Greetings, my dearest creeps, connoisseurs of atmosphere, and candle-lit listeners —
it’s your friendly neighbourhood Tale Teller stepping softly through a creaking doorway tonight…because this episode...well...
This one comes straight from the dusty, shadowy vaults of old-time radio royalty.

We are diving into one of the great macabre institutions of the 1940s:

The famous creaking door opens…
and what slips through is a tale thick with guilt, paranoia, and deliciously human dread.

“The Death of Mr Putnam” is a classic slow-burn thriller:
no monsters, no fangs, no fireballs —
just people facing the echo of their own secrets
as fate taps its long, bony fingers against the window.

Expect:

• 🕯️ Whispered suspicions

• 🖤 A death that doesn’t add up

• 🔍 Guilt turning into something almost supernatural

• 🎙️ That iconic Inner Sanctum dark humour

• 🩸 And the creeping sense that someone in that room is lying

This one was a joy to remaster and narrate, and I hope it brings you the same delicious unease those early radio fans felt huddled around their sets in the 1940s.

Inner Sanctum’s “The Mysterious Death of Mr. Putnam” is classic old-school spooky fun — not with ghosts or ghouls, but with people being… well, people. The whole episode leans into awkward silences, weird vibes, and side-eyed tension as everyone tries a bit too hard to act normal after Mr. Putnam suddenly drops dead under circumstances that feel just slightly off. Putnam becomes this kind of “presence” even though he’s not there anymore — his absence tells you everything you need to know, and absolutely nothing at the same time.

Everyone around him feels twitchy, defensive, or oddly rehearsed, and the story slowly tightens around those reactions until guilt and paranoia start spilling out everywhere. It’s not about what lurks in the shadows — it’s about what people hope no one ever finds out.

And of course, it wouldn’t be Inner Sanctum without that creaking door and Raymond popping in with his trademark “I shouldn’t be laughing at this but I am” style of humour. The episode moves at a snappy pace, building the tension bit by bit, until the final reveal lands with that deliciously ironic, poetic justice the series was known for. Nothing flashy, nothing supernatural — just a good, tight psychological mystery about people cracking under pressure.

“The Mysterious Death of Mr. Putnam” is one of those stories that reminds you why Inner Sanctum still holds up today: it’s eerie, clever, character-driven, and proves that sometimes the scariest stuff is just the quiet truth people are trying way too hard to hide.

Thank you so much for listening legends!!! All the love and I really enjoyed remastering this one 🌞💜💜💜💜🌞