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Death in the Deep

1949-03-0626:05

Unto Death Do Us Part

1948-05-0229:23

Legend of the Living Swamp

1948-03-2123:55

Death Coils to Strike

1948-03-1425:20

Stake Out

1948-02-2924:02

The Man Who Was Death

1948-02-2227:47

A lab experiment goes wrong and a scientist ends up with radiation poisoning. Realizing he will soon die, he goes on a robbing spree to collect money for his soon to be widowed wife. However, after killing his first victim, he becomes obsessed of being "the burning man," and begins to terrorize the city.

Nursery Rhyme

1948-01-2522:36

The House That Death Buillt

1940-10-2725:28

A lunatic ex-executioner is believed dead and Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane are stranded in his house where a fortune is supposedly hidden but which is also filled with death traps and murder.

The Mark of the Black Widow

1940-10-2025:21

The Oracle of Death

1940-10-1324:57

A man who was accidentally hit by Shrevie’s cab appears to be a bit out of joint with time, as he seems to think it is a day later than it actually is and tells of crimes he says he read about which end up happening later. Lamont is more inclined to believe that he knows of them because he is in on them rather than possession of any psychic abilities.

The Isle of the Living Dead

1940-10-0524:57

Ghost Town

1940-03-1027:07

Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane visit the ghost town of Bad Creek. They're the only guest in the hotel. Well, except for the old owner and the spooky spirits who are protecting a nearby gold mine.

The The Laughing Corpse

1940-02-0425:38

Two scientists are killed by a poison that induces laughter before death. The Shadow must solve who is behind the demented revenge plot and how is the poison being administered.

The Return of Carnation Charlie

1940-01-0723:11

A gangster on death row who is known for wearing his lucky carnation, asks for the favor of wearing one as he’s marched to the death house. He claims the flower has always brought him luck, and was only without one on the day he was arrested, then on the day he was sentenced. What does he hope for in wearing it now?

Murder in the Death House

1939-12-2424:38

Margot Lane joins the Citizens Committee to help clean up crooked politics, but during one of their soapbox speeches an execution is occurring at the local penitentiary, however, the executioner is electrocuted instead of the convict due to a rewired chair.

The Stockings Were Hung

1939-12-1724:48

Looking in on the Grover family, we find they are a family in need. Margot, and Lamont learn from the newsboy about the business loss, and the single father who is doing his best to provide for his family. Lamont goes his own way to pick up some last moment gifts, hiring a cab to act as his Santa’s sleigh.

Murder Incorporated

1939-12-0324:04

A gang kills for hire...using deadly matches.

Death Shows the Way

1939-11-1224:32

A good story about the missing "Harvey Diamond," a phony Count, Lamont Cranston poisoned to death and a weird surprise ending.

The Inventor of Death

1939-10-2925:03

Lamont and Margo investigate a mad scientist who uses a rival scientist’s mechanical robot to take revenge on those who turned down his invention. Commentary on the origin of the word robot, how this episode and other works of art accurately depicted what our technical future would be. We also take a look at Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

Phantom Fingerprints

1939-10-2224:39

A veteran medical examiner is found murdered in Commissioner Weston's office. Fingerprints of a knife thrower, who was executed eight years earlier, are found in the room and on the dead body. When the killer strikes again, the same fingerprints are found at the scene. Curious of how a dead man can leave fresh fingerprints at a crime scene, The Shadow investigates.

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The Shadow - Old time Radio