The Sealed Book

                                                                                                  

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First show date: 18/03/1945

Last show date: 09/09/1945

Number of shows: 26

 

                                                                                                                                                

 

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This radio murder mystery series was originally developed by Radio Station WOR (The mutual broadcasting systems flagship station in New York) as a 1945 summer replacement for The Shadow. It was syndicated and generally broadcast on Sunday evenings at 10.30pm. The shows were written by Bob Arthur and David Kogan, and directed by Jock MacGregor.

The sealed book starred Philip Clarke as the 'keeper of the book,' a croaking cackling hermit with knowledge of the black arts. Each week he would unlock the great padlock that kept the sealed book safe from prying eyes, turn the pages of the book and reveal a spooky tale. The stories were ones of murder, madness, of dark deeds, strange and terrible beyond all belief. There were only 26 episodes broadcast, running from March 18th 1945 until September 9th 1945.

A final point of note is that many, if not all of these shows, used the Mysterious Traveller scripts, all be it with different casts and a different take on the story.

 

 

episodes

DATE

EPISODE

TITLE

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18/03/1945

1

Hands of death

 

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25/03/1945

2

King of the world

 

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01/04/1945

3

Death spins a web

 

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08/04/1945

4

Devils island

 

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15/04/1945

5

Escape by death

 

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22/04/1945

6

Death at storm house

 

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29/04/1945

7

Accusing corpse

 

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06/05/1945

8

Stranger in the house

 

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13/05/1945

9

Out of the past

 

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20/05/1945

10

Welcome home

 

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27/05/1945

11

I'll die laughing

 

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03/06/1945

12

Design for death

 

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10/06/1945

13

The ghostmakers

 

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17/06/1945

14

Broadway here I come

 

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24/06/1945

15

Queen of the cats

 

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01/07/1945

16

Death rings down the curtain

 

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08/07/1945

17

Till death do us part

 

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15/07/1945

18

The man with the stolen face

 

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22/07/1945

19

My beloved must die

 

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29/07/1945

20

Beware of tomorrow

 

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05/08/1945

21

Murder must be paid for

 

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12/08/1945

22

To have and to hold

 

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18/08/1945

23

Murderer unknown

 

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26/08/1945

24

Time on my hands

 

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02/09/1945

25

Death laughs last

 

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09/09/1945

26

You only die once

 

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