Till Death Do Us Part: Inner Sanctum Mysteries (October 27, 1947)

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“Till Death Do Us Part” is an episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 27, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Newlyweds Joe and Nancy Page spend their honeymoon at a tourist cabin near an old mill stream. Late at night they witness a man shoot a woman on a bridge, and the killer chases them through the woods. Back at the cabin they find the murdered woman's body on their bed, with her face shot away. Joe and Nancy must decide what to do next, as the couple's cabin owner, Mrs. Swenson, becomes entangled in their trouble. This Inner Sanctum Mystery was broadcast on October 27, 1947, and stars Everett Sloan.

A tourist cabin beside an old mill stream and a nearby bridge, on a country road

Characters: Joe Page, Nancy Page, Mrs. Swenson, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Stone

Listen for: The killer's face is only glimpsed, and the couple's frantic efforts to hide the body and their own movements through the night

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.