THE CREAKING DOOR
[RADIO-SERIES]
It has been asserted that this Australian series from the 1958-59 season was actually Inner
Sanctum with a different title to avoid copyright infringement.
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: 2GB, Sydney, New South Wales (Macquarie Broadcasting Services).
DURATION: November 19, 1958-November 18, 1959.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Wish To Kill” (#11), “Madame Moonlight” (#12).
[Program log]
THE CREAKING DOOR (2GB, SYDNEY)
[?????
November 19, 1958
November 26, 1958
December 3, 1958
December 10, 1958
December 17, 1958
December 24, 1958
December 31, 1958
January 7, 1959
January 14, 1959
January 21, 1959
January 28, 1959 “Wish To Kill”
February 4, 1959 “Madame Moonlight”
February 11, 1959
February 18, 1959
February 25, 1959
March 4, 1959
March 11, 1959
March 18, 1959
March 25, 1959
April 1, 1959
April 8, 1959
April 15, 1959
April 22, 1959
April 29, 1959
May 6, 1959
May 13, 1959
May 20, 1959
May 27, 1959
June 3, 1959
June 10, 1959
June 17, 1959
June 24, 1959
July 1, 1959
July 8, 1959
July 15, 1959
July 22, 1959
July 29, 1959
August 5, 1959
August 12, 1959
August 19, 1959
August 26, 1959
September 2, 1959
September 9, 1959
September 16, 1959
September 23, 1959
September 30, 1959
October 7, 1959
October 14, 1959
October 21, 1959
October 28, 1959
November 4, 1959
November 11, 1959
November 18, 1959
THE CREAKING DOOR
[RADIO-SERIES]
It has been erroneously stated in several sources that this South African series used scripts from
Inner Sanctum.
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: Springbok Radio, Johannesburg (SABC).
DURATION: December 6, 1964-November 7, 1965 (first series), January 1, 1966-December 28,
1968 (second series).
PERSONNEL: Peter Broomfield (host-narrator)., Michael Silver (creator, scriptwriter).
SPONSOR: State Express 3.5 Cigarettes.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Aged Woman,” “Aunt May,” “Bring Back Her Bones,” “The Cards,”
“The Cat Woman,” “Cat’s Whiskers,” “The Dangerous Dive,” “A Day Of Truce,” “Death In Your
Hands,” “Don’t Go Down The Mine,” “Don’t Take My Blood,” “The Dummy,” “The Everloving
Doll,” “Face To Face,” “Ghosts At Ridgeways,” “The Girl, The Gold, And The Getaway,” “Happier
Dead,” “The Haunted Hangman,” “I See Ghosts,” “The Imposter,” “The Inn Spectre,” “Isle Of Lost
Souls,” “Like Blood Sisters,” “The Man In The Lift,” “The Man In The Morgue,” “Midnight
Express,” “Mystery Of The Mausoleum,” “A Room For The Night,” “Three Wishes” (11/24/68)?,
“The Vagrant,” “Village Of Daleside,” “The White Scarf Strangler,” “Who Stopped The Train,”
“Yesterday You Died.”
[NOTE: Story titles were not announced on the actual broadcasts. Titles listed above were
assigned to the individual episodes by American OTR collectors.]