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.
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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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Year: 1964
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Dangerous Curve
Year: 1964
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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
Year: 1964
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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
Duration: 30 min
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Dummy, The
Year: 1964; 1968?
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Ever-Loving Doll, The
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Eye Witness
Year: 1968
Duration: 30 min
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Face to Face
aka: "Music of the Spheres"
Year: 1964; 1968?
Duration: 30 min
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Ghost at Ridgeway, The
Year: 1964
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Girl, the Gold, the Getaway, The
Year: 1964
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Golden Statue, The
Year: 1964
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Happier Dead
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Haunted Hangman, The
aka: "The Haunted Executioner"
aka: "The Hangman's Rope"
Year: 1964; 1968?
Duration: 30 min
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
Year: 1965
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He Died Yesterday
Year: 1968
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I See Ghosts
Year: 1964; 1968?
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Illusionist, The
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Impostor, The
aka: "Masquerading As Thom Reed"
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Informer
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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Inn Spectre
Year: 1964
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Isle of Lost Souls, The
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Large as Life
Year: 1968
Duration: 30 min
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Like Blood Sisters
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Man in the Lift, The
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Man in the Morgue
aka: "Not A Ghost of A Chance"
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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Midnight Express
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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Murderer Who Died Yesterday, The
aka: "Yesterday You Died"
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Musical Ghost, The
Year: 1964
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Mystery of the M
Year: 1964
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Room for the Night, A
Year: 1964
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Secret of the Mausoleum
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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Three Wishes
Year: 1964; 1968
Duration: 30 min
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Vagrant, The
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Victory over Death
Year: 1965, 1968?
Duration: 30 min
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Village of Daleside
Year: 1964; 1968?
Duration: 30 min
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Where the Dead Sleep
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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White Scarf Strangler
Year: 1965
Duration: 30 min
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Who Stopped the Train
aka: "The Signal-Man"
Year: 1964
Duration: 30 min
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Charles Dickens
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