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A midway murder sends a terrified eyewitness running for her life--from a cop, a con, and her own secrets--in this mystery by the author of the John J. Malone series. The best carnival barker in the business couldn't have drawn a crowd like the one now gathered around the Ferris wheel on the pier. In one of the cabs, still rocking with the ocean breeze, is a dead man -- a bloody knife protruding from his back. Why the notorious gambling boss Jerry...
2) The House
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The House, first published in 1947 (along with A Composition for Four Hands in the two-novel compendium Duet of Death), is a gothic mystery narrated by Isobel Stone, a young woman just shy of her 21st birthday. Isobel returns to her family home, a rambling, grotesque mansion, after spending 15 of her 21 years living away in boarding schools. Her father, mentally and physically ill, is found burned to death in his car soon after her return, and Isobel...
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The Whistling Legs, first published in 1945 as part of the Inner Sanctum Mystery series, is a murder mystery in which private investigator Philip Cabot is called to the house of a wealthy industrialist who fears for his life. Cabot investigates the members of the household and uncovers a number of dark secrets; during his stay two murders occur in the house as well.
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Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels of Simon & Schuster. Featuring scary stories full of suspense and tongue-in-cheek humor, the episodes captivated audiences for years.
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Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted...
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Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted...
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A mad killer is on the prowl, and there's a dead body in the trunk. This is a good shocker with surprise ending. The script was previously used on Inner Sanctum on September 18, 1945. Linda Dixon is driving north in to the mountains in her six year old car that has motor troubles. She is already feeling a little nervous when she hears a siren in the distance. She knows that the State Prison is in the vicinity and turns on the radio to hear the message...
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A strange woman who foretells the future and can't be killed foretells a hanging death for a beautiful girl. The door was open, and Karen Marley walked into the strangest apartment she'd ever seen. A sweet sickening odour overwhelmed her as she looked around. It was rare incense burning in a hollow skull stood on the mantelpiece. She looked closely; the skull was human. She felt someone's eyes upon her, staring watching every move she made...
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A man is forced to share a lifeboat with a composer who keeps humming a maddening tune. This is the story of a simple melody, and of a killer. Who, as the story opens, is fighting desperately, alone, against a raging storm off the coast of Maine. The lifeboat that he is in is half pounded, and the man's rowing does little good...
12) Edge of Death
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The Edge of Death tells the tale of the night when Satan played a game of murder along a deserted strip of Manhattan waterfront. For his sport he chose two friends, for his victim a woman and the weapon he suggested he had long ago placed in the hands of another murderer, Rasputin.
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Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told a story of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC radio's Blue Network in January 1941 and featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history as an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and a creaking door slowly began to open. Inner Sanctum Mysteries was produced in New York, the...
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A man finds his face changed, a grave with his name on it, and his wife married to another man. Not far from the waterfront in a gloomy shack where death hovers near a man stirs uneasily on a bloodstained cot. As he struggles for the last breath of life his tortured mind forces words to his lips... Not far from the waterfront in a gloomy shack where death hovers near a man stirs uneasily on a bloodstained cot. As he struggles for the last breath of...
17) Dead to Rights
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An inept couple murder for profit, and then run when the net closes in on them.
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