Twice Dead: Inner Sanctum Mysteries (November 6, 1950)

“Twice Dead” is an episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 6, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

David Morgan, a grieving widower on the coast of Maine, insists his dead wife Carol will return to him. After a woman with no memory appears at his house, claiming to be a stranger and calling herself Carol, David and those around him begin to question what is real. Strange events unfold at the house and on the nearby cliffs, and the family and visitors around David grow increasingly tense. The Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode 'Twice Dead' aired on November 6, 1950, starring Larry Haynes as David Morgan.

A village on the northern coast of Maine, with a house near a high cliff above the sea and a rock formation called Cathedral Rock

Characters: David Morgan, Carol, Seth, Van, Alice, Dr. Leclif

Listen for: David's insistence that his dead wife Carol is coming back, and the sounds of the rocking chair and the woman who appears at the house

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.