Creepy Tales Radio - Old Time Radio Horror
Aug 20, 2026 · 25 min · 8 segments
**Inner Sanctum** was a hugely popular Old Time Radio series created by producer Himan Brown. It was based on the popular *Inner Sanctum* mystery series of books. It aired from January 7, 1941, to…
Good evening, friends.
This is your host to welcome you through the creaking door into the inner sanctum.
Slither in, won't you? Hmm? Sorry the place is such a mess.
I'll sweep it up later.
Those are just chips off the old block.
Been doing my bone work.
Oh, didn't I tell you? Sure, I'm going back to Skull this time.
All cozy now.
Ready to string along with us for a while.
Good.
After all, this is a newspaper story.
If you feel a little cold as we go on, it's only because we have a story to tell you.
Tonight's inner sanctum mystery, Death of a Doll, was written by Fred Matho and stars Mason Adams in the role of Will
And how Willie, on his first assignment for the morning blade, finds himself at two in the morning, sweating nervously in the murky shadows of a riverfront street.
Willie has a gun in his pocket and a doll that belongs to a dead girl tucked under his arm.
A block away, leaning against the one streetlight, impassive, grotesque, ape-like, is the devil waiting
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