Inner Sanctum Mysteries - The Melody Of Death (April 22, 1944)

INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES..... A popular old time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown. A total of five hundred and twenty six episodes were broadcast. The anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. A spooky melodramatic organ score (played by Lew White) punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns. Raymond's closing was an elongated "Pleasant dreeeeaams, hmmmmm?" His tongue-in-cheek style and ghoulish relish of his own tales became the standard for many such horror narrators to follow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------