The Creaking Door

was "South African Radio's attempt to create a compelling program of highly suspenseful, dramatic thrillers with a supernatural bent for their sponsor, State Express Cigarettes. Some commentators insist it was conceived as a spin-off of the already successful Inner Sanctum episodes that had been syndicated for broadcast in Australia and South Africa during the 1950s. Given the format, one can see the inference, but in fact The Creaking Door stands on its own as a unique, well-produced, engaging supernatural thriller series on its own merit." --- from Digital Deli Too

According to Springbok Radio, The Creaking Door was inspired by Inner Sanctum Mysteries. Up until 1959, episodes were rebroadcasts of Inner Sanctum Mysteries. After that, the series was produced in South Africa. To further complicate things, broadcasts before 1952 were Australian. Alastair Scobie wrote many of the South African scripts.

Sources used to create my own log and double-check titles, dates and cast members: Digital Deli Too, SABC Radio Archives.

Currently this archive contains 1 of 47 plotlines and 1 reviews

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Bring Back Her Bones

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Cards, The

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Cat Woman, The

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Dangerous Curve

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Day of Truce, A

Year: 1964, 1968?
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Death for Sale

Year: 1964; 1968?
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Death in Your Hands

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Death on the Road

Year: 1964
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Don't Go Down in the Mine

Year: 1964
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Don't Take My Blood

Year: 1965
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Dummy, The

Year: 1964; 1968?
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Ever-Loving Doll, The

Year: 1964
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Eye Witness

Year: 1968
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Face to Face

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Year: 1964; 1968?
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Ghost at Ridgeway, The

Year: 1964
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Girl, the Gold, the Getaway, The

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Golden Statue, The

Year: 1964
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Happier Dead

Year: 1964
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Haunted Hangman, The

aka: "The Haunted Executioner"
aka: "The Hangman's Rope"
Year: 1964; 1968?
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Genre: Supernatural
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A murderer, found guilty by a jury of his peers, is sentenced to death. He, on the other hand, insists he is innocent. The other prisoners believe him. What's odd is that the warder and the executioner also believe him... and perhaps some strange supernatural force.

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Haunting, The

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Year: 1968
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I See Ghosts

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Illusionist, The

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Impostor, The

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Informer

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Inn Spectre

Year: 1964
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Isle of Lost Souls, The

Year: 1964
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Large as Life

Year: 1968
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Like Blood Sisters

Year: 1964
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Man in the Lift, The

Year: 1964
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Man in the Morgue

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Year: 1965
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Midnight Express

Year: 1965
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Murderer Who Died Yesterday, The

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Year: 1964
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Musical Ghost, The

Year: 1964
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Mystery of the M

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Room for the Night, A

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Secret of the Mausoleum

Year: 1965
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Three Wishes

Year: 1964; 1968
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Vagrant, The

Year: 1964
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Victory over Death

Year: 1965, 1968?
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Village of Daleside

Year: 1964; 1968?
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Where the Dead Sleep

Year: 1965
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White Scarf Strangler

Year: 1965
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Who Stopped the Train

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Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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