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Sealed Book - ep01 The Hands of Death
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Sealed Book - ep02 King of the World
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Sealed Book - ep03 Death Spins a Web
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Sealed Book - ep04 Devil Island
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Sealed Book - ep05 Escape by Death
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Sealed Book - ep06 Death at Storm House
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Sealed Book - ep07 The Accusing Corpse
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Sealed Book - ep08 Stranger in the House
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Sealed Book - ep09 Out of the Past
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Sealed Book - ep10 Welcome Home
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Sealed Book - ep11 Ill Die Laughing
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Sealed Book - ep12 Design for Death
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Sealed Book - ep13 The Ghost Maker
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Sealed Book - ep14 Broadway Here I Come
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Sealed Book - ep15 Queen of the Cats
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Sealed Book - ep16 Death Rings Down the Curtain
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Sealed Book - ep17 Till Death Do Us Part
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Sealed Book - ep18 The Man With the Stolen Face
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Sealed Book - ep19 My Beloved Must Die
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Sealed Book - ep20 Beware of Tomorrow
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Sealed Book - ep21 Murder Must Be Paid For
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Sealed Book - ep22 To Have and to Hold
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Sealed Book - ep23 Murderer Unknown
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Sealed Book - ep24 Time on My Hands
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Sealed Book - ep25 Death Laughs Last
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Sealed Book - ep26 You Only Die Once (Final Ep)
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Sealed Book - ep09 Out of the Past

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The Sealed Book was a radio series of mystery and terror tales, produced and directed by Jock MacGregor for the Mutual network. Between March 18 and September 9, 1945, the melodramatic anthology series was broadcast on Sundays from 10:30 pm to 11:00 pm.

Each week, after "the sound of the great gong," host Philip Clarke observed that the mysteriously silent "keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great sealed book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages,

Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief." After this introduction, the dramas began, with three organ solo breaks for inserting the commercials of local stations carrying the program. Although this anthology series did not have recurring characters (other than the Narrator and the Keeper of the Book), the writers often used the same names for different characters from week to week, including "Hester", "Drake", and most especially "Roger".

At the end of an episode, Clarke told listeners to tune in the following week when "the sound of the great gong heralds another strange and exciting tale from... the sealed book." Scripts were by Robert Arthur, Jr. and David Kogan, who also were responsible for The Mysterious Traveler, and recycled many of the more popular stories from that parent program. "The Hands of Death" was the first of the 26 episodes which concluded with "You Only Die Once".

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