Detour to Terror: Inner Sanctum Mysteries (May 21, 1946)

“Detour to Terror” is an episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 21, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jerry Watson drives through a storm after his twin sister Linda, a magazine writer, goes missing while investigating a family of old-time wreckers near Hurricane Cove. Jerry follows a detour sign onto a back road, finds a felled tree blocking the way, and discovers Linda unconscious nearby. Together with their dog Butch, they seek shelter at an isolated house occupied by Gregory Considine, who is blind, and his brother Vincent, who is kept locked away. Strange events and warnings from Vincent make the siblings suspect the household. The story is a 1946 Inner Sanctum Mystery, originally broadcast on May 21, 1946.

A stormy night on a country road near Hurricane Cove, and an isolated old house in the woods.

Characters: Jerry Watson, Linda Watson, Gregory Considine, Vincent Considine, Matt

Listen for: Listen for the sound of Vincent playing the piano in the dark, and for the discovery of the phony detour sign.

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.