The Shadow | Old Time Radio

The Shadow presents “Death Hunt,” originally broadcast October 26, 1947, and identified as episode 419. In this Mutual Broadcasting System installment, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow alongside Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.

A debt-ridden gambler accepts a terrifying wager that turns him into prey among a block of condemned city houses. As his frightened wife seeks help, Lamont and Margo follow the trail into a dangerous world of gambling, obsession, and high-stakes sport.

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 Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
31:21 Closing

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The Shadow presents “The Chill of Death,” originally broadcast January 4, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 429, this preserved Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast was sponsored by Blue Coal and written by Louis Vittes. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.

When an insurance executive detects a troubling pattern involving the deaths of maids employed by the Baileys, Lamont and Margo begin to investigate. To get closer to the truth, Margo takes a dangerous undercover job in the household as the Baileys’ new maid, Margaret Flynn.

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 Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
29:00 Closing

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The Shadow presents “Preview of Terror,” originally broadcast June 5, 1949. Written by Frank Kane, this episode is cataloged as script-series number 378, though some audio listings use a different episode count.

Driving through a storm, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are diverted to an isolated old house, where a Hollywood director’s elaborate mystery preview brings staged chills uncomfortably close to real danger. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.

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 Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:39 Closing

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The Shadow presents “Murder by Rescue,” originally broadcast on December 11, 1938. Common broadcast listings identify it as episode 64, or Season 2, episode 12, of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal-sponsored run.

When wealthy heir Warren Mitchell becomes entangled in a strange scheme involving a phonograph record, hypnosis, and an apparent roadside rescue, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane are drawn into the danger. This early installment stars 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 gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:58 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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The Shadow presents “The Tomb of Terror,” originally broadcast June 19, 1938, and commonly cataloged as episode 125. In this Orson Welles-era production, Margot Stevenson co-stars as Margot Lane.

At the City Museum, an ancient Egyptian tomb is readied for public display when a series of deaths seems to confirm the legend of a deadly curse. Lamont Cranston and Margot investigate a case of archaeology, scientific menace, and mounting fear beneath the museum’s imposing exhibit.

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 Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:05 Closing

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Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio