Corpse for Halloween: Inner Sanctum Mysteries (October 31, 1949)

“Corpse for Halloween” is an episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jimmy Fox, a haunted man, receives a package containing a stuffed tiger's head and then a human skull, and is confronted by a man who claims Jimmy betrayed and murdered his companions in the Burma jungle years earlier. The stranger, Kavanaugh, says he has hired a pack of city predators to hunt Jimmy for twenty-four hours, and Jimmy wanders the streets on Halloween night trying to survive until the deadline. The episode is part of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries series, first broadcast on October 31, 1949, with Larry Haynes as Jimmy and Barry Kroger as Kavanaugh.

Burma jungle flashback, then a city on Halloween night, including the streets, a costume party, and a subway station

Characters: Jimmy Fox, Kavanaugh, Boxer Dolan, Kevino, Buddy

Listen for: Kavanaugh's claim that he has hired killers to hunt Jimmy for twenty-four hours, and the package containing a tiger's head followed by a human skull

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.