Beyond the Grave: Inner Sanctum Mysteries (December 19, 1949)

“Beyond the Grave” is an episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 19, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Arthur Brinson lives on a long, narrow island joined to the Florida mainland by a bridge. Fog rolls in one night, and Arthur grows convinced that his wife Valerie, who drowned six months earlier, has returned to kill him. His friend Vincent and Valerie's sister Carol are among those drawn into the tense, fog-bound evening that follows. The episode is part of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries series and was first broadcast on December 19, 1949, with the cast members credited in the broadcast. Strange events mount as the characters struggle to tell what is real and who can be trusted.

A lone house on a fog-bound island off Florida, joined to the mainland by a bridge, on a winter night.

Characters: Arthur Brinson, Vincent, Carol, Everett, Valerie, Deborah

Listen for: Listen for the fog-bound atmosphere, the sound of a cat and the telephone calls that keep failing.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.