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The Shadow presents “The Comic Strip Killer,” originally broadcast November 23, 1947, as episode 425. In this late-period Mutual Broadcasting System mystery, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.Poison murders begin echoing the exploits of Hypo, a villain from a current newspaper comic strip. As Lamont and Margot investigate cartoonist Jack Prescott and the disturbing connection between fiction and crime, the case leads through newspaper files, disguises, and an unnerving new method of murder. Written by Herb Baumgartner and sponsored by Blue Coal.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced cont...

The Shadow presents “Dead Men Tell,” originally broadcast March 1, 1942. Cataloged as episode 247, this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.When debt-ridden John Matley faces disinheritance from his wealthy father, suspicion falls on him after a murder within the family. The Shadow investigates a tense case of financial desperation and a frightening long-range killing device.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:<br...

The Shadow presents “The House of Horror,” an archival episode of The Shadow. The original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied with this recording.The available source identifies this as a local archival recording and provides no verified plot or credit details. The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:15 Original Broadcast24:44 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.<br...

From The Shadow, “Ghosts Can Kill” originally aired on January 15, 1939. It is episode 69 of the series (season 2, episode 17), written by Jerry Devine for the Mutual Broadcasting System.Convicted gangster Ralph Gorman vows revenge on the men he holds responsible for his fate—and the eerie sound of his mouth organ soon makes his threat seem frighteningly possible. Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane investigate in this Blue Coal-sponsored mystery, starring Bill Johnstone as The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and ge...

The Shadow presents “The Cat and the Killer,” originally broadcast January 12, 1947. In this 1946–47 season episode, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. Written by Lewis Reed, the program aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System and was sponsored by Blue Coal.After a Siamese cat is rescued from the waterfront, its valuable engraved silver collar draws Lamont Cranston and Margo into a dangerous mystery. Their search leads from a pier and carnival house of mirrors to the estate of a recently deceased cat owner, where the animal’s fate may hold the key to a...

The Shadow presents “A Gift of Murder,” originally broadcast December 21, 1947, as episode 427. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System Christmas-season mystery sponsored by Blue Coal.On a snowy Christmas Eve, Cranston and Margo attend a family gathering at a country estate, where rumors of an inheritance turn holiday cheer into suspicion. As rivalries, conflicting stories, and ominous gifts unsettle the celebration, The Shadow must unravel a dangerous web of greed and deception.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short clos...

The Shadow presents “Murder with Music,” originally broadcast on February 3, 1946. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, number 357, stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane.A society musicale at Harriet Hamilton’s mansion turns deadly when actress Jennifer Gaye is found murdered. With the elegant guests under suspicion, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane investigate a closed-circle mystery where music, high society, and danger share the same stage. Written by Joe Bates Smith and directed by John Cole.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closin...

The Shadow presents “Fountain of Death,” originally broadcast November 27, 1938. This is episode 148 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, starring Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.When medical researcher Dr. Anna Marler develops a serum with the power to restore youth, her discovery draws dangerous attention from forces eager to turn a scientific breakthrough into an instrument of power. The adventure moves from Marler’s laboratory to a transatlantic flight as the Shadow confronts an international threat. The surviving broadcast includes a B. F. Goodrich Safety Silvertown commercial.The Shadow presen...

The Shadow presents “Death in a Minor Key,” originally broadcast June 2, 1946, episode 374. In this Mutual Broadcasting System production, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Lesley Woods as Margot Lane.A troubling case at Dr. Norton’s private sanitarium draws Lamont and Margot into a web of suspicious deaths, a disputed inheritance, ominous music, and lurking danger. Written by Tom Wilson and sponsored by Blue Coal, this title should not be confused with a separate 1940 Shadow broadcast of the same name.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announ...

The Shadow presents “Death Shows the Way,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1939. In this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston, the man known to the world as the Shadow.Lamont and Margot Lane arrive for a country weekend at the Barton home, where a valuable diamond is being kept. When a guest becomes suddenly ill and the jewel disappears, a gathering of family and visitors—including the mysterious Count Santo—finds itself caught in a troubling theft-and-murder mystery.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduc...

The Shadow presents “The Death Triangle,” originally broadcast December 12, 1937. It is episode 12 of the 1937–38 Orson Welles season, though some overall-series listings number it 98. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane, on the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal program.A startling news bulletin reports that a wounded man claims to be the Shadow, drawing Lamont Cranston into Dr. James Evans’s fearful connection to an old Devil’s Island escape. With ominous clues and long-buried betrayals closing in, the meaning of the “death triangle” becomes a matter of urgent danger.The Shadow...

The Shadow presents “Death by Imagination,” episode 394, originally broadcast January 26, 1947. This surviving archival recording is incomplete. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane; the script was written by William Morwood.At a mental institution, reports of unexplained deaths and terrified talk of a phantom cat draw The Shadow into a chilling investigation. This episode is preserved as a local archival recording.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:<br...

The Shadow presents “Death on the Bridge,” originally broadcast March 3, 1940. Episode 189 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. The script was written by Sidney Slon.A series of fatal falls haunts a newly built bridge, where fear has taken hold among the workers. Lamont Cranston goes undercover as a laborer high above the ground, while Margo and Shrevie help him probe the ominous threats surrounding the construction site.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual intr...

The Shadow presents “Death Has Eight Arms,” originally broadcast November 2, 1947. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane, in a script by William Morwood for the Mutual Broadcasting System.A theft from a Burmese temple reaches across the world when a valuable paper vanishes and murder follows. As an apparent curse surrounds the temple’s idol, Cranston and Margot investigate the document’s true importance before more lives are threatened.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more c...

The Shadow presents “The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper,” originally broadcast on April 7, 1946. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is listed as program 366 and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Lesley Woods as Margo Lane.When Lamont and Margo offer a ride to a young woman near a cemetery, she vanishes before they reach her destination—leaving behind a disturbing clue. Their search for an explanation draws them into a shadowy criminal mystery. Written by Lawrence Crowley, this atmospheric 1946 adventure balances graveyard unease with a contemporary crime investigation.The Shadow presen...

From The Shadow: “The Ghost Walks Again,” originally broadcast March 16, 1941. Episode 219 follows Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane into a small New England town haunted by reports that its long-dead colonial governor, Sir Roger Mathus, has returned.Victims are found clutching death warrants bearing Mathus’s signature, and the local sheriff seeks Cranston’s help. As midnight approaches at the town’s old meeting hall, The Shadow investigates a deadly legend while refusing to accept a supernatural explanation too quickly. Written by Jerry Devine, the episode stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane, with...

The Shadow presents “A Mask for Murder,” originally broadcast on October 10, 1948. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is program 455 and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.When a man appears to seek out a professional assassin to arrange his own death, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are drawn into a perilous web of deception, hidden motives, and possible double-crosses. Written by Edward J. Adamson, this tense mystery challenges The Shadow to uncover what is truly being planned.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newl...

From The Shadow: “The Ghost That Gleams,” originally broadcast April 4, 1948 (episode 442). This late-run Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, from a script by Louis Vittes.At his isolated Oceanside cottage, Max Hale is haunted by a tall, pale-faced figure that appears outside his window. When police and psychiatrists fail to explain the terror, Lamont and Margo spend the night investigating clues in the windswept dunes—including a troubling trace of wet seaweed—to learn whether the visitor is a ghost or a more earthly threat.The...

The Shadow presents “Murderer’s Vanity,” originally broadcast on March 17, 1940. This surviving Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is generally listed as episode 191 and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow alongside Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.When a man faces the electric chair after being accused of murdering his mother for money, the Shadow and Margo race to uncover the truth behind a deadly scheme. This local archival recording captures the suspenseful Bill Johnstone-era series at its tense, fast-moving best.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a shor...

The Shadow presents “Scent of Death” (also known as “The Scent of Death”), originally broadcast on February 2, 1947. Episode 395 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.A woman’s sudden death after opening an apparently empty perfume bottle draws Cranston and Margot into a dangerous investigation involving exclusive perfume sellers, counterfeit goods, and a mysterious chemist. Written by Frank Kane and directed by John Cole, this archival recording also preserves the era’s Blue Coal commercials.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produc...