List of Inner Sanctum episodes

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 “The Patient Vanishes,” 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.[1][2]


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.[3]

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