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The Shadow | Old Time Radio

The Shadow | Old Time Radio

Old Time Retro Radio 56 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

The Shadow | Old Time Radio revives classic episodes of The Shadow from the golden age of radio. Each episode features vintage mystery, crime, suspense, and pulp adventure, showcasing old Hollywood voices and timeless audio performances. The podcast preserves the atmosphere and storytelling power of an era when radio drama captivated millions.

Episodes

The Shadow - "The Ghost on the Stair" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "The Ghost on the Stair" (Old Time Radio) Aug 23, 2026 1844 The Shadow presents “The Ghost on the Stair,” originally broadcast December 29, 1940. This is episode 208 of the series, starring William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.A visit to a small Southern hotel—once part of a Civil War-era plantation—draws Cranston and Margo into a troubling local legend. With an old spinet sounding in the night, reports of a woman on the
The Shadow - "The Nursery Rhyme Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "The Nursery Rhyme Murders" (Old Time Radio) Aug 22, 2026 1512 From The Shadow, “The Nursery Rhyme Murders” originally aired February 22, 1948, as episode 436. This Mutual Broadcasting System mystery was sponsored by Blue Coal, written by Alfred Bester, and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.A local archival recording finds Cranston and Margo investigating a frightening escape from Brookside Home, a private sanitarium. As
The Shadow - "The Murder Underground" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "The Murder Underground" (Old Time Radio) Aug 21, 2026 1571 The Shadow presents “The Murder Underground,” episode 218 of the Mutual network series, originally broadcast March 9, 1941. This archival recording stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.Mysterious deaths in a rat-infested municipal vault draw Lamont and Margo into a fog-bound waterfront investigation involving confiscated slot machines, missing nick
The Shadow - "The Ghost Building" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "The Ghost Building" (Old Time Radio) Aug 20, 2026 1824 The Shadow presents “The Ghost Building,” originally broadcast January 12, 1941. In this Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston alongside Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.Wealthy builder Jerome Need is ready to unveil the towering Coast Building when warnings of death and vengeance begin to surround the project. As accidents and public t
The Shadow - "Murder Incorporated" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "Murder Incorporated" (Old Time Radio) Aug 19, 2026 1629 From The Shadow comes “Murder Incorporated,” originally broadcast December 17, 1939. Listed as episode 178, this Mutual Broadcasting System presentation was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.A murder-for-hire gang has found a lethal use for ordinary matches. As quiet, calculated killings mount, Lamont and Margot fol
The Shadow - "The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie" (Old Time Radio) Aug 19, 2026 1843 The Shadow presents “The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie,” originally broadcast January 26, 1941. This is Street & Smith script number 100, written by Jerry Devine for the Mutual Broadcasting System and sponsored by Blue Coal.On a stormy night at the MacKenzie family home, a wealthy, hostile patriarch summons the relatives he distrusts most. When the prospect of a new will raises tensions, Margo Lane cal
The Shadow - "Chess Club Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "Chess Club Murders" (Old Time Radio) Aug 18, 2026 1803 The Shadow presents “The Chess Club Murders,” originally broadcast February 23, 1941. Episode 216 finds Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane at the Black Rook Chess Club, in a Blue Coal-sponsored Mutual Broadcasting System production written by Jerry Devine.A murder among the club’s competitive members draws Cranston into a tense investigation shaped by rivalries, a newspaper proprietor, and a manuscrip
The Shadow - "Poison Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "Poison Death" (Old Time Radio) Aug 17, 2026 1832 The Shadow presents “Poison Death,” originally broadcast January 30, 1938. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is commonly listed as episode 105 and features Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.A wave of poisonings grips an unnamed city as ransom threats signed with the Shadow’s name spread fear. Lamont and Margot investigate t
The Shadow - "Murders in Wax" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow - "Murders in Wax" (Old Time Radio) Aug 16, 2026 1827 The Shadow presents “Murders in Wax,” originally broadcast May 15, 1938. Episode 120 of the Mutual network’s B.F. Goodrich-sponsored summer run stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Margot Stevenson as Margot Lane.At a circus waxworks museum, a chilling tableau of gangster George Keegan’s arrest becomes the focus of a baffling murder investigation. With figures from Keegan’s past
The Shadow - "Dragon's Tongue Murders" (Old Time Radio, 1941)
The Shadow - "Dragon's Tongue Murders" (Old Time Radio, 1941) Aug 15, 2026 1845 The Shadow presents “Dragon’s Tongue Murders,” originally broadcast October 12, 1941. This is episode 227 of the classic Mutual Broadcasting System series, starring William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.When Margo accepts a freelance magazine assignment at the wealthy Post family estate, she brings Lamont into a household strained by money troubles, ol
The Shadow - "A Mask for Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
The Shadow - "A Mask for Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1948) Aug 14, 2026 1678 The Shadow presents “A Mask for Murder,” originally broadcast on October 10, 1948. This is episode 455 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s long-running mystery series, starring Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.When a man appears to arrange his own murder through a professional assassin, The Shadow follows a baffling trail of hidden motives, deception, an
The Shadow - "The Cat and the Killer" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
The Shadow - "The Cat and the Killer" (Old Time Radio, 1947) Aug 13, 2026 1504 The Shadow presents “The Cat and the Killer,” episode 392, originally broadcast January 12, 1947. This Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.A Siamese cat pulled from the waterfront wears an unusually valuable silver collar, drawing Lamont and Margo into a perilous investigation that leads from the harbor to carnival g

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