On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week, we’re listening a little differently.
Our main focus is sound effects and the remarkable people who created them. On The RAS Signal, we explore how sound-effects artists could build an entire world using little more than everyday objects, ingenuity, and a well-placed microphone.
Then we head into the Inner Sanctum for a tale involving murder, revenge, thirty pieces of silver, and one very unusual clock.
We’ll also bring back another old RAS favorite ā Q&A with Ron ā with listener questions about the changing podcast and how classic science-fiction radio created sounds for things that didn’t even exist.
In This Episode
- The RAS Signal: Sound Effects ā A look behind the microphone at the artists, equipment, and techniques that helped listeners see with their ears.
- Inside the Inner Sanctum ā We talk about producer Himan Brown, Raymond Edward Johnson, that famous squeaking door, and how commercials became part of the program itself.
- The Judas Clock ā A classic 1945 episode of *Inner Sanctum Mysteries*, presented with its original Lipton Tea commercials intact.
- Q&A with Ron Returns ā Mary and Brandon ask about the direction of the podcast, while Leo takes us back into the world of classic radio sound effects ā including spaceships, magnetic tape, electronic circuits… and even a cow.
Featured Story
The Judas Clock ā Inner Sanctum Mysteries (April 17, 1945)
Thirty years ago, a man was murdered using a strange clock said to require the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas Iscariot for his betrayal of Jesus. Now the murdered man’s son has returned ā and he has plans for The Judas Clock.
This episode includes its original commercials. Inner Sanctum often blended its advertising directly into the program, and removing the Lipton Tea spots would take away part of the character and atmosphere of the original broadcast.
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