The Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Melody of Death (CBS, 1944) He has reached his centenary still alive and (one hopes) well, far enough older than commercial radio itself, for which he created some of the best—or, at least, some of the most memorable—programs old-time radio had to offer. From the first known CBS daytime soap opera (The Little French Princess) to The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, whose concept of resurrecting old-style radio drama was as imperative as its execution was inconsistent, and no few stops in between. Such stops as The Adventures of The Thin Man, Bulldog Drummond, Flash Gordon,...