We’re paying another visit to Inner Sanctum Mystery with an episode rebroadcast by the Armed Forces Radio Network, “The Devil’s Workshop,” by John Roeburt! The story features a man who has dedicated his life to the creation of sinister wax figures, sold to wax museums around the world. But within his workshop, the real and the unreal become indistinguishable and evil takes on a life of its own. Do any of these figures truly come to life? Who is the mysterious stranger with the grisly request? Would this be better as an interactive dinner show? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.
This was highly entertaining. The only thing that keeps me from ranking it a classic is that the final twist didn’t seem like enough of a twist. [SPOILER WARNING to others: Don’t read the rest of this comment if you haven’t listened to the episode!] The wedding ring in the wreckage of the fire was presented as if it implied that maybe there were real people there after all, even though there weren’t any corpses. But a ring isn’t that hard to come by. The natural assumption for the cop to make should have been that Tony had put the… Read more »
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