Among the actors in the series are Timothy Dalton, Joanne Whalley, Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers' "Frau Farbissina"), comedian Jay Davis (Dane Cook's Tourgasm), and Stan Freberg.
Behind the camera, noteworthy figures include Academy Award nominee Marilyn Vance and pioneer web filmmaker Kevin Rubio (Troops) among the producers; as well as Lost Director of Photography Edward J. Pei, film composer Adam Cohen (The Incredibles); and Special Effects Supervisor Shant Jordan (Hellboy II).
The five- to ten-minute-long episodes consist of suspense or sci-fi stories which share the conceit of being actual events captured by closed-circuit television, surveillance monitors, amateur videographers, and the like, all collected and posted on the web by a mysterious, unseen "unknown sender".
The creator of the show, Die Hard screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, described the series as "a cross between the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
[2] De Souza, a writer and director on HBO's similarly themed Tales From the Crypt, said another influence was the legendary 1947–1949 Mutual (and later, ABC) network radio horror series, Quiet, Please.
to be the best example of Golden Age radio, and a direct precursor of the Twilight Zone, Quiet, Please often dramatized its episodes as if the members of the listening audience were themselves participants or inadvertent observers, eavesdropping on the story’s action.
Unknown Sender has been well received by the public and the press alike, having garnered positive reviews from such outlets as TV Guide, The McClatchy Company, and tilzy.tv.
Stars Xander Cardinale, Viola Sator, Molly Kohler-Pei, and Michael Butler Murray, with Brian Rodda and Drea Hoffman.
2.1 "The Story of Dope" – Thought lost for almost 40 years, the legendary 1972 Pot Growers of America Convention Reel finally surfaces.