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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 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
30:27 Closing

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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 announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
27:24 Closing

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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 caught in a troubling theft-and-murder mystery.

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
00:52 Original Broadcast
25:02 Closing

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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 escape. With ominous clues and long-buried betrayals closing in, the meaning of the “death triangle” becomes a matter of urgent danger.

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
00:45 Original Broadcast
29:42 Closing

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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 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
01:00 Original Broadcast
14:39 Closing

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