January 7, 1941: The first installment of the Inner Sanctum was presented by the NBC Blue network. In its 11 years of featuring suspense, horror , and mystery stories on the air, Inner Sanctum produced a total of 526 episodes. Raymond Johnson, the program’s first host, always opened the program with his popular self-introductory line: “Your host, Raymond.” Through the years, the line was continually used, though with some revisions, by the succeeding hosts. Featuring Lon Chaney Jr. in a starring role, Universal Studios produced six movie series based on the popular radio program, Inner Sanctum .
Today in Old Radio History...