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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.comStep into the fog-shrouded world of Lamont Cranston — the mysterious figure who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.Each episode of The Shadow brings noir crime and supernatural intrigue to life from radio’s most iconic detective…
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The Shadow - "Death Shows the Way" (Old Time Radio) (opens the original)
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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 caugh
The Shadow - "The Death Triangle" (Old Time Radio) (opens the original)
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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 esca
The Shadow - "Death by Imagination Partial 1ST Half" (Old Time Radio) (opens the original)
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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
The Shadow - "Death on the Bridge" (Old Time Radio) (opens the original)
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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
The Shadow - "Death Has Eight Arms" (Old Time Radio) (opens the original)
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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 t
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