Who remembers the Inner Sanctum?

[Lionel Mandrake]

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1. Love those shows!

If you are a fan of Radio classics this is a great site. They try to play shows on the anniversary of their original play dates:


http://radio.macinmind.com/


http://radio.macinmind.com/info.php

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. Thanks. I'll check it out. n/t

[RILib]

2. me

Radio sucks nowadays.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. If you mean commercial radio, I agree.

I listen to a couple of music stations near the low end of the FM dial - one station for classical music, the other for jazz. These stations are run by local colleges and supported by listeners.

[RebelOne]

5. I am old enough to remember the creaking door on the radio.

I never watched the TV series.

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7. Funny anecdote about the squeaking door:

Funny anecdote about the squeaking door:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Sanctum_Mystery#The_creaking_door

The creaking door

The program's familiar and famed audio trademark was the eerie creaking door which opened and closed the broadcasts. Himan Brown got the idea from a door in the basement that "squeaked like Hell." The door sound was actually made by a rusty desk chair. The program did originally intend to use a door, but on its first use, the door did not creak. Undaunted, Brown grabbed a nearby chair, sat in it and turned, causing a hair-raising squeak. The chair was used from then on as the sound prop. On at least one memorable occasion, a staffer innocently repaired and oiled the chair, thus forcing the sound man to mimic the squeak orally.[4]

[HoneychildMooseMoss]

8. Creaking door? Himan Brown?

I thought that was the CBS Radio Mystery Theater

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10. Himan Brown produced both

From his website:

During a span of 65 years, he produced more than 30,000 radio programs, including The Adventures of the Thin Man, The Affairs of Peter Salem, Bulldog Drummond, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, City Desk, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater, Grand Central Station, Green Valley, USA, The Gumps, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Joyce Jordan, M.D., Marie, the Little French Princess, The NBC Radio Theater, The Private Files of Rex Saunders, Terry and the Pirates and numerous daytime soap operas. In 1951-55 he directed the NBC detective drama, Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, and he directed many episodes of shows he produced.

http://www.himanbrown.com/

He packed a lot in for his almost 100 years on earth!

[Lionel Mandrake]

12. Klaatu barada nikto!

Oops, wrong medium.

That was a movie, not a radio program. My bad.

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13. Oh, that Klaatu!

He's done it again!

[hobbit709]

6. I remember Inner Sanctum Records Here in Austin

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. I LOVE Old Time Radio. How would you like 106 episodes of "The InnerSanctum"?

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http://otr.net/?p=isan
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The same site offers you over 12,000 episodes of 169 different OTR shows.
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I highly recommend "Gunsmoke".
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http://otr.net/
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[Lionel Mandrake]

11. Thanks.

OTR looks like a winner.