Inner Sanctum Mystery is a radio drama that originally aired on the Blue Network between January 7, 1941, and October 5, 1952. The majority of the original episodes are thought to be lost. However, Episode 10 entitled âÂÂThe Patient Vanishes,â written for March 11, 1941 airdate, exists and was written by Frank R. Gould, who also wrote Episode 1 and Episode 7. Below is a list of episodes and the original airdates.
A total of 527 episodes were produced, but a majority are presumed to be lost. Less than 200 are known to exist today. A number of the episodes that exist are edited versions that were rebroadcast on Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) as part of Mystery Playhouse hosted by Peter Lorre. These episodes edited out the commercials as well as the original introductions and postscripts by Raymond. They were replaced with an introduction by Peter Lorre.
Inner Sanctum premiered on the Blue Network on January 7, 1941.
There was no episode broadcast on August 12, 1944, because of a speech by President Roosevelt.
There was no episode broadcast on May 8, 1945, because of V-E Day.
Many of the shows in season 12 reused previous stories. Some used exactly the same scripts while others used slightly modified scripts. Most of these were recorded using one or more different voice actors than were in the original stories. Because of these differences, they are not technically re-runs, though they are often referred to that way.