25
	11	25	20	1951-01-01	1951-06-18
	12	16	0	1952-06-22	1952-10-05

Episodes

No = Overall episode number Ep = Episode number within the season

Season 1: 1941

Inner Sanctum premiered on the Blue Network on January 7, 1941.

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
1	1	"The Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam"	Exists	mp3	January 7, 1941
Mrs. Putnam calls the police and tells them she is being murdered. Police Detctives Jeff Hanson and Ed "Porky" Lamb trace the call to the Putnam house and pay them a visit only to find that the Mrs. Putnam died 2 hours before the phone call was made. Mrs. Putnam's niece, Lois, and Doctor Halloway tell the police that Mrs. Putnam died from a blood clot in her heart (coronary thrombosis) 2 hours earlier. But a few things don't add up and Mrs. Putnam's brother, Joel Adams (the gardener) and Williamson (the butler) all had reasons to kill Mrs. Putnam. Aired on NBC and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Note: The episode "Death for Sale" from July 13, 1952 was mistakenly thought to be from this date.[5]
2	2	"Nursery Rhyme Murders"	Lost	TBA	January 14, 1941
3	3	"The Magic Curse"	Lost	TBA	January 21, 1941
4	4	"The Vampire Strikes"	Lost	TBA	January 28, 1941
5	5	"Murder in the Air"	Lost	TBA	February 4, 1941
6	6	"Mystery of the Howling Dog"	Lost	TBA	February 11, 1941
Note: This show is presumed lost. The show "The Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam" from January 7, 1941 was mistakenly labeled "Mystery of the Howling Dog".[5]
7	7	"The Case of the Strangled Snake"	Exists	TBA	February 18, 1941
Starring Myron McCormick. Written by Frank Gould.[6] Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
8	8	"The Bloody Toupee"	Lost	TBA	February 25, 1941
9	9	"??"	Lost	TBA	March 4, 1941
10	10	"??"	Lost	TBA	March 11, 1941
11	11	"The Man of Steel"	Exists	TBA	March 16, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
12	12	"The Man Who Hated Death"	Lost	TBA	March 23, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff. Note: Some sources state that "The Man Who Hated Death" was broadcast on March 23, 1941.[1][2][5] Other sources state that it was broadcast on March 22, 1942.[6]
13	13	"The Mad Doctor"	Lost	TBA	March 30, 1941
Starring George Coulouris
14	14	"Death in the Zoo"	Lost	TBA	April 6, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
15	15	"The Bells of Death"	Lost	TBA	April 13, 1941
16	16	"Fog"	Exist	TBA	April 20, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
17	17	"Death in a Dream"	Lost	TBA	April 27, 1941
18	18	"The Horla"	Lost	TBA	May 4, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas Note: This show has the same title as the August 1, 1943 episode.
19	19	"Imperfect Crime"	Lost	TBA	May 11, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
20	20	"Dead Freight"	Exists[7]	TBA	May 18, 1941
Starring Peggy Conklin, Myron McCormick Note: Reliable sources state this episode exists,[7] though many episodes labelled "Dead Freight" actually turn out to be "Death Pays the Freight" starring Everett Sloane from either July 6, 1952 or October 5, 1952.[5]
21	21	"Death Is a Joker"	Lost	TBA	May 25, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas Note: This show is presumed lost. This show has the same title as "Death Is a Joker" from June 10, 1944, but is performed by different voice actors and may be a modified story.[5][8]
22	22	"Fall of the House of Usher"	Lost	TBA	June 1, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
23	23	"The Kabbala"	Lost	TBA	June 8, 1941
Starring Donald Cook, Claudia Morgan
24	24	"Murder in the Mind"	Lost	TBA	June 15, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas
25	25	"Green-Eyed Bat"	Lost	TBA	June 22, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
26	26	"The Man Who Painted Death"	Lost	TBA	June 29, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
27	27	"Doom of Damballa"	Lost	TBA	July 6, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas
28	28	"Death Is a Murderer"	Lost	TBA	July 13, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
29	29	"The Eye of Shiva"	Lost	TBA	July 20, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas
30	30	"The Button"	Lost	TBA	July 27, 1941
Note: This show has the same title as the February 28, 1943 episode.
31	31	"The Tell-Tale Heart"	Exists	mp3	August 3, 1941
An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. Simon is a former musician that went tone deaf. After spending six months with Doctor Adair, he now has exceptional hearing. He meets Oliver, another patient of the doctor, who was previously blind but now can see. Simon is filled with love having regained his hearing, but Oliver is still bitter from his previous blindness. Simon is very troubled to find out that Oliver wants to spread hate and misery when he kills a bird that Simon was trying to save. Simon decides that Oliver is a danger to society. Starring Boris Karloff (as Simon), Everett Sloane (as Oliver) and Santos Ortega. Written by Robert Newman. Aired on the Blue Network and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills.
32	32	"The Death Ship"	Exists	mp3	August 10, 1941
A ship, the Mary Kay, sailing the Caribbean, crashes on a reef off Skeleton Key and loses all hands except 5 men. One of the men is dying and accuses Captain Pike of murder. He puts a curse on the Captain and another man right before he dies. The remaining men find another ship and board it, hoping to be rescued, only to find it abandoned and filled with pirate treasure. One of the men says they're hallucinating the whole thing and that they're actually dead. Starring Paul Lukas, Arthur Vinton (as Captain Pike), Myron McCormick (as Tom) and Gilbert Mack (as Fred). Written by Robert Newman. Sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills.
33	33	"The Dark Squadron"	Lost	TBA	August 17, 1941
Starring Paul Lukas
34	34	"The Wail of Death"	Lost	TBA	August 24, 1941
35	35	"The Hands of Death"	Lost	TBA	August 31, 1941
Starring George Coulouris Note: This show has the same title as the September 29, 1947 episode.
36	36	"The Hunter from Beyond"	Exists	mp3	September 7, 1941
A man and a woman are on top of a mountain and find out the woman's father was killed by being sprayed with liquid air. They also find a prehistoric hunter from 100,000 years ago, frozen in the ice. As they are climbing down, a second man is trying to kill them by untying their rope. This causes an avalanche that kills the second man. Note: The version of this show that exists is a partial episode and only includes the last 5:24 minutes of the original 25:00 minute program.
37	37	"The Stallion of Death"	Exists	TBA	September 14, 1941
Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
38	38	"Death Goes to a Party"	Lost	TBA	September 21, 1941
Starring Ralph Forbes
39	39	"The Haunting Face"	Exists	TBA	September 28, 1941
Starring Claude Rains Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
40	40	"Dead Man's Rock"	Exists[5]	TBA	October 5, 1941
Starring Everett Sloane
41	41	"Horror Hotel"	Lost	TBA	October 12, 1941
42	42	"Hell Is Where You Find It"	Exists[3][5][9]	TBA	October 19, 1941
Starring Burgess Meredith
43	43	"Terror on Bailey Street"	Lost	TBA	October 26, 1941
Starring Boris Karloff
44	44	"Nocturne of Death"	Exists[3]	TBA	November 2, 1941
Starring Everett Sloane Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
45	45	"The Living Dead"	Lost	TBA	November 9, 1941
Note: This show has the same title as the November 22, 1944 episode.
46	46	"The Corpse Who Came to Dinner"	Lost	TBA	November 16, 1941
Starring Arnold Moss
47	47	"The Man from Outside"	Lost	TBA	November 23, 1941
48	48	"The Accusing Corpse"	Lost	TBA	November 30, 1941
Note: This show has the same title as the October 16, 1943 episode.
49	49	"Island of Death"	Exists	mp3	December 7, 1941
John and Muriele lose their way while driving in a storm on Haiti. They see an old man and try to get his attention by honking at him when their horn mysteriously stops working. The old man says he stopped the horn and gives them directions to their friend Alan's plantation. Muriele wonders if the old man was a witch doctor. Once at Alan's plantation, they are told stories about the local voodoo. When John wants to find out more, Pierre does some voodoo with some knuckle bones and predicts an unhappy future. Written by Robert Newman. Aired on the Blue Network and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Note: This show begins with a 25 second news report about the attack on Pearl Harbor that happened earlier the same day of the broadcast, December 7, 1941.
50	50	"The Song of Doom"	Lost	TBA	December 14, 1941
Note: This show has the same title as the January 22, 1944 episode.
51	51	"The Man from Yesterday"	Exists	mp3	December 21, 1941
Doctor Robert Rand, and his museum crew, visit Africa to catch a large gorilla named Ungagi. Doctor Rand and his wife Ruth bring Ungagi back to New York with them to go in a zoo. Ruth teaches Ungagi a trick on the way there, how to shake hands with a lady. Ungagi ends up taking Ruth's wedding ring, but learns to give it back. They deliver Ungagi to Professor Carver's museum. As time goes on, Ungagi seems to remember Dr. Rand from somewhere. We hear Ungagi's thoughts as he remembers a memory from another gorilla from 10,000 years ago. In Ungagi's thoughts, he hears the voice of the jungle speaking to him and telling him of a similar human to Dr, Rand and an awful experience from the past. Starring Anne Seymour, Myron McCormick and written by Milton Geiger. Aired on NBC and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills.
52	52	"Death Has Claws"	Exists	mp3	December 28, 1941
Dan Kirsch lives in an apartment building on Bailey Street and has not been able to sleep for three nights because of cats howling in the alley. Mr. Kirsch grabs his bat to go out to silence the cats, but is confronted by Harold Higgins who and tells him to leave the cats alone. When Mr. Kirsch swings the bat to kill the cats, Mr. Higgins intervenes and kills him. The police investigate the murder and question Mrs. Kirsch, who doesn't know anything. The police decide to question all the tenants of the apartment building, starting with Mr. Higgins. They question Higgins for a bit, and when they're leaving, one of the cops steps on his cat's tail which infuriates Mr. Higgins. The police leave, but say they'll keep an eye on him. Starring Santos Ortega (as Harold Higgins) and written by Sigmund Miller Aired on the Blue Network and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills.

Season 2: 1942

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
53	1	"Appointment for Murder"	Lost	TBA	January 4, 1942
54	2	"Scarlet Widow"	Exists	TBA	January 11, 1942
Note: This episode exists in the Library of Congress.[7]
55	3	"Dead Reckoning" "a.k.a. Thing From the Sea"	Exists	mp3	January 18, 1942
A tramp steamer is sailing through the fog off the Great Banks on the eastern seaboard. Mr. Ross and the Captain see a schooner come out of the fog off the port bow. They have to react fast to miss running in to it. Joe Banning dives off the schooner and swims to the ship. He tells the Captain that everybody aboard was killed by a thing from the sea. Several of the crew take a small boat to the schooner and board her to investigate. They find the ship abandoned and return to their tramp steamer when they start getting nervous. Banning tells the Captain the story of how the water aboard turned to blood and how the crew started disappearing one by one. Starring Arthur Vinton (as Captain Big) and written by Robert Newman. Aired on the Blue Network and sponsored by Carter's Little Liver Pills.
56	4	"Death Has a Sculptor"	Lost	TBA	January 25, 1942
57	5	"Death Has Wings"	Lost	TBA	February 1, 1942
58	6	"The Phantom Express"	Lost	TBA	February 8, 1942
59	7	"Death Strikes Twice"	Lost	TBA	February 15, 1942
60	8	"Pact of Death"	Lost	TBA	February 22, 1942
61	9	"Ghost Town"	Lost	TBA	March 1, 1942
62	10	"The Black Swamp"	Lost	TBA	March 8, 1942
63	11	"The Mask of Death"	Lost	TBA	March 15, 1942
64	12	"Death Strikes Back"	Lost	TBA	March 22, 1942
65	13	"Death, the Huntsman"	Lost	TBA	March 29, 1942
66	14	"The Fall of the House of Usher"	Lost	TBA	April 5, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
67	15	"The Haunted Mine"	Lost	TBA	April 12, 1942
68	16	"Blackstone"	Lost	TBA	April 19, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
69	17	"The Man Who Died Again"	Lost	TBA	April 26, 1942
70	18	"A Study for Murder"	Exists	mp3	May 3, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
71	19	"Death Calls at 12:00"	Lost	TBA	May 10, 1942
72	20	"The Last Performance"	Lost	TBA	May 17, 1942
73	21	"The Cone"	Lost	TBA	May 24, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
74	22	"Death Wears My Face"	Lost	TBA	May 31, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
75	23	"Strange Request"	Lost	TBA	June 7, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
76	24	"Terrible Vengeance"	Lost	TBA	June 14, 1942
Note: The original version of this story is thought to be lost. The only known version to exist is an Australian broadcast from 1952.[2][5][7]
77	25	"The Grey Wolf"	Lost	TBA	June 21, 1942
Starring Boris Karloff
78	26	"Meeting in the Madhouse"	Lost	TBA	June 28, 1942
79	27	"Terror Is a Double-Edged Sword"	Lost	TBA	July 5, 1942
80	28	"Road to Death"	Lost	TBA	July 12, 1942
81	29	"The Garden of Death"	Lost	TBA	July 19, 1942
82	30	"Strange Cat"	Lost	TBA	July 26, 1942
83	31	"Death Keeps a Date"	Lost	TBA	August 2, 1942
84	32	"Death Has Four Faces"	Lost	TBA	August 9, 1942
85	33	"Moon Murders"	Lost	TBA	August 16, 1942
86	34	"Dead Man's Magic"	Lost	TBA	August 23, 1942
Note: This show is presumed lost. The show "No Rest For The Dead" from August 24, 1952 was mistakenly labeled "Dead Man's Magic".[5]
87	35	"Visitor at Midnight"	Lost	TBA	August 30, 1942
88	36	"Design for Dying"	Lost	TBA	September 6, 1942
89	37	"Death's Four Faces"	Lost	TBA	September 13, 1942
90	38	"The Dead Walk at Night"	Lost	TBA	September 20, 1942
Note: This show has the same title as the September 28, 1952 episode. The show from 1942 is presumed lost, but the 1952 version with Donald Buka does exists. The 1942 version does not star Donald Buka.[5][7]
91	39	"The Man Who Played with Death"	Lost	TBA	September 27, 1942
Starring Claude Rains
92	40	"Death's Revenge"	Lost	TBA	October 4, 1942
93	41	"The King of Darkness"	Lost	TBA	October 11, 1942
Starring Claude Rains
94	42	"The Killer and the Moth"	Lost	TBA	October 18, 1942
95	43	"The Deadly Parrot"	Lost	TBA	October 25, 1942
96	44	"The Gunman and the Ghost"	Lost	TBA	November 1, 1942
Starring Arnold Moss
97	45	"The Laughing Murderer"	Lost	TBA	November 8, 1942
Starring Claude Rains Note: This show has the same title as the April 29, 1944 episode.
98	46	"Return from the Unknown"	Lost	TBA	November 15, 1942
99	47	"The Cat and the Killer"	Lost	TBA	November 22, 1942
100	48	"The Murders in the Morgue"	Lost	TBA	November 29, 1942
Starring Peter Lorre
101	49	"The Mummy's Curse"	Lost	TBA	December 6, 1942
102	50	"The Man Who Returned from the Dead"	Lost	TBA	December 13, 1942
103	51	"The Doomed Ship"	Lost	TBA	December 20, 1942
104	52	"Dig My Grave"	Lost	TBA	December 27, 1942
Starring Peter Lorre

Season 3: 1943

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
105	1	"Mystery of the Great Forest"	Lost	TBA	January 3, 1943
106	2	"The Killer Pleads Guilty"	Lost	TBA	January 10, 1943
107	3	"The Ring of Death"	Lost	TBA	January 17, 1943
Starring Chester Morris
108	4	"The Hound of Death"	Lost	TBA	January 24, 1943
109	5	"Death at Moordan Castle"	Lost	TBA	January 31, 1943
110	6	"Ring of Death"	Lost	TBA	February 7, 1943
Starring Peter Lorre
111	7	"River of Blood"	Lost	TBA	February 14, 1943
112	8	"Screams in the Night"	Lost	TBA	February 21, 1943
Starring Martha Scott (same show title as 1946-05-14 episode)
113	9	"The Button"	Lost	TBA	February 28, 1943
(same show title as 1941-07-27 episode)
114	10	"The Black Sea Gull"	Exists	mp3	March 7, 1943
Starring Peter Lorre
115	11	"Woman of Death"	Lost	TBA	March 14, 1943
116	12	"Death on Merle Street"	Lost	TBA	March 21, 1943
117	13	"Double Death"	Lost	TBA	March 28, 1943
Starring Judith Evelyn
118	14	"The Ring of Doom"	Lost	TBA	April 4, 1943
119	15	"The Dead Want Company"	Lost	TBA	April 11, 1943
120	16	"The Unforgettable Face"	Lost	TBA	April 18, 1943
121	17	"The Voice in the Night"	Lost	TBA	April 25, 1943
122	18	"Death Builds a House"	Lost	TBA	May 2, 1943
123	19	"One Must Die"	Lost	TBA	May 9, 1943
Starring Lesley Woods, Anne Seymour
124	20	"Death from a Stranger"	Lost	TBA	May 16, 1943
125	21	"Death Comes Calling"	Lost	TBA	May 23, 1943
Starring Arnold Moss
126	22	"Death at the Zoo"	Lost	TBA	May 30, 1943
Starring Akim Tamiroff
127	23	"The House Where Death Lived"	Exists	mp3	June 6, 1943
128	24	"Murder by Mistake"	Lost	TBA	June 13, 1943
129	25	"The Smiling Killer"	Lost	TBA	June 20, 1943
130	26	"The House by the Sea"	Lost	TBA	June 27, 1943
131	27	"Cups of Death"	Lost	TBA	July 4, 1943
132	28	"Mr De Capello"	Lost	TBA	July 11, 1943
133	29	"The Temple of Isis"	Lost	TBA	July 18, 1943
134	30	"??"	Lost	TBA	July 25, 1943
135	31	"The Horla"	Exists	mp3	August 1, 1943
Starring Arnold Moss (same show title as 1941-05-04 episode)
136	32	"The House of Death"	Lost	TBA	August 8, 1943
(same show title as 1944-11-11 episode)
137	33	"Death and the Lady Diana"	Lost	TBA	August 15, 1943
138	34	"The Bog-Oak Necklace"	Exists	mp3	August 22, 1943
(same show title as 1945-04-10 episode)
139	35	"The Thirteenth Chime"	Lost	TBA	August 29, 1943
Starring Arnold Moss
140	36	"The Death and the Detective"	Lost	TBA	September 4, 1943
Starring Everett Sloane
141	37	"Mr Zenith"	Lost	TBA	September 11, 1943
142	38	"Return to Death"	Lost	TBA	September 18, 1943
143	39	"The Smiling Skull"	Lost	TBA	September 25, 1943
Starring Miriam Hopkins
144	40	"The Man Who Died Twice"	Lost	TBA	October 2, 1943
Starring Arnold Moss
145	41	"Death Walks on Padded Feet"	Lost	TBA	October 9, 1943
146	42	"The Accusing Corpse"	Lost	TBA	October 16, 1943
Starring Martin Gabel, Mariam Hopkins (same show title as 1941-11-30 episode)
147	43	"Death's Candle Stick"	Lost	TBA	October 23, 1943
148	44	"The Man Who Had No Heart"	Lost	TBA	October 30, 1943
149	45	"Death Shines a Light"	Lost	TBA	November 6, 1943
150	46	"Death Is a Blind Man"	Lost	TBA	November 13, 1943
Starring Joseph Cotten
151	47	"A Vision Of Death"	Lost	TBA	November 20, 1943
152	48	"Death Strikes the Keys"	Lost	TBA	November 27, 1943
Starring Orson Welles
153	49	"Death Has a Vacancy"	Lost	TBA	December 4, 1943
154	50	"Speak of the Dead"	Lost	TBA	December 11, 1943
155	51	"Dreadful Tapestry"	Lost	TBA	December 18, 1943
Starring Judith Evelyn
156	52	"Death Is a Madman"	Lost	TBA	December 25, 1943
Starring Leslie Woods

Season 4: 1944

There was no episode broadcast on August 12, 1944 because of a speech by President Roosevelt.^[2]

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
157	1	"The Train to Glory"	Lost	TBA	January 1, 1944
Starring Joseph Julian
158	2	"The Death Laugh"	Exists	mp3	January 8, 1944
Starring Laird Cregar
159	3	"The Huntress"	Lost	TBA	January 15, 1944
Starring Martin Gabel
160	4	"The Song of Doom"	Lost	TBA	January 22, 1944
Starring Laird Cregar (same show title as 1941-12-14 episode)
161	5	"The Dead Walk Tonight"	Lost	TBA	January 29, 1944
Starring Martin Gabel
162	6	"Dealer in Death"	Lost	TBA	February 5, 1944
Starring Laird Cregar
163	7	"Dream Death"	Lost	TBA	February 12, 1944
Starring Martin Gabel
164	8	"Death Steals the Scene"	Lost	TBA	February 19, 1944
165	9	"Mysterious Stranger"	Lost	TBA	February 26, 1944
Starring Ann Sheperd
166	10	"The Wolf Woman"	Lost	TBA	March 4, 1944
Starring Akim Tamiroff
167	11	"The Valse Triste"	Lost	TBA	March 11, 1944
Starring Written by Arch Oboler
168	12	"The Wings of Death"	Lost	TBA	March 18, 1944
Starring Akim Tamiroff
169	13	"The Room for the Standing Dead"	Lost	TBA	March 25, 1944
Starring Leslie Woods
170	14	"The Shriveled Head"	Lost	TBA	April 1, 1944
Starring Lional Barrymore
171	15	"Death Tonight Can Wait"	Lost	TBA	April 8, 1944
Starring Leslie Woods
172	16	"The Skull That Walked"	Exists	mp3	April 15, 1944
173	17	"The Melody of Death"	Exists	mp3	April 22, 1944
Starring Mary Astor
174	18	"The Laughing Murderer"	Lost	TBA	April 29, 1944
Starring Adolphe Menjou (same show title as 1942-11-08 episode)
175	19	"Death and the Bolero"	Lost	TBA	May 6, 1944
Starring Margo
176	20	"The Silent Hands"	Exists	mp3	May 13, 1944
Starring Mary Astor
177	21	"The Dead Refuse to Die"	Lost	TBA	May 20, 1944
Starring Berry Kroeger
178	22	"The Haunted Guitar"	Lost	TBA	May 27, 1944
Starring Margo
179	23	"Black Angel"	Lost	TBA	June 3, 1944
180	24	"Death Is a Joker"	Exists	mp3	June 10, 1944
Charles Rupert is an actor and comedian, accused of murder, who is explaining his story to a jury. Charles had visited the apartment of his friend, Robert Langwell, to talk about Robert's upcoming marriage to Julie Winthrop. Charles tells Robert he shouldn't marry Julie and admits he is in love with Julie. Robert laughs at the idea of Charles being in love with Julie, which infuriates Charles to no end and causes him to kill his friend, Robert. Starring Peter Lorre (as Charles Rupert). Note: The version of this show that exists is a Mystery Playhouse (1944) re-broadcast for the Armed Forces Radio Service. The commercials and closing were edited out as well as most of the introduction.[4] These were replaced with an introduction by Peter Lorre. This show has the same title as "Death Is a Joker" from May 25, 1941, but is performed by different voice actors and may be a modified story.[8]
181	25	"The Mind Reader"	Lost	TBA	June 17, 1944
Starring Peter Lorre (same show title as 1947-10-20 episode)
182	26	"Cypress Island"	Lost	TBA	June 24, 1944
Starring Leslie Woods
183	27	"Death Is a Delusion"	Lost	TBA	July 1, 1944
184	28	"The Hanging Puppet"	Lost	TBA	July 8, 1944
185	29	"The Spider and the Lady"	Lost	TBA	July 15, 1944
186	30	"The Blue Tie"	Lost	TBA	July 22, 1944
187	31	"The Mad House (Part 1)"	Lost	TBA	July 29, 1944
Starring Margo
188	32	"The Mad House (Part 2)"	Lost	TBA	August 5, 1944
Starring Margo
189	33	"Toccato Murder"	Lost	TBA	August 19, 1944
190	34	"Tomb of Ramhotys"	Lost	TBA	August 26, 1944
191	35	"Murder in the Museum"	Lost	TBA	September 2, 1944
192	36	"Boy Butcher"	Lost	TBA	September 9, 1944
193	37	"One Foot in the Grave"	Lost	TBA	September 16, 1944
Starring Peter Lorre
194	38	"The Dream"	Lost	TBA	September 23, 1944
Starring Orson Welles
195	39	"Premonition"	Lost	TBA	September 30, 1944
Starring Anne Seymour
196	40	"Dead Man's Vengeance" "Raymond Meets Gideon Blake"	Exists	mp3	October 7, 1944
Starring Raymond Edward Johnson
197	41	"The Deadly Ring"	Lost	TBA	October 14, 1944
(same show title as 1947-09-08 episode)
198	42	"The Grave of Marie Chandell"	Lost	TBA	October 21, 1944
199	43	"A Dead Woman's Tale"	Lost	TBA	October 28, 1944
Starring Luise Rainer
200	44	"Blind Man's Bluff"	Lost	TBA	November 4, 1944
201	45	"The House of Death"	Lost	TBA	November 11, 1944
(same show title as 1943-08-08 episode)
202	46	"The Cursed Twins"	Lost	TBA	November 18, 1944
Starring Berry Kroeger
203	47	"The Living Dead"	Lost	TBA	November 22, 1944
Starring Judith Evelyn (same show title as 1941-11-09 episode)
204	48	"The Voice on the Wire"	Exists	mp3	November 29, 1944
Starring Mary Astor
205	49	"The Color Blind Formula" "Richard Fenner"	Exists	mp3	December 6, 1944
Starring Richard Widmark
206	50	"The Man Who Died Smiling"	Lost	TBA	December 13, 1944
Starring Joseph Julian
207	51	"The Frightened Lady"	Lost	TBA	December 20, 1944
Starring Leslie Woods
208	52	"Death Dream"	Lost	TBA	December 27, 1944
Starring Santos Ortega

Season 5: 1945

There was no episode broadcast on May 8, 1945 because of V-E Day.^[2]

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
209	1	"Murdered Do Not Die"	Lost	TBA	January 2, 1945
Starring Clifton Web
210	2	"Desert Death"	Exists	mp3	January 9, 1945
Starring Horace Graham
211	3	"Death and the Dolls"	Lost	TBA	January 16, 1945
Starring Leslie Woods
212	4	"Death Is an Artist"	Exists	mp3	January 23, 1945
Starring Lee Bowman
213	5	"The Hand"	Lost	TBA	January 30, 1945
Starring Judith Evelyn
214	6	"Death in the Depths"	Exists	mp3	February 6, 1945
Starring Santos Ortega
215	7	"Ends of the Earth"	Lost	TBA	February 13, 1945
Starring Richard Arlen
216	8	"No Coffin for the Dead"	Exists	mp3	February 20, 1945
Starring Les Tremayne
217	9	"The Phantom Bell"	Lost	TBA	February 27, 1945
Starring Santos Ortega
218	10	"The Lost Refrain"	Exists	mp3	March 6, 1945
Starring Wendy Barrie
219	11	"Island of the Dead"	Exists	TBA	March 13, 1945
Starring Karl Swenson (there is an audio file labelled as "Island of the Dead", but it is really "Island of Death" from 1941.)
220	12	"Train to Glory"	Lost	TBA	March 20, 1945
Starring Jerry Wayne
221	13	"Mrs Bluebird"	Lost	TBA	March 27, 1945
Starring Claudia Morgan
222	14	"The Meek Die Slowly"	Exists	mp3	April 3, 1945
Starring Victor Moore (same show title as 1952-09-07 episode)
223	15	"The Bog-Oak Necklace"	Exists	mp3	April 10, 1945
Starring Miriam Hopkins (same show title as 1943-08-22 episode)
224	16	"The Judas Clock"	Exists	mp3	April 17, 1945
Starring Barry Kroeger, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega
225	17	"Song of the Slasher"	Exists	mp3	April 24, 1945
Starring Arnold Moss
226	18	"The Girl and the Gallows"	Exists	mp3	May 1, 1945
Starring Wendy Barrie
227	19	"The Black Art" "Lady is a Witch"	Exists	mp3	May 15, 1945
Starring Simone Simon (same show title as 1948-02-16 episode)
228	20	"Dead to Rights"	Exists	mp3	May 22, 1945
Starring Elspeth Eric, Santos Ortega
229	21	"Musical Score"	Exists	mp3	May 29, 1945
Starring Berry Kroeger
230	22	"Death Across the Board"	Exists	mp3	June 5, 1945
Starring Raymond Massey, Jackson Beck
231	23	"Portrait of Death"	Exists	mp3	June 12, 1945
Starring Leslie Woods
232	24	"Dead Man's Holiday"	Exists	mp3	June 19, 1945
Starring Myron McCormick (same show title as 1950-09-18 episode)
233	25	"Dead Man's Debt"	Exists	mp3	June 26, 1945
Starring Joseph Julian
234	26	"Dead Man's Deal"	Exists	mp3	August 28, 1945
Starring Larry Haines
235	27	"The Murder Prophet"	Exists	mp3	September 4, 1945
Starring Wendy Berrie (same show title as 1952-07-27 episode)
236	28	"The Last Story"	Exists	mp3	September 11, 1945
Starring Richard Widmark
237	29	"Terror by Night"	Exists	mp3	September 18, 1945
Starring Anne Shepherd (same show title as 1947-05-19, 1952-06-29 episodes)
238	30	"The Lonely Sleep"	Exists	mp3	September 25, 1945
Starring Karl Swenson
239	31	"The Shadow of Death"	Exists	mp3	October 2, 1945
Starring Richard Widmark
240	32	"Death by Scripture"	Exists	mp3	October 9, 1945
Starring Stefen Schnabel
241	33	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Exists	mp3	October 16, 1945
Starring Larry Haines, Anne Shepherd (same show title as 1947-10-27, 1952-09-14 episodes)
242	34	"The Corridor of Doom"	Exists	mp3	October 23, 1945
Starring Boris Karloff
243	35	"The Man Who Couldn't Die" "Elixer Number 4"	Exists	mp3	October 30, 1945
Starring Boris Karloff (same show title as 1946-02-12 episode)
244	36	"The Wailing Wall"	Exists	mp3	November 6, 1945
Starring Boris Karloff, Jackson Beck
245	37	"The Dreadful Hunch"	Lost	TBA	November 13, 1945
Starring Richard Widmark
246	38	"Boomerang"	Exists	TBA	November 20, 1945
Starring Martin Gabel
247	39	"Death Can Be Beautiful"	Lost	TBA	November 27, 1945
Starring Karl Swenson
248	40	"A Puppet For Murder"	Lost	TBA	December 4, 1945
Starring Larry Haines
249	41	"The Dark Chamber"	Exists	mp3	December 11, 1945
Starring Kenneth Lynch
250	42	"The Undead"	Exists	mp3	December 18, 1945
Starring Anne Seymour
251	43	"The Littlest Angel"	Lost	TBA	December 25, 1945
Starring Helen Hayes

Season 6: 1946

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
252	1	"Phantom Music Box"	Lost	TBA	January 1, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega (same show title as 1951-01-01 episode)
253	2	"The Creeping Wall"	Exists	mp3	January 8, 1946
Starring Irene Wicker
254	3	"The Edge of Death"	Exists	mp3	January 15, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
255	4	"The Confession" "Catherine Bryan"	Exists	mp3	January 22, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega
256	5	"Blood of Cain"	Exists	mp3	January 29, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
257	6	"Skeleton Bay"	Exists	mp3	February 5, 1946
Starring Betty Lou Gerson (same show title as 1950-01-30 episode)
258	7	"The Man Who Couldn't Die" "Elixer Number 4"	Exists	mp3	February 12, 1946
Starring Richard Widmark (same show title as 1945-10-30 episode)
259	8	"You'll Never Escape"	Lost	TBA	February 19, 1946
Starring Kenny Lynch
260	9	"I Walk in the Night"	Exists	mp3	February 26, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
261	10	"Accident"	Lost	TBA	March 5, 1946
Starring Charlotte Holland
262	11	"Strands of Death"	Exists	mp3	March 12, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega
263	12	"Murders in the Morgue"	Lost	TBA	March 19, 1946
Starring Victor Moore
264	13	"Death Is a Double-Crosser"	Exists	mp3	March 26, 1946
Starring Lawson Zerbe
265	14	"The Night Is My Shroud"	Exists[9]	TBA	April 2, 1946
Starring Ann Shepherd
266	15	"Lady with a Plan"	Exists	mp3	April 9, 1946
Starring Elspeth Eric
267	16	"The Lonely Hearts Killer"	Lost	TBA	April 16, 1946
Starring Orson Welles
268	17	"Make Ready My Grave"	Exists	mp3	April 23, 1946
Starring Joan Banks, Richard Widmark
269	18	"Dead Man's Turn"	Lost	TBA	April 30, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
270	19	"You Could Die Laughing"	Exists	mp3	May 7, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega
271	20	"Screams in the Night"	Lost	TBA	May 14, 1946
Starring Anne Shepherd (same show title as 1943-02-21 episode)
272	21	"Detour to Terror" "Death"	Exists	mp3	May 21, 1946
Starring Mason Adams
273	22	"Murder in the Night"	Lost	TBA	May 28, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega
274	23	"Eight Steps to Murder"	Exists	mp3	June 4, 1946
Starring Berry Kroeger
275	24	"Bury Me Not"	Lost	TBA	June 11, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
276	25	"I Want to Report a Murder"	Exists	mp3	June 18, 1946
Starring Santos Ortega
277	26	"One More Murder"	Lost	TBA	July 29, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
278	27	"Asleep in the Deep"	Lost	TBA	August 5, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
279	28	"Preview for Murder"	Lost	TBA	August 12, 1946
Starring Lawson Zerbe
280	29	"Spectre of the Rose"	Exists	mp3	August 19, 1946
Starring Ben Hecht
281	30	"The Long Wait Is Over"	Lost	TBA	August 26, 1946
Starring Joseph Julian
282	31	"The Missing Claw"	Lost	TBA	September 2, 1946
Starring Leslie Woods
283	32	"Murder Comes at Midnight"	Exists	mp3	September 9, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
284	33	"Murder to a Metronome"	Lost	TBA	September 16, 1946
Starring Anne Shepherd
285	34	"The Dead Laugh" "Ghosts Always Get the Last Laugh"	Exists	mp3	September 23, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge, Santos Ortega
286	35	"Death Rides a Dollar Bill"	Lost	TBA	September 30, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
287	36	"The Listener" "Aunt Ellen"	Exists	mp3	October 7, 1946
Starring Freddie Bartholomew (same show title as 1952-07-20 episode)
288	37	"Strange Passenger"	Lost	TBA	October 14, 1946
Starring Mason Adams (same show title as 1949-05-23, 1952-08-31 episodes)
289	38	"The Black Dog"	Lost	TBA	October 21, 1946
Starring Leslie Woods
290	39	"The Sister"	Lost	TBA	October 28, 1946
Starring Anne Shepherd
291	40	"Death's Old Sweet Song"	Exists	mp3	November 4, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
292	41	"Nightmare"	Lost	TBA	November 11, 1946
Starring Les Tremayne (same show title as 1947-07-07 episode)
293	42	"Highway to Death"	Lost	TBA	November 18, 1946
Starring Larry Haines
294	43	"No Rest for the Dead"	Exists	mp3	November 25, 1946
Starring Anne Seymour (same show title as 1952-08-24 episode)
295	44	"But the Dead Walk Alone"	Lost	TBA	December 2, 1946
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
296	45	"Invisible Demon"	Lost	TBA	December 9, 1946
Starring Joseph Julian
297	46	"Whistle While I Die"	Lost	TBA	December 16, 1946
Starring Les Tremayne
298	47	"The Lonely Room"	Lost	TBA	December 23, 1946
Starring Mason Adams
299	48	"The Open Grave"	Lost	TBA	December 30, 1946
Starring Leslie Woods

Season 7: 1947

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
300	1	"Death Pays the Freight"	Exists	mp3	January 6, 1947
Starring Larry Haines (same show title as 1952-07-06, 1952-10-05 episodes)
301	2	"Payable at Death"	Lost	TBA	January 13, 1947
Starring Lawson Zerbe
302	3	"Witch Man"	Lost	TBA	January 20, 1947
Starring Berry Kroeger
303	4	"The Silent Hand"	Lost	TBA	January 27, 1947
Starring Stefan Schnabel
304	5	"Death Bound"	Exists	mp3	February 3, 1947
Starring Richard Widmark
305	6	"The Ghost in the Garden"	Exists	mp3	February 10, 1947
Starring Leslie Woods
306	7	"Moonlight Is for Murder"	Lost	TBA	February 17, 1947
Starring Larry Haines
307	8	"Journey into Death"	Lost	TBA	February 24, 1947
Starring Karl Swenson
308	9	"The Corpse That Nobody Loved"	Exists	mp3	March 3, 1947
Starring Wendy Barrie
309	10	"The Deadly Kiss"	Lost	TBA	March 10, 1947
Starring Richard Widmark
310	11	"Bury Me Deep"	Lost	TBA	March 17, 1947
Starring Charlotte Holland
311	12	"Black Is for Death"	Lost	TBA	March 24, 1947
Starring Everette Sloane
312	13	"Ghost of Jeremiah"	Lost	TBA	March 31, 1947
Starring Berry Kroeger
313	14	"The Girl Who Wouldn't Die"	Lost	TBA	April 7, 1947
Starring Mason Adams
314	15	"Death Is My Brother"	Lost	TBA	April 14, 1947
Starring Larry Haines
315	16	"Hour of Darkness"	Lost	TBA	April 21, 1947
Starring Karl Swenson
316	17	"The Case Of The Living Corpse"	Lost	TBA	April 28, 1947
Starring Anne Shepherd
317	18	"Don't Dance on My Grave"	Exists	mp3	May 5, 1947
Starring Charlotte Holland, Arnold Moss
318	19	"Dead Man Tells a Tale"	Lost	TBA	May 12, 1947
Starring Arlene Blackburn
319	20	"Terror by Night"	Exists	mp3	May 19, 1947
Starring Anne Shepherd (same show title as 1945-09-18, 1952-06-29 episodes)
320	21	"Never to Die Again"	Lost	TBA	May 26, 1947
Starring Everette Sloane
321	22	"The Fear of Death"	Lost	TBA	June 2, 1947
Starring Richard Widmark
322	23	"The Rest of My Natural Life"	Lost	TBA	June 9, 1947
Starring Charlotte Holland
323	24	"The Man on the Slab"	Lost	TBA	June 16, 1947
Starring Arnold Moss
324	25	"Over My Dead Body"	Exists	mp3	June 23, 1947
Starring Larry Haines, Vera Ellen
325	26	"Man and the Knife"	Exists	mp3	June 30, 1947
Starring Les Tremayne
326	27	"Nightmare"	Lost	TBA	July 7, 1947
Starring Elspeth Eric (same show title as 1946-11-11 episode)
327	28	"I Must Not Die Alone"	Lost	TBA	July 14, 1947
Starring Everette Sloane
328	29	"Death Accentuates the Negative"	Lost	TBA	July 21, 1947
Starring Anne Shephard
329	30	"Murderer at Large"	Lost	TBA	July 28, 1947
Starring Joseph Julian
330	31	"The White Witch"	Lost	TBA	August 4, 1947
Starring Elspeth Eric
331	32	"Night of Death"	Lost	TBA	August 11, 1947
Starring Richard Widmark
332	33	"Adventure in the Macabre"	Lost	TBA	August 18, 1947
Starring Larry Haines
333	34	"The Body in the Closet"	Lost	TBA	August 25, 1947
Starring Karl Swenson
334	35	"Last Time I Killed Her"	Lost	TBA	September 1, 1947
Starring Arnold Moss
335	36	"The Deadly Ring"	Lost	TBA	September 8, 1947
Starring Richard Widmark (same show title as 1944-10-14 episode)
336	37	"Till the Day I Kill You"	Lost	TBA	September 15, 1947
337	38	"As Long as I Live"	Lost	TBA	September 22, 1947
Starring Santos Ortega
338	39	"The Hands of Death"	Lost	TBA	September 29, 1947
Starring Myron McCormick (same show title as 1941-08-31 episode)
339	40	"A Time to Die"	Lost	TBA	October 6, 1947
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
340	41	"The Last Tour"	Lost	TBA	October 13, 1947
Starring Charles Irving
341	42	"The Mind Reader"	Lost	TBA	October 20, 1947
Starring Charlotte Holland (same show title as 1944-06-17 episode)
342	43	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Exists	mp3	October 27, 1947
Starring Everett Sloane, Mercedes McCambridge (same show title as 1945-10-16, 1952-09-14 episodes)
343	44	"Carnival of Death"	Lost	TBA	November 3, 1947
Starring Santos Ortega
344	45	"The Murderer Would Not Die"	Lost	TBA	November 10, 1947
Starring Karl Swenson
345	46	"The Conquest of Death"	Lost	TBA	November 17, 1947
Starring Larry Haines
346	47	"Tell It to the Dead"	Lost	TBA	November 24, 1947
Starring Everette Sloane
347	48	"Bernice"	Lost	TBA	December 1, 1947
Starring Karl Swenson
348	49	"Blood on the Roses"	Lost	TBA	December 8, 1947
Starring Mason Adams
349	50	"Death Plays the Black Keys"	Lost	TBA	December 15, 1947
Starring Everette Sloane
350	51	"Madame Midnight"	Lost	TBA	December 22, 1947
Starring Joseph Julian
351	52	"Death out of Mind"	Exists	mp3	December 29, 1947
Starring Larry Haines, Anne Shepherd

Season 8: 1948

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
352	1	"The Flaming Corpse"	Lost	TBA	January 5, 1948
Starring Everett Sloane
353	2	"Tempo in Blood"	Exists	mp3	January 12, 1948
Starring Mason Adams, Everett Sloane
354	3	"Murder Counts to Four"	Lost	TBA	January 19, 1948
Starring Ted Osbourne
355	4	"The Doomed"	Exists	mp3	January 26, 1948
Starring Karl Swenson, Mercedes McCambridge
356	5	"Death Trap"	Lost	TBA	February 2, 1948
Starring Evelyn Varden (same show title as 1948-06-21 episode)
357	6	"The Mislaid Corpse"	Lost	TBA	February 9, 1948
Starring Everette Sloane
358	7	"The Black Art"	Exists	mp3	February 16, 1948
Starring Ted Osborne (same show title as 1945-05-15 episode)
359	8	"Death Takes a Lonely Road"	Lost	TBA	February 23, 1948
Starring Mason Adams
360	9	"Dream Another Grave"	Lost	TBA	March 1, 1948
Starring Ted Osborne
361	10	"The Magic Tile"	Exists	mp3	March 8, 1948
Starring Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane (same show title as 1952-08-10 episode)
362	11	"Ring Around the Morgue"	Lost	TBA	March 15, 1948
Starring Larry Haines
363	12	"Kill Me Tonight"	Lost	TBA	March 22, 1948
Starring Anne Shepherd
364	13	"Lady Killer" "Homicidal Maniac"	Exists	mp3	March 29, 1948
Starring Everette Sloane
365	14	"Murder Is My Destiny"	Lost	TBA	April 5, 1948
Starring Karl Swenson
366	15	"Vampire"	Lost	TBA	April 12, 1948
Starring Arnold Moss
367	16	"Death Paints Its Face"	Lost	TBA	April 19, 1948
Starring Arnold Moss
368	17	"Doorway to Death"	Lost	TBA	April 26, 1948
Starring Joseph Julian
369	18	"Murder on My Mind"	Lost	TBA	May 3, 1948
Starring Larry Haines
370	19	"The Murder Mirror"	Lost	TBA	May 10, 1948
Starring Karl Swenson
371	20	"A Touch of Death"	Lost	TBA	May 17, 1948
Starring Anne Shepherd
372	21	"Murder Wears Polka Dots"	Lost	TBA	May 24, 1948
Starring Everett Sloane
373	22	"The Murdered Never Die"	Lost	TBA	May 31, 1948
Starring Joseph Julian
374	23	"The Kane Curse"	Lost	TBA	June 7, 1948
Starring Mason Adams
375	24	"Mark of Murder"	Lost	TBA	June 14, 1948
Starring Karl Swenson
376	25	"Death Trap"	Lost	TBA	June 21, 1948
Starring Evelyn Varden (same show title as 1948-02-02 episode)
377	26	"The Corpse Laughs Last"	Exists	mp3	June 28, 1948
Starring Mason Adams (same show title as 1952-08-17 episode)
378	27	"Death Demon"	Exists	mp3	July 5, 1948
Starring Everett Sloane, Anne Seymour (same show title as 1949-02-07 episode)
379	28	"Death Is a Magician"	Lost	TBA	July 12, 1948
Starring Larry Haines
380	29	"The Eyes of My Murderer"	Lost	TBA	July 19, 1948
Starring Donald Buka
381	30	"Murder Takes a Honeymoon"	Exists	mp3	July 26, 1948
Starring Everett Sloan, Ann Sheperd
382	31	"The Murder Ship" "Ship of Doom"	Exists	mp3	August 2, 1948
Starring Mason Adams
383	32	"House of Doom"	Exists	mp3	August 9, 1948
Starring Santos Ortega, Charlotte Holland, Anne Seymour, Myron McCormick
384	33	"Paint My Coffin Black"	Lost	TBA	August 16, 1948
Starring Lawson Zerbe
385	34	"Only the Dead Will Know"	Lost	TBA	August 23, 1948
Starring Charlotte Holland, Sam Wanamaker
386	35	"Next Time I Live"	Lost	TBA	August 30, 1948
Starring Anne Seymour, Mason Adams
387	36	"Death Rides a Riptide"	Exists	mp3	September 6, 1948
Starring Arlene Blackburn, Lawson Zerbe
388	37	"The Murder Carousel" "Death Rides a Carousel"	Exists[9]	TBA	September 13, 1948
Starring Leslie Woods, Lawson Zerbe
389	38	"Hangman's Island"	Exists	mp3	September 20, 1948
Starring Mason Adams, Elspeth Eric
390	39	"Murder by Prophecy" "Highgate / Lion Reigns at Hillcrest / The Three Steps"	Exists	mp3	September 27, 1948
Starring Lawson Zerbe, Santos Ortega, Joseph Julian
391	40	"Death in the Universe"	Lost	TBA	October 11, 1948
Starring Lawson Zerbe
392	41	"Death of a Doll"	Exists	mp3	October 18, 1948
Starring Mason Adams, Ted Osborne
393	42	"The Phantom Dancer"	Lost	TBA	October 25, 1948
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
394	43	"Flight from Fear"	Lost	TBA	November 1, 1948
Starring Elspeth Eric
395	44	"Front Page Murder"	Lost	TBA	November 8, 1948
Starring Myron McCormick
396	45	"Death Watch in Boston"	Exists	mp3	November 15, 1948
Starring Mason Adams, Ted Osborne
397	46	"Monkey Called Death"	Lost	TBA	November 22, 1948
Starring Larry Haines
398	47	"Murder for Keeps"	Lost	TBA	November 29, 1948
Starring Arnold Moss
399	48	"Cause of Death"	Exists	mp3	December 6, 1948
Starring Santos Ortega, Berry Kroeger
400	49	"Murder Faces East"	Exists	mp3	December 13, 1948
Starring Karl Swenson, Charlotte Holland
401	50	"Between Two Worlds"	Exists	mp3	December 20, 1948
Starring Mason Adams, Ann Shepherd
402	51	"The Painted Corpse"	Lost	TBA	December 27, 1948
Starring Larry Haines

Season 9: 1949

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
403	1	"Fearful Voyage"	Exists	mp3	January 3, 1949
Starring Arnold Moss, Elspeth Eric
404	2	"Murder Comes to Life"	Exists	mp3	January 10, 1949
Starring Charles Irving, Santos Ortega
405	3	"Mark My Grave"	Exists	mp3	January 17, 1949
Starring Lawson Zerbe, Santos Ortega
406	4	"The Deadly Dummy"	Exists	mp3	January 24, 1949
Starring Mason Adams, Elspeth Eric
407	5	"The Devil's Fortune" "El Fortuna Diablo"	Exists	mp3	January 31, 1949
Starring Karl Swenson, Charles Irving, Jackson Beck
408	6	"Death Demon"	Exists	mp3	February 7, 1949
Starring Leslie Woods, Everett Sloane (same show title as 1948-07-05 episode)
409	7	"Birdsong for a Murderer"	Exists	mp3	February 14, 1949
Starring Ted Osborne, Arlene Blackburn (same show title as 1952-06-22 episode)
410	8	"Flame of Death"	Exists	mp3	February 21, 1949
Starring Charlotte Holland, Les Treymane
411	9	"Roses Are Red"	Lost	TBA	February 28, 1949
Starring Larry Haines
412	10	"Murder by Coincidence"	Lost	TBA	March 7, 1949
Starring Everett Sloane
413	11	"Death and the Detective"	Lost	TBA	March 14, 1949
Starring Charles Irving
414	12	"Only the Dead Die Twice"	Exists	mp3	March 21, 1949
Starring Larry Haines, Alice Reinheart
415	13	"Appointment with Death" "Florida Keys"	Exists	mp3	March 28, 1949
Starring Charlotte Holland, Karl Swenson
416	14	"Death Wears a Lonely Smile"	Exists	mp3	April 4, 1949
Starring Everett Sloane, Mercedes McCambridge
417	15	"Murder off the Record"	Exists	mp3	April 11, 1949
Starring Mason Adams, Elspeth Eric (same show title as 1952-08-03 episode)
418	16	"The Death Deal"	Exists	mp3	April 18, 1949
Starring Arnold Moss, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane
419	17	"Death Is the Winner"	Lost	TBA	April 25, 1949
Starring Larry Haines
420	18	"The Deadly Double"	Lost	TBA	May 2, 1949
Starring Karl Swenson
421	19	"Corpse on the Town"	Exists	mp3	May 9, 1949
Starring Charles Irving
422	20	"The Unburied Dead"	Exists	mp3	May 16, 1949
Starring Leslie Woods, Everett Sloane
423	21	"Strange Passenger"	Exists	mp3	May 23, 1949
Starring Mason Adams (same show title as 1946-10-14, 1952-08-31 episodes)
424	22	"The Corpse Is Lonely"	Lost	TBA	May 30, 1949
Starring Larry Haines
425	23	"Death on the Highway"	Exists	mp3	June 6, 1949
Starring Ted Osborne, Alice Rhinehart
426	24	"Curious Corpse"	Lost	TBA	June 13, 1949
Starring Mercedes McCambridge
427	25	"Corpse Without a Conscience"	Exists	mp3	June 20, 1949
Starring Everett Sloane, Karl Swenson
428	26	"Model for a Murder"	Lost	TBA	June 27, 1949
Starring Arnold Moss
429	27	"Pattern for Fear"	Exists	mp3	July 4, 1949
Starring Everett Sloane, Cameron Prud'Homme
430	28	"Death Song"	Lost	TBA	July 11, 1949
Starring Mason Adams
431	29	"Deadly Fare"	Exists	mp3	July 18, 1949
Starring Larry Haines, Everett Sloane
432	30	"Murder Wears a Straw Hat"	Lost	TBA	July 25, 1949
Starring Mason Adams
433	31	"Dead Level"	Lost	TBA	August 1, 1949
Starring Berry Kroeger
434	32	"Death Takes First Place"	Lost	TBA	August 8, 1949
Starring Joseph Julian
435	33	"Dead Heat"	Exists	mp3	August 15, 1949
Starring Mercedes McCambridge, Karl Swenson
436	34	"Mind over Murder"	Exists	mp3	August 22, 1949
Starring Everett Sloane, Elspeth Eric
437	35	"Death's Little Brother"	Exists	mp3	August 29, 1949
Starring Larry Haines, Amzie Strickland
438	36	"Murder Rides the Carousel"	Exists	mp3	September 5, 1949
Starring Leslie Woods, Lawson Zerbe
439	37	"The Vengeful Corpse"	Exists	mp3	September 12, 1949
Starring Karl Swenson, Barbara Weeks
440	38	"Honeymoon with Death"	Exists	mp3	September 19, 1949
Starring Arlene Blackburn, Mason Adams
441	39	"Strike up the Band"	Lost	TBA	September 26, 1949
Starring Berry Kroeger
442	40	"Catch a Killer"	Exists	mp3	October 3, 1949
Starring Larry Haines, Barbara Weeks
443	41	"The Devil's Workshop"	Exists	mp3	October 10, 1949
Starring Mason Adams, Joan Banks
444	42	"Image of Death"	Exists	mp3	October 17, 1949
Starring Berry Kroeger, Jean Ellen
445	43	"Night Is My Shroud"	Exists	mp3	October 24, 1949
Starring Kenneth Lynch, Ann Shepherd
446	44	"Corpse for Halloween"	Exists	mp3	October 31, 1949
Starring Larry Haines, Mercedes McCambridge, Berry Kroeger
447	45	"Make Deep My Grave"	Lost	TBA	November 7, 1949
Starring Martin Gabel
448	46	"Wish to Kill"	Exists	mp3	November 14, 1949
Starring Karl Swenson, Leslie Woods
449	47	"Time to Die"	Lost	TBA	November 21, 1949
Starring Lawson Zerbe
450	48	"The Illusion of Murder"	Lost	TBA	November 28, 1949
Starring Mason Adams
451	49	"Wake up and Die"	Lost	TBA	December 5, 1949
Starring Larry Haines
452	50	"Touch of Death"	Lost	TBA	December 12, 1949
Starring Charlotte Holland
453	51	"Beyond the Grave" "Terror Out of the Fog"	Exists	mp3	December 19, 1949
Starring Martin gabel (same show title as 1950-12-04 episode)
454	52	"The Enchanted Ghost"	Exists		December 26, 1949
Starring Frank Sinatra

Season 10: 1950

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
455	1	"Blood Relative"	Lost	TBA	January 2, 1950
Starring Charlotte Holland
456	2	"Killer at Large"	Exists	mp3	January 9, 1950
Starring Larry Haines
457	3	"The Scream"	Exists	mp3	January 16, 1950
Starring Barbara Weeks
458	4	"Hitch-Hiking Corpse"	Exists	mp3	January 23, 1950
Starring Kenneth Lynch
459	5	"Skeleton Bay"	Exists	mp3	January 30, 1950
Starring Charlotte Holland (same show title as 1946-02-05 episode)
460	6	"The Deadly Face"	Exists	TBA	February 6, 1950
Starring Arnold Moss
461	7	"Not Quite Dead"	Exists	TBA	February 13, 1950
Starring Everett Sloane
462	8	"The Obituary"	Exists	TBA	February 20, 1950
Starring Mason Adams
463	9	"The Death Grip"	Lost	TBA	February 27, 1950
Starring Martin Gabel
464	10	"The Haunted"	Exists	TBA	March 6, 1950
Starring Arnold Moss
465	11	"Diamonds for a Corpse"	Lost	TBA	March 13, 1950
Starring Larry Haines
466	12	"Corpse in the Parlor"	Exists	mp3	March 20, 1950
Starring Ken Lynch
467	13	"Murder Mansion"	Exists	mp3	March 27, 1950
Starring Arnold Moss, Everett Sloane
468	14	"The Touch of Terror"	Lost	TBA	April 3, 1950
Starring Charlotte Holland
469	15	"Cry of Death"	Exists	TBA	April 10, 1950
Starring Berry Kroeger
470	16	"Beneficiary – Death"	Exists	mp3	April 17, 1950
Starring Barbara Weeks, Everett Sloane
471	17	"The Corpse Said No"	Lost	TBA	September 4, 1950
Starring Larry Haines
472	18	"Death Watch"	Lost	TBA	September 11, 1950
Starring Robert Sloane (same show title as 1951-06-11 episode)
473	19	"Dead Man's Holiday"	Exists	mp3	September 18, 1950
Starring Peter Cappel (same show title as 1945-06-19 episode)
474	20	"The Dead Are Never Lonely"	Lost	TBA	September 25, 1950
Starring Mason Adams
475	21	"Cry Ghosts"	Lost	TBA	October 2, 1950
Starring Ken Lynch
476	22	"Death Wish"	Lost	TBA	October 9, 1950
Starring Peter Cappel
477	23	"The Hangman"	Lost	TBA	October 16, 1950
Starring Santos Ortega
478	24	"The Empty Grave"	Lost	TBA	October 23, 1950
Starring Ralph Bell
479	25	"Twice Dead"	Exists	mp3	November 6, 1950
Starring Larry Haines, Amzie Strickland
480	26	"Skeleton in the Sun"	Lost	TBA	November 13, 1950
Starring Ken Lynch
481	27	"No Escape"	Lost	TBA	November 20, 1950
Starring Charlotte Holland
482	28	"One Coffin Too Many"	Lost	TBA	November 27, 1950
Starring Ralph Bell
483	29	"Beyond the Grave"	Exists	mp3	December 4, 1950
Starring Mason Adams, Lester Coppel, Mercedes McCambridge (same show title as 1949-12-19 episode)
484	30	"Two in the Grave"	Lost	TBA	December 11, 1950
Starring Karl Swenson
485	31	"Murder by Consent"	Lost	TBA	December 18, 1950
Starring Ken Lynch
486	32	"Enchanted Ghost"	Lost	TBA	December 25, 1950
Starring Larry Haines

Season 11: 1951

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
487	1	"Phantom Music Box"	Lost	TBA	January 1, 1951
(same show title as 1946-01-01 episode)
488	2	"Terror in the Night"	Lost	TBA	January 8, 1951
Starring Ralph Bell
489	3	"The Sound of Death"	Lost	TBA	January 15, 1951
Starring Peter Cappel
490	4	"Lonesome Corpse"	Lost	TBA	January 22, 1951
Starring Ken Lynch
491	5	"Finger of Death"	Lost	TBA	January 29, 1951
Starring Larry Haines
492	6	"Snow-White Scarf"	Exists	mp3	February 5, 1951
Starring Mason Adams
493	7	"Fear of Night"	Lost	TBA	February 12, 1951
Starring Everett Sloane
494	8	"The Smile of Death"	Exists	mp3	February 19, 1951
Starring Larry Haines
495	9	"Man from the Grave"	Exists	mp3	February 26, 1951
Starring Ralph Bell, Peter Cappel
496	10	"Death Proposal"	Exists[9]	TBA	March 5, 1951
Starring Charlotte Holland
497	11	"Live a Little, Die a Little"	Lost	TBA	March 12, 1951
Starring Everett Sloane
498	12	"Skeleton in a Trunk"	Lost	TBA	March 19, 1951
Starring Lawson Zerbe
499	13	"The Unseen"	Lost	TBA	March 26, 1951
Starring Mandel Kramer
500	14	"The Deadly Purse"	Lost	TBA	April 2, 1951
Starring Arnold Moss
501	15	"Time to Kill"	Lost	TBA	April 9, 1951
Starring Ralph Bell
502	16	"??"	Lost	TBA	April 16, 1951
Starring Larry Haines
503	17	"??"	Lost	TBA	April 23, 1951
Starring Ken Lynch
504	18	"??"	Lost	TBA	April 30, 1951
505	19	"Death Is a Right Hook"	Lost	TBA	May 7, 1951
Starring Larry Haines
506	20	"??"	Lost	TBA	May 14, 1951
Starring Mason Adams
507	21	"??"	Lost	TBA	May 21, 1951
Starring Arnold Moss
508	22	"The Unforgiving Corpse"	Exists	mp3	May 28, 1951
Starring Luis van Rooten, Lawson Zerbe
509	23	"A Corpse There Was"	Exists	mp3	June 4, 1951
510	24	"Death Watch"	Lost	TBA	June 11, 1951
Starring Barbara Weeks (same show title as 1950-09-11 episode)
511	25	"Ghost in the Garden"	Lost	TBA	June 18, 1951
Starring Lesley Woods

Season 12: 1952

Many of the shows in season 12 reused previous stories. Some used exactly the same scripts while others used slightly modified scripts. Most of these were recorded using one or more different voice actors than were in the original strories. Because of these differences, they are not technically re-runs, though they are often referred to that way.^[8][10]

No	Ep	Title	Status	Listen	Original air date
512	1	"Birdsong for a Murderer"	Exists	mp3	June 22, 1952
Starring Boris Karloff (same show title as 1949-02-14 episode)
513	2	"Terror by Night"	Exists	mp3	June 29, 1952
Starring Agnes Moorehead (same show title as 1945-09-18, 1947-05-19 episodes)
514	3	"Death Pays the Freight"	Exists	mp3	July 6, 1952
Starring Everett Sloane (same show title as 1947-01-06, 1952-10-05 episodes)
515	4	"Death for Sale"	Exists	mp3	July 13, 1952
Starring Boris Karloff
516	5	"The Listener" "Aunt Ellen"	Exists	mp3	July 20, 1952
Starring Agnus Morehead, Paul McGrath (same show title as 1946-10-07 episode)
517	6	"The Murder Prophet" "Cemetery Hitch-hiker / Claudia / The Last Refrain"	Exists	mp3	July 27, 1952
Starring Agnes Moorehead (same show title as 1945-09-04 episode)
518	7	"Murder off the Record"	Exists	mp3	August 3, 1952
Starring Kenneth Lynch (same show title as 1949-04-11 episode)
519	8	"The Magic Tile"	Exists	mp3	August 10, 1952
Starring Anne Seymour (same show title as 1948-03-08 episode)
520	9	"The Corpse Laughs Last"	Exists	mp3	August 17, 1952
Starring Wendell Corey (same show title as 1948-06-28 episode)
521	10	"No Rest for the Dead"	Exists	mp3	August 24, 1952
Starring Barbara Weeks, Everette Sloane (same show title as 1946-11-25 episode)
522	11	"Strange Passenger" "The Corpse In The Taxi / Stardust"	Exists	mp3	August 31, 1952
Starring Wendell Corey (same show title as 1946-10-14, 1949-05-23 episodes)
523	12	"The Meek Die Slowly" "Jane Carter / Undertaker"	Exists	mp3	September 7, 1952
Starring Arnold Moss (same show title as 1945-04-03 episode)
524	13	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Exists	mp3	September 14, 1952
Starring Mason Adams (same show title as 1945-10-16, 1947-10-27 episodes)
525	14	"The Corpse Nobody Loved" "Corpse in a Cab / Lady and the Corpse / Razor's Edge"	Exists	mp3	September 21, 1952
Starring Joan Lorring
526	15	"The Dead Walk at Night"	Exists	mp3	September 28, 1952
Starring Donald Buka (same show title as 1942-09-20 episode)
527	16	"Death Pays the Freight" "Switch"	Exists	mp3	October 5, 1952
Starring Everett Sloane (repeat of 7-06-52) (same show title as 1947-01-06, 1952-07-06 episode)

See also

• Old-time radio

References

Notes

1. "Inner Sanctum Mysteries". otrr.org. Old Time Radio Researchers. 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
2. Haendiges, Jerry (2003). "Inner Sanctum Mysteries.. episodic log". Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs. Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
3. Husch, Larry; Schroeder, Rianne; White, Dave (2010). "Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. Kuersteiner, Kurt (2010). "Mystery Playhouse w/ Peter Lorre 1944". Radio Horror Hosts. Monsterwax Sci-fi & Horror Monster Cards. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
5. Steinberg, Andrew (2011). "FirstLines / Inner Sanctum". otrr.org. Old Time Radio Researchers. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
6. Grams, Jr., Martin (2002). The official guide to Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Behind the Creaking Door. Churchville, Maryland, US: OTR Publishing. ISBN 9780970331038. OCLC 255567096. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
7. Grams, Jr., Martin (September 9, 2007). "Existing Episodes Of Inner Sanctum Mysteries". The official guide to Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Behind the Creaking Door. Louis V. Genco. ISBN 9780970331038. OCLC 255567096. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
8. Wright, Stewart (2005). "First Line Caveats". Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Old Time Radio Researchers. Retrieved March 27, 2012. When scripts were reused during prime-time broadcasting hours, it was Generally as a New Production and usually WAS NOT simply a re-airing of a previously transcribed show ...
9. Goldin, J. David (April 22, 2012). "Inner Sanctum". radioGOLDINdex database. J. David Goldin. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
10. Hickerson, Jay (2005). The 3rd, revised ultimate history of network radio programming and guide to all circulating shows (Third ed.). Hamden, Connecticut, US: Performing Arts. OCLC 186968159. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

Sources

• Terrace, Vincent (1981), Radio's golden years: the encyclopedia of radio programs, 1930-1960, A.S. Barnes, San Diego, California, US, ISBN 9780498023934
• Lackmann, Ronald W. (2000), The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern, Facts On File, New York City, New York, US ISBN 9780816040773

External links

• Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Old Time Radio Researchers Certified Set at the Internet Archive
• Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Single Episodes at the Internet Archive