INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: Behind the Creaking Door

Inner Sanctum Mystery is considered one of the best horror programs ever broadcast on the radio. From 1941 to 1952, Inner Sanctums cared radio audiences with chilling tales of mystery and horror, usually a mystery with supernatural overtones. The vampire turned out to be a mad scientist with a needle and a bicycle pump. Best remembered for the sound of the creaking door during the opening and closing of each episode, the host of Inner Sanctum, Raymond Edward Johnson (later Paul McGrath) invited listeners in for a weekly half-hour fright fest of murder and madness. Werewolves, vampires, creeping vines, walking corpses, thunderstorms and old dark houses, black cats and vengeful ancestors all roamed the hallways leading up to the dripping portals of the creaking door. Actors from both Hollywood and Broadway played both victims and murderers. Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Jr., Judith Evelyn, Frank Sinatra, Donald Buka, Les Tremayne, Claude Rains, Agnes Moorehead, Simone Simon, Pa