Inner Sanctum Halloween Month, day 7 of 31: "Song of the Slasher"

Today's episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries is "Song of the Slasher", which was originally broadcast April 24, 1945. This episode concerns a knife-wielding maniac who seems to whistle a tune as he commits his crime. Somehow the police are able to get near enough to hear the whistle yet not catch the man. This story is definitely a bit hard to swallow, but it has a great atmosphere (especially the whistling) and a neat twist in the climax.

This episode was hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson and starred Arnold Moss, Jackson Beck, Lesley Woods and Lawson Zerbe. You can listen to this episode at archive.org by clicking here.