Strange Tales

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Relic Radio.com presents tales of the strange and bizarre, the weird and the wicked.

Stories not necessarily of the supernatural, but of the unnatural.

Join us now for Strange Tales,

featuring radio drama at its most mysterious and unusual.

Welcome back to Strange Tales. Thanks for joining me once again.

We're going to hear from Inner Sanctum Mysteries this week, series that debuted on January 7th of 1941,

and aired until October 5th of 1952, produced over 500 episodes.

There were also six Inner Sanctum films in a 1954 television series.

Our story today is for May 16, 1949. It's titled The Unburied Dead. Good evening, friends.

Good evening, friends.

This is your host to welcome you through the creaking door into the inner sanctum.

Come in and let me introduce some new guests.

Now first, here's Merwin, the mathematical murderer.

Merwin says that the shortest distance between two ears is a straight cut across the throat.

This geometric goon divided three victims with his knife, but to me it just doesn't add up.

Now meet Edgar, the electrical killer.

At school, this character was voted the most likely to shock him dead.

Edgar's wife was a dull dame, so he plugged her into a wall socket.

Now you should see the way she sparkles.

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