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The screams...the grisly sound effects...the rumbling organ music. Sounds in the dark come strange, mysterious, and terrifying in 21 episodes of such classic series as Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, Suspense, and many more. Spine-chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Arch Oboler, Robert A. Arthur, David Kogan, and Alonzo Deen Cole dabble in dark realms. Boris Karloff, Maurice Tarplin, Paul McGrath, and Bernard Lenrow deliver pulse-pounding performances.

A padlocked, voluminous tome is thrown open to chill your spine with mysterious stories of the supernatural and the unknown, of hidden knowledge lost to the ages, of untold, unknowing fear. Your narrator, Michael Fitzmaurice, introduces you to the Keeper of the Book (played by Phillip Clarke), who brings you 16 edge-of-your-seat thrillers produced by radio legends Robert Arthur and David Kogan! Maurice Tarplin, Ed Latimer, Alfred Shirley, Bryna Raeburn, Elspeth Eric, Tony Barrett, and more are featured in these frightening fables.

"Mysterious Traveler" was a popular radio anthology series that aired from December 5, 1943, to September 16, 1952. Produced and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan, the show featured tales of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural. Each episode began with the sound of a creaking door, setting the stage for the eerie and suspenseful stories that followed.The show's premise revolved around a mysterious man known as the "Mysterious Traveler" who would introduce each episode and provide cryptic insights into the story that was about to unfold. The stories often featured ordinary people ...

He takes the same train every week at this time, with tales to thrill you a little and chill you a little! Here's Maurice Tarplin as The Mysterious Traveler, your sardonic seatmate on the fast track to mystery! Rushing you headlong into mistrust, misdeeds, and murder are Phillip Clarke, Staats Cotsworth, Sandra Gould, Santos Ortega, Joseph Julian, Elspeth Eric, Cameron Prud'Homme, and Raymond Edward Johnson, playing the parts of the unwise, the unwary, and the undone.

The keeper of the book tells the tale of a man who steals, by force, the secret of immortality.

A young girl is stranded on island with three people who are trying to drive her crazy. Phillip Clarke (host).

A murderer who is about to be executed leaves very specific burial instructions, which include the names and adresses of the judge and twelve jurors who condemned him. Has "The Great Randolph" returned from the grave? Richard Coogan, Santos Ortega, Maurice Tarplin (as "The Traveler"), Shirley Blank, Bill Smith, Bob Emerick (announcer).

A plot to a commit double murder is executed in a very strange way with very strange results. Phillip Clarke (host).

A rich woman is being blackmailed.

Two old maids believe their niece and nephew are trying to kill them. Phillip Clarke (host).

A losing half million dollar bet on a horse race sends two grifters to Paris. While there, they meet a count who claims to be able to make genuine currency! William Zuckert, Maurice Tarplin (as "The Traveler"), Charles Webster, Phil Tonken (announcer).

An eccentric who collects souvenirs from murders decides to try for the ultimate item for his collection. Phillip Clarke (host, known as "The Keeper Of The Book").

A big-time crook uses a meek clerk with a photographic memory to hide from the tax men. Bret Morrison, Charles Webster, Lawson Zerbe, Maurice Tarplin (as "The Traveler"), Phil Tonken, Ralph Bell.

The keeper of the book tells the tale of a man who stole, by force, the secret of immortality. Robert A. Arthur (writer), David Kogan (writer), Phillip Clarke (host).

Labour has shifted from the New Left, to New Labour, to Corbynista Labour. Now, it may see power again with a most unlikely group of activists from the 1970s becoming the fourth generation to win power since 1945. Only Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson and Tony Blair have won power from a sitting Conservative government. Of the 10 general elections since 1979, Labour has won three, all under Blair. This record of failure, if applied to any other walk of life, would raise the fundamental question of why continue to fight a losing battle?