Death For Sale (Aired July 13, 1952)
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Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a horror anthology series with a unique sound and a very popular host. For the first four years, "Raymond" greeted guests after an incredibly squeaky door slowly opened at the beginning of each show. His ghoulish puns were accentuated with the flourish of what sounded like a baseball park organ. The stories themselves were directed by Himan Brown, one of the most prolific and talented radio directors of all time (Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy, Bulldog Drummond, The Adventures of the Thin Man, Terry and the Pirates, Grand Central Station, and many others). The stories took all sorts of twists and turns, and the body count often exceeded the number of commercials. As Brown himself described it, "We've killed our characters every way. We've knifed them, garroted them, burned them, poisoned them, bashed their heads, given them rare and fantastic diseases, pushed them out of windows and over cliffs."
THIS EPISODE:
July 13, 1952. CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Death For Sale". A seven-year insurance scheme is delayed by two complications... a blackmailer and his wife. The script was previously used on, "Inner Sanctum," on October 30, 1945. Boris Karloff, Paul McGrath (host), Alice Reinheart, Everett Sloane. 23:14. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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