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The Girl & the Gallows

Inner Sanctum · May 1, 1945 · 28 min · 3,826 words

The transcript of “The Girl & the Gallows”, an episode of Inner Sanctum first broadcast May 1, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Night Shift plays Inner Sanctum free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup presents in a sanctum mystery, starring Wendy Berry. It is, friends of the inner sanctum. This is your host Raymond inviting you through the squeaking door for a grisly little party.

Well now for our weekly news summary of events from the other world. Slash. The Galloping Ghost defeated the marauding murderers in the opening game of the act of pleasure of the Ectoplasmic Baseball League last week. An invisible crowd of 20,000 saw the contest.

Flash! The slimy Spokes Union is considering a strike to charge people for overtime when they scare them during the day. And, oh yes, a fake medium was arrested for saying he could get in touch with humans.

Well, that's very funny, Mr. Raymond. Now, that's what I like. When you say amusing things instead of scary one. Oh, thank you very much. Well, they have a very amusing time in the other world. The other day they held a masquerade ball and everyone came disguised as people.

Well, that's very interesting. Did they serve refreshments? Oh, yes, they served Lipton. Tea, everybody loved it. Why, to count all the cups of tea they drank, you'd have to be a tea toddler. Well, then the other world must be pretty much like this one because folks here feel the the same way about Lipton tea. What more people drink Lipton's than any other brand.

And they don't just serve it at meal times either. Yes sir, Lipton's is an around-the-clock drink. It helps lots of housewives through their work day and it's a grand beverage to serve your friends when they drop in of an evening. And of course there's one big reason why Lipton tea is so popular. It's because of that

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