The Shadow | Old Time Radio
Old Time Retro Radio 56 episodes Nov 10, 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 - "Death from the Deep" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death from the Deep,” originally broadcast April 3, 1938. This is episode 114 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, sponsored by B.F. Goodrich Tires, with Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston, known to the underworld as the Shadow.A rash of unexplained sinkings spreads fear across Atlantic shipping lanes. As the Shadow investigates reports of a possible modern pirate operation,
The Shadow - "Death Takes the Wheel" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Takes the Wheel,” originally broadcast September 28, 1947. Episode 416 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal run stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.A car-theft and blackmail racket preys on wealthy women, but the stakes rise when murder enters the picture. The Shadow follows the trail of stolen luxury automobiles,
The Shadow - "The Oracle of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Oracle of Death,” originally broadcast on October 20, 1940. Episode 198 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal-sponsored series stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane. Written by Jerry Devine.When a man known as Spud seems able to predict crimes before they happen, Lamont Cranston suspects something more calculated th
The Shadow - "Death in a Minor Key" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death in a Minor Key,” an archival episode of the classic radio mystery series The Shadow.This local archival recording is presented with limited surviving production details. 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.Ch
The Shadow - "Death to the Shadow" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death to the Shadow,” originally broadcast March 12, 1944. In this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.Professor Petro’s experimental television-like machine can observe distant locations across the city—but when criminals discover it can reveal the otherwise unseen Shadow, the invention
The Shadow - "The Caverns of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Caverns of Death,” originally broadcast August 21, 1938. Commonly cataloged as episode 134, this surviving summer-series installment stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Margot Stevenson as Margot Lane.When 17 students vanish during a tour of the Temple of Vulcan caverns, Cranston and Margot investigate an apparent underground disaster with no sign of its v
The Shadow - "The Man Who Was Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Man Who Was Death,” originally broadcast February 29, 1948. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, from a script by Alfred Bester.After a secret radium experiment goes disastrously wrong, a desperate scientist becomes the focus of a dangerous citywide search. With
The Shadow - "Death Is Blind" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Is Blind,” originally broadcast November 20, 1938, as episode 147. In this Mutual Broadcasting System drama sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.At a county fair, Lamont and Margot encounter Walter Dunn, a blindfolded young sharpshooter performing under the watchful eye of the unsettling Dr. Franz
The Shadow - "Horror in Wax" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Horror in Wax,” originally broadcast February 26, 1939. Episode 161 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal series stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.Commissioner Weston brings the Shadow an unnerving apparent murder case: the victim—and the central clue—seems to be a lifelike wax figure of a woman. As Cranston and Margo
The Shadow - "Death Imported" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Imported,” originally broadcast December 21, 1941. Episode 237 stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.An escaped criminal launches a campaign of terror against the officials connected to his capture and confinement. As danger closes in, Cranston investigates threats that lead from a state hospital for the criminally insane
The Shadow - "Death Keeps a Deadline" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Keeps a Deadline,” originally broadcast on Mutual on November 1, 1942. This Blue Coal-sponsored episode stars William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.After Lamont humiliates Eddie “Rabbit” Burke, a timid small-time crook, Rabbit receives frightening news that changes his outlook—and makes him dangerously unpredictable. As vio
The Shadow - "The Touch of Death" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow: “The Touch of Death,” originally broadcast May 19, 1946. Commonly cataloged as episode 372, this Mutual Broadcasting System production was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.When Lucius Hawkes claims to possess a deadly touch—and knows Lamont Cranston’s connection to the invisible crimefighter—Lamont is f
The Shadow - "The Voice of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Voice of Death,” originally broadcast on December 8, 1940. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is listed as episode 205 and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.Lamont and Margo venture into the Louisiana bayous to visit Arthur, an old friend living in isolated seclusion. A decaying house, str
The Shadow - "The Dreams of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Dreams of Death,” originally broadcast on Mutual on April 28, 1946. Episode 282 of the series, this Blue Coal-era mystery stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane, from a script by Stedman Coles.At a lonely house perched above the ocean, a terrified widow dreams that her husband, lost in a sailing accident, has returned from the sea to claim he
The Shadow - "Traffic in Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Traffic in Death,” originally broadcast September 25, 1938, and cataloged as episode 53. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama marked the beginning of Blue Coal’s sponsorship of the series.At Memorial Sanitarium, a string of unexplained hemorrhage deaths prompts Dr. Randolph Lee to seek Lamont Cranston’s help before suspicion becomes public scandal. William Johnstone stars as
The Shadow - "Death and the Black Fedora" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow: “Death and the Black Fedora.” The original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied with this local archival recording.No reliable plot synopsis or production credits accompany the available source, preserving this episode as an archival presentation of the classic mystery series.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a
The Shadow - "Nightmare at Gaelsberry" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Nightmare at Gaelsberry,” originally broadcast on February 2, 1941. Often listed as episode 213, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.When Margot’s debilitating headache draws Lamont Cranston to Gaelsberry, a mental institution in crisis, the Shadow finds danger behind
The Shadow - "Death and the Crown of Odalph" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death and the Crown of Odalph,” originally broadcast January 2, 1949. Script number 356 in the Street & Smith records, it is also listed as episode 467 in some old-time-radio logs.When a historian is murdered, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are drawn into the mystery of the jeweled Crown of Odalph, an artifact tied to an ancient Viking legend and a chilling supposed curse. Bre
The Shadow - "Bubbling Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Bubbling Death,” originally broadcast December 5, 1943. This surviving installment comes from the Mutual Broadcasting System’s 1943–44 Blue Coal season and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.At the LeGrand family’s ancestral estate, a history of violent deaths and talk of a family curse cast a sinister pall over the househol
The Shadow - "The Isle of the Living Dead" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Isle of the Living Dead,” originally broadcast October 13, 1940. In this 197th episode of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. The script was written by Jerry Devine.When Betty Fulton asks for help finding her missing fiancé, Lamont and Margo travel through a
The Shadow - "Appointment with Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Appointment with Death,” originally broadcast on March 12, 1939, as episode 163 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series. This Blue Coal-sponsored installment stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.Fresh from prison, Blacky Carmichael launches a criminal campaign meant to lure The Shadow into a deadly confrontation at an isolated
The Shadow - "Death Stalks the Shadow" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Stalks the Shadow,” originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on October 9, 1938. This is episode 55, season 2, episode 3, starring Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.On the eve of a condemned man’s execution, Lamont Cranston discovers the prisoner may hold vital information about a dangerous criminal operation. F
The Shadow - "Death Prowls at Night" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Death Prowls at Night,” originally broadcast on Mutual on March 23, 1941. Episode 220 of the Blue Coal-sponsored series stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.On a ski holiday in wooded mountain country, Lamont and Margot find themselves drawn into reports of a great wolf stalking the night. Their search leads toward an isolated
The Shadow - "Cold Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Cold Death,” originally broadcast on December 19, 1937. This Christmas-season episode is identified as script no. 13 and is also cataloged as episode #099. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast sponsored by Blue Coal.Shortly before Christmas, Cranston investigates Carverville, a mill t
The Shadow - "The House That Death Built" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow: “The House That Death Built,” originally broadcast January 25, 1948. Common old-time-radio logs list it as episode 432, though some guides use alternate overall numbering. This archival presentation features Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane; the story was written by Alfred Bester.When a blizzard strands Lamont and Margot at an isolated,
The Shadow - "The Plot Murder" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Plot Murder,” originally broadcast February 27, 1938. This early Mutual Broadcasting System drama, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.When Army Lieutenant John Wilson is convicted of sabotaging a secret experimental “flying torpedo,” his dazed behavior convinces Margot that the case deserves another look. The Sh
The Shadow - "The Killers Rendezvous" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Killers Rendezvous,” originally broadcast December 15, 1940, as episode 206. This Mutual Broadcasting System production, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.When a storm forces their commercial flight to land, Lamont and Margo join a group of stranded travelers at a remote roadside inn. A gunshot
The Shadow - "Dream of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Dream of Death,” originally broadcast November 9, 1947. In episode 421 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal series, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.At an isolated house high above the sea, Lyra Sander is plagued by terrifying dreams and fears that her husband, lost in a sailing accident, has returned. When her sist
The Shadow - "Dead Men Talk" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Dead Men Talk,” originally broadcast September 24, 1939. Episode 166 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, this Blue Coal-sponsored adventure stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and was written by Jerry Devine.When racketeer Joe Gordon vanishes, Cranston and Margot Lane begin tracing uneasy links to respected civic leader Grant Flynn. A reported death, a fun
The Shadow - "Death Hunt" (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 wif
The Shadow - "The Chill of Death" (Old Time Radio)
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 B
The Shadow - "Preview of Terror" (Old Time Radio)
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 clos
The Shadow - "Murder by Rescue" (Old Time Radio)
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 a
The Shadow - "The Tomb of Terror" (Old Time Radio)
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 archaeolog
The Shadow - "Altar of Death" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Altar of Death,” originally broadcast March 15, 1942. Cataloged as episode 249 in some listings, this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.Lamont and Margo travel to Port St. Luce, a tropical volcanic island haunted by an annual rite known as “the night that eats people.” As fear gathers aro
The Shadow - "The Comic Strip Killer" (Old Time Radio)
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 di
The Shadow - "Dead Men Tell" (Old Time Radio)
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
The Shadow - "The House of Horror" (Old Time Radio)
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, an
The Shadow - "Ghosts Can Kill" (Old Time Radio)
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 i
The Shadow - "The Cat and the Killer" (Old Time Radio)
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 dra
The Shadow - "A Gift of Murder" (Old Time Radio)
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
The Shadow - "Murder with Music" (Old Time Radio)
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 inv
The Shadow - "Fountain of Death" (Old Time Radio)
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
The Shadow - "Death in a Minor Key" (Old Time Radio)
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 Wilso
The Shadow - "Death Shows the Way" (Old Time Radio)
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 dis
The Shadow - "The Death Triangle" (Old Time Radio)
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 Shad
The Shadow - "Death by Imagination Partial 1ST Half" (Old Time Radio)
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.
The Shadow - "Death on the Bridge" (Old Time Radio)
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 goe
The Shadow - "Death Has Eight Arms" (Old Time Radio)
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
The Shadow - "The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper" (Old Time Radio)
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 behin
The Shadow - "The Ghost Walks Again" (Old Time Radio)
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’
The Shadow - "A Mask for Murder" (Old Time Radio)
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 dec
The Shadow - "The Ghost That Gleams" (Old Time Radio)
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 psychiatrist
The Shadow - "Murderer's Vanity" (Old Time Radio)
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
The Shadow - "Scent of Death" (Old Time Radio)
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 exclusi
The Shadow - "Dragon's Tongue Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Dragon’s Tongue Murders,” originally broadcast October 12, 1941. This is episode 227 of the series, starring William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.When Margo accepts a women’s-magazine feature assignment at the wealthy Post family estate, she and Lamont Cranston find themselves amid financial pressures, long-held resentments, and u
The Shadow - "Makeup for Murder" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Makeup for Murder,” originally broadcast December 1, 1946. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Joe Bates Smith credited as writer; the Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast was sponsored by Carey’s Salt.After a terrified beggar dies on Beggar’s Road, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane investigate a troubling pattern of deaths at Mike’s Flophouse, a grim shelter known as “t
The Shadow - "The Man Who Murdered Time" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Man Who Murdered Time,” originally broadcast on Mutual on January 1, 1939. Episode 153 features Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane.On New Year’s Eve in New York, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane find themselves trapped in a day that keeps repeating while nearly everyone around them remains unaware. Their investigation leads to th
The Shadow - "Prelude to Terror" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Prelude to Terror,” originally broadcast January 29, 1939, and commonly cataloged as episode 145. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane, with Blue Coal as sponsor.After a professor’s murder, a dangerous colorless gas is used to transform ordinary light bulbs into hidden weapons, spreading
The Shadow - "The Ghost Without a Face" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow, “The Ghost Without a Face” originally aired on March 10, 1946, as episode 362 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series. Written by Joe Bates Smith, it stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane.A troubled theatrical production turns frightening when an actor mutilates his face before the third act, then dies—and reports of his return begin to
The Shadow - "Murder in E Flat" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Murder in E Flat,” originally broadcast December 4, 1938. Episode 149 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series features Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane.A series of baffling explosions leaves a city fearful of even the loudest sounds. As danger spreads from public places to the world of music, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane investi
The Shadow - "The League of Terror" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The League of Terror,” originally broadcast January 9, 1938. Commonly cataloged as episode 102, this surviving Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane.When a frightened grocer withdraws testimony against counterfeiters, The Shadow discovers a neighborhood held hostage by intimidation. From a corner g
The Shadow - "Murder on Approval" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Murder on Approval,” originally broadcast June 12, 1938, as episode 124. This Mutual Network installment stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Margot Stevenson as Margot Lane.When a mysterious illness strikes American soldiers, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane follow the danger from an Army post into a tense web of espionage and threats to military security. A
The Shadow - "The Three Ghosts" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow, “The Three Ghosts,” originally broadcast October 31, 1937. Episode 6 of the 1937–38 Mutual/Blue Coal season, this Halloween installment stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane.A newly married woman fears that her isolated country mansion is haunted as strange apparitions unsettle the household. With the supernatural atmosphere mounting, Lamont and M
The Shadow - "Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Terror at Wolf’s Head Knoll,” originally broadcast February 15, 1948 (episode 435). This late-period Mutual Broadcasting System installment was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.A drive through the Rutland Hills leaves Lamont and Margo stranded near an isolated mansion on Wolf’s Head Knoll. As Margo’s
The Shadow - "Mind over Murder" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Mind over Murder,” originally broadcast March 31, 1946, as episode 365. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Lesley Woods as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery written by Joe Bates Smith.When unsettling deaths strike the home of three elderly sisters, Lamont and Margo find suspicion gathering around a troubled estate, strained family ties, and those
The Shadow - "Murders on the Main Stem" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Murders on the Main Stem,” originally broadcast December 15, 1946. In episode 388 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane.When an actress and a singer are murdered, Cranston traces a troubling connection through insurance policies and the people surrounding a theatrical-world mystery. Writte
The Shadow - "Reflection of Death" (Old Time Radio)
From The Shadow, “Reflection of Death” originally aired on May 9, 1948, as episode 447. This Mutual Broadcasting System presentation was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.When newlywed Nancy Craig begins seeing the faces of people marked for death in an antique mirror, she turns to Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane for help
The Shadow - "The Death House Rescue" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Death House Rescue,” originally broadcast September 26, 1937. This premiere of the 1937 Mutual dramatic series stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane.When a desperate father takes what appears to be a simple driving job, he is pulled into a criminal case with dire consequences. As time runs short, the Shadow works to uncover th
The Shadow - "The Hospital Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Hospital Murders,” originally broadcast August 14, 1938. This is episode 133 of the series, starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Margot Stevenson as Margo Lane.While visiting Cairo, Cranston and Margo investigate a troubling pattern of patients vanishing from Cairo General Hospital. Written by Arch Oboler, this surviving B.F. Goodrich summer-series insta
The Shadow - "The Fine Art of Murder" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Fine Art of Murder,” episode 389 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, originally broadcast December 22, 1946. This Blue Coal-sponsored drama stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, from a script by Joe Castro Smith.At a seaside setting, an artist’s disturbing fixation on a woman drowning becomes the basis for a sinister new menace. As
The Shadow - "Sandhog Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Sandhog Murders,” originally broadcast November 26, 1939. This Mutual network installment is episode 175 in OTRR Library numbering and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.When a deadly failure in an intercity tunnel project’s depressurization system claims eight workers, Lamont and Margot investigate the peril surrounding t
The Shadow - "The Ghost of Captain Bayloe" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Ghost of Captain Bayloe,” originally broadcast February 5, 1939. In this surviving Mutual Broadcasting System adventure, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston, with Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane; the episode is listed as No. 158.After the freighter Northern Queen is wrecked near the waters of Bayloe Island, a survivor insists the ghost of Captain Bayloe seized the helm.
The Shadow - "Murder by a Corpse" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Murder by a Corpse,” originally broadcast October 31, 1948, as episode 458. In this Halloween-season mystery, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane.On a stormy road near Mason City, Lamont and Margot meet a frightened woman who believes a dead man has returned to threaten her. Clues from Mount Cleardale Cemetery to the private Ma
The Shadow - "The Diamond Murders" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “The Diamond Murders,” originally broadcast October 8, 1939. Also listed as episode 168 in one numbering system, this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.At Eagle Field, visiting baseball pitchers begin dying by electrocution during a night game, leaving police to confront an apparently impos
The Shadow - "Valley of Living Terror" (Old Time Radio)
The Shadow presents “Valley of Living Terror,” originally broadcast October 13, 1946. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is commonly listed as episode 279 and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. It was written by Joe Bates Smith.Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are drawn into danger high above a remote jungle valley, where a distraught armed woman and an
The Shadow - "The Ghost on the Stair" (Old Time Radio)
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)
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 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 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
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