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The Shadow

232 episodes · 1937–1954 · Mutual, Mutual-Don Lee, Syndicated, Armed Forces Radio Service · Detective

Bret Morrison, radio's longest-running Shadow
Bret Morrison, radio's longest-running Shadow

Radio Hall of Fame inductee. (Wikipedia)

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The Shadow began in 1930 as the eerie narrator of Street & Smith's Detective Story Hour, a program meant to sell magazines. The character proved more popular than the stories, and the dramatic series premiered on Mutual on September 26, 1937, with 22-year-old Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane created for radio as his companion. Sponsored by Blue Coal, it ran until December 26, 1954. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

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Episodes

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19376 episodes
  • The Death House Rescue September 26, 1937 · Mutual · 29 min
    The first episode with the Shadow as a crime fighter: he races to clear an innocent man before his execution.
  • The Temple Bells of Neban October 24, 1937 · Mutual · 29 min
    Orson Welles faces his toughest foe: the niece of the yogi who taught Cranston to cloud men's minds. She knows who the Shadow is and every trick he has.
  • The Three Ghosts October 31, 1937 · Mutual · 30 min
    The Shadow steps in to stop a scheme to frighten a woman to death.
  • Circle of Death November 28, 1937 · Mutual · 30 min
    A bomber who leaves notes saying he hates crowds terrorizes the city, and the Shadow challenges him.
  • The Death Triangle December 12, 1937 · Mutual · 29 min
    Escapees from Devil's Island, the Shadow wounded, and a final showdown. A fake news bulletin breaks into the story, the year before The War of the Worlds.
  • Cold Death December 19, 1937 · Mutual · 29 min
    A Christmas story: a hard-hearted old man who rules a poor town through gangsters is shown the error of his ways. Ends with an award presentation to the program.
193848 episodes
  • The League of Terror January 9, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    Orson Welles tracks down the boss of a counterfeiting ring that preys on the poor.
  • Sabotage January 16, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    A small tube of nitroglycerin helps the Shadow break up a spy ring run by the strange Dr. Arnheim.
  • Society of the Living Dead January 23, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    A businessman is held captive in a burial vault by his partner, and the Shadow nearly drowns trying to free him.
  • Poison Death January 30, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A madman threatens to poison the whole city, and signs his threat "The Shadow."
  • The Phantom Voice February 6, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    A famous senator is framed for bribery with a faked recording on sound film.
  • Hounds in the Hills February 20, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    A mad old woman and a hunchback kidnap four boys, and two crooks and a pack of vicious dogs make the Shadow's job harder.
  • The Plot Murder February 27, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A hypnotist sabotages an aerial torpedo, an early guided missile, to kill America's military experts. Includes an award to the show read on the air.
  • The Bride of Death March 6, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A killer calling himself the Prophet claims he cannot die, and the Shadow must stop him before another sacrifice.
  • The Silent Avenger March 13, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A killer uses his shell-shocked brother to get revenge from beyond the grave.
  • The White Legion March 20, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    The season's last show: the Shadow breaks up a ring of city corruption, and Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead take a bow at the end.
  • Hypnotized Audience March 27, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Death from the Deep April 3, 1938 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Fire Bug April 10, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Blind Beggar Dies April 17, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Power of the Mind April 24, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • White God May 1, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Aboard the Steamship Amazon May 8, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Murders in Wax May 15, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Message from the Hills May 22, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Tenor with the Broken Voice June 5, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Murder on Approval June 12, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Tomb of Terror June 19, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Old People June 26, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Voice of the Trumpet July 3, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • He Died at Twelve July 10, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Reincarnation of Michael July 17, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mark of the Bat July 24, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Revenge on the Shadow July 31, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mine Hunters August 7, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Hospital Murders August 14, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Caverns of Death August 21, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Death Under the Chapel August 28, 1938 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Black Buddha September 4, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Witch Drums of Salem September 11, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Professor X September 18, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Traffic in Death September 25, 1938 · Syndicated · 29 min
    William Johnstone's first season as the Shadow. Six patients at a sanitarium have died mysteriously.
  • The Black Abbot October 2, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    While an old church is being repaired, the ghost of an abbot from long ago commits murder.
  • Death Stalks the Shadow October 9, 1938 · Mutual · 32 min
    An electric eye traps the Shadow in a death cell.
  • Night Without End October 16, 1938 · Mutual · 27 min
    Fog blankets the city for three days, then comes a demand: five million dollars, or poison gas goes into the fog.
  • Gun Island October 23, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    After a mutiny on a yacht, Lamont and Margo land on a Caribbean island where a secret base is preparing to attack the United States.
  • The Isle of Fear October 30, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A kidnapping in Haiti leads the Shadow to a voodoo cult in the jungle. Aired Halloween eve, the same night as The War of the Worlds.
  • Shyster Payoff November 6, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    The Shadow takes on a crooked lawyer. Written by the Ellery Queen team, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee.
  • Black Rock November 13, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    Three embezzlers hide out on a bleak island off Nova Scotia.
  • Death Is Blind November 20, 1938 · Mutual · 29 min
    One after another, directors of the same company are found dead, apparently by their own hand.
  • Fountain of Death November 27, 1938 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Murder in E Flat December 4, 1938 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Murder by Rescue December 11, 1938 · Syndicated · 30 min
    Young Warren Mitchell is about to inherit a fortune, and his wicked Uncle Claude plans an accident first, using a phonograph record to hypnotize him.
  • Guest of Death December 18, 1938 · Mutual · 30 min
    A timid man touring a prison sits in the electric chair, and a deranged guard decides to give him the ultimate thrill.
193928 episodes
  • Man Who Murdered Time January 1, 1939 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Island of the Devil January 8, 1939 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Ghosts Can Kill January 15, 1939 · Mutual · 29 min
    A mad-dog killer swears revenge from the electric chair, and gets it. Listen for a flubbed line.
  • Valley of the Living Dead January 22, 1939 · Mutual · 30 min
    A man has made himself absolute ruler of an isolated valley and turned its people into zombies.
  • Prelude to Terror January 29, 1939 · Mutual · 28 min
    A gang fills light bulbs all over town with an invisible explosive gas. When the lights go on, the gas goes off.
  • The Ghost of Captain Bayloe February 5, 1939 · Mutual · 29 min
    The ghost of a dead sea captain is back, taking over new ships and sinking them.
  • The Hypnotic Death February 12, 1939 · Mutual · 30 min
    The evil Dr. Dharma uses telepathic hypnosis to kill people for their insurance, and Lamont Cranston is scheduled to die before morning.
  • Friend of Darkness February 19, 1939 · Mutual · 29 min
    Bank robbers threaten a blind man's guide dog to force him, and his remarkable sense of touch, into helping them.
  • Horror in Wax February 26, 1939 · Mutual · 30 min
    A woman is murdered, and the only clue seems to be a statue made of wax.
  • Sabotage by Air March 5, 1939 · Mutual · 29 min
    Cranston records a strange radio signal on a home disc recorder and decodes a plot to steal a new warplane.
  • Appointment with Death March 12, 1939 · Mutual · 31 min
    A convict gets out of prison and swears revenge on the man who put him there: the Shadow.
  • Can the Dead Talk? March 19, 1939 · Mutual · 28 min
    A mind reader bent on world conquest has guessed the Shadow's identity, then dies before Cranston can answer. The season's last show; William Johnstone and Agnes Moorehead say goodbye.
  • Conversation with Death September 17, 1939 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Dead Men Talk September 24, 1939 · Mutual · 26 min
    A gangster has vanished and is presumed dead. The first show of the season, with William Johnstone as the Shadow.
  • The Night Marauders October 1, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    The police suspect the Shadow of a string of apartment jewel robberies. The real thief is one of the oddest in the series.
  • The Diamond Murders October 8, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    At a night baseball game, the pitcher is electrocuted. Announced as "Murder at the Ball Park"; the title changed just before air time.
  • Village of Doom October 15, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    The people of Old Mill are dying of a strange disease, and an old hag and her pet jackdaw are behind it.
  • House of Fun October 22, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    A carnival funhouse is a front for kidnappers and stock swindlers.
  • Phantom Fingerprints October 29, 1939 · Mutual · 24 min
    A grisly one: a murderer leaves a dead man's fingerprints using gloves made of human skin.
  • Mansion of Madness November 5, 1939 · Mutual · 24 min
    Caught in a violent storm, Lamont and Margo take shelter in a mysterious castle.
  • The Inventor of Death November 12, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    A scientist's new robot runs wild and kills his wife; a rival inventor has a robot too, and Margo disappears.
  • The Shadow Returns November 19, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    Dr. Vadelaw infects sailors so he can smuggle rubies into the country inside their swollen limbs.
  • The Sandhog Murders November 26, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    Eight men have died digging a tunnel between cities, and Lamont suspects the tunnel boss.
  • Death Shows the Way December 3, 1939 · Mutual · 24 min
    A missing diamond, a phony count, Lamont Cranston poisoned, and a weird surprise ending.
  • Flight of the Vulture December 10, 1939 · Mutual · 25 min
    The Shadow goes after a rotten crook who burns horses alive for the insurance money.
  • Murder Incorporated December 17, 1939 · Mutual · 26 min
    A gang kills for hire, with deadly matches. The real Murder, Inc. hit the headlines soon after.
  • The Stockings Were Hung December 24, 1939 · Mutual · 26 min
    A Christmas Eve story with more than a touch of A Christmas Carol.
  • The Cat That Killed December 31, 1939 · Mutual · 26 min
    Night watchmen at the Burton warehouse are being killed, by a cat.
194022 episodes
  • Murder in the Death House January 7, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    Killer Goran, about to die in the electric chair, kills the executioner instead. Strapped in a second time, the wall blows open and the convicts break out.
  • The Precipice Called Death January 21, 1940 · Mutual · 25 min
    A small, ugly man controls a huge, hulking brute.
  • The Return of Carnation Charlie February 4, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    A killer comes back from the grave for revenge.
  • Death Is an Art February 11, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    A mad scientist promises a desperate artist he'll become the world's most successful sculptor.
  • Death on the Bridge March 3, 1940 · Mutual · 26 min
    Cranston goes undercover as a laborer to learn why so many bridge workers are falling to their deaths, and then he falls.
  • The Laughing Corpse March 10, 1940 · Mutual · 26 min
    Margo moves into a new apartment and hears a dead man laughing.
  • Murderer's Vanity March 17, 1940 · Mutual-Don Lee · 25 min
    The perfect crime almost comes off, except for the Shadow and Big Charlie's dream.
  • The Plot That Failed March 24, 1940 · Mutual · 30 min
    Two "scientists" trick the Shadow into helping place six strange machines around the city. A melted steam shovel tips him off, while Margo plans to boil four hundred Easter eggs.
  • Death in a Minor Key September 29, 1940 · Mutual · 27 min
    The season opener: strange murders in a madhouse, weird music, and a cripple thumping up the stairs.
  • Ghost Town October 6, 1940 · Mutual · 28 min
    A ghost town with a real ghost.
  • The Isle of the Living Dead October 13, 1940 · Mutual · 30 min
    A visit to the Devil Lady and her zombies on the island of St. Jude.
  • The Oracle of Death October 20, 1940 · Mutual · 26 min
    Spud can describe a crime before it happens, and now he predicts Lamont Cranston's death.
  • The Mark of the Black Widow October 27, 1940 · Mutual · 29 min
    The Black Widow is only an ancient Egyptian drawing of a spider, but it's just as deadly as the real thing.
  • The Creeper November 3, 1940 · Mutual · 25 min
    Five "accidents" at a lumber camp were murders. Who is the Creeper?
  • Carnival of Death November 10, 1940 · Mutual · 25 min
    Two of the figures in the wax museum are real dead people.
  • The House of Horror November 17, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    A mad scientist plans to blend a gorilla's mind with two beautiful women's, and Margo ends up on his operating table.
  • The Green Man November 24, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    Monk Harvey, who always wore green, burns to death, and soon a green ghost appears seeking revenge.
  • The Curse of Shiva December 1, 1940 · Mutual · 24 min
    A stockbroker dies at a seance while everyone is holding hands, and then Omar the Mystic is found murdered.
  • The Voice of Death December 8, 1940 · Mutual · 23 min
    A creepy bayou mansion, big dogs that mew like kittens, and a mad scientist who changes his victims' voices.
  • The Killer's Rendezvous December 15, 1940 · Mutual · 25 min
    An airliner forced down in a storm: a shot, a body, and stolen jewels.
  • Joey's Christmas Story December 22, 1940 · Mutual · 31 min
    At Christmastime, a street kid's out-of-work father turns to crime.
  • The Ghost on the Stair December 29, 1940 · Mutual · 30 min
    A Civil War romance leads to a haunted house, and murder in the night.
194122 episodes
  • The Leopard Strikes January 5, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    A policeman is killed at the zoo, and the evidence points to Rebu the leopard.
  • The Ghost Building January 12, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    The Coast Building becomes the "Ghost Building" when its owners ignore a racketeer's threat.
  • The Shadow Challenged January 19, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    A professor is murdered and a priceless Hindu manuscript stolen, by "the Shadow." Then Lamont Cranston gets a phone call from the Shadow.
  • The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie January 26, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    The family gathers to celebrate with Uncle Caleb. Announced as the tenth anniversary of The Shadow magazine; the Shadow jumps his cue at the end.
  • Nightmare at Gaelsberry February 2, 1941 · Mutual · 29 min
    The inmates take over the asylum. One knife scene is borrowed from "Death in a Minor Key."
  • The Man Who Lived Thrice February 9, 1941 · Mutual · 25 min
    Escaped convict "Slasher" Evans shoots himself when the Shadow corners him, and a bullet in the head doesn't stop a man who lives thrice.
  • The Phantom Voyage February 16, 1941 · Mutual · 24 min
    A strange ship and its even stranger cargo take on the Shadow.
  • The Chess Club Murders February 23, 1941 · Mutual · 29 min
    Three murders at the chess club go unsolved until the Shadow checkmates the killer.
  • Death Rides a Broomstick March 2, 1941 · Mutual · 29 min
    A witch's two-hundred-year-old curse turns into a modern murder spree.
  • Murder Underground March 9, 1941 · Mutual · 25 min
    A gang is looting the nickels from confiscated slot machines, and the Shadow is thrown into a waterfront pit full of rats.
  • The Ghost Walks Again March 16, 1941 · Mutual · 25 min
    Plans to reopen an old meeting hall are upset by the return of Roger Malthus, or his ghost.
  • Death Prowls at Night March 23, 1941 · Mutual · 25 min
    In the snowy Adirondacks, a mad scientist dressed as a werewolf hypnotizes Margo.
  • Voodoo March 30, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    A voodoo "resurrection." The Shadow knows.
  • Murder from the Grave April 6, 1941 · Mutual · 26 min
    A new serum can bring the dead back to life. A crook kills the inventor and raises a gang of ghouls.
  • Death on the Rails April 13, 1941 · Mutual · 29 min
    A reluctant Shadow looks into murder and mayhem at an isolated retreat.
  • The Dragon's Tongue Murders October 12, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    A wealthy mother, two broke children and her twin brother: everyone has a motive. A true crime-doesn't-pay story follows.
  • The Hoodoo Ship October 19, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    In 1850 the crew of the slave ship Raven murdered the Africans aboard. Now the Raven seems cursed, and two murders follow. Watch the bosun with the wooden leg.
  • The Devil's Hour October 26, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    The Devil is summoned at midnight on Halloween. A true crime-doesn't-pay story follows.
  • The Organ Played at Midnight November 9, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    Two surgeons are murdered and each one's arm is cut off. A phone call warns: if the organ plays at midnight, the lost will be found.
  • The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen November 16, 1941 · Mutual · 29 min
    An accused killer hangs himself in his cell, and Lamont Cranston is shot. One of the cops is named after the writer, Sidney Slon.
  • The Ring of Light November 23, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    A woman kills to steal a copper box holding the Ring of Light, and Lamont, Margo and the Commissioner are trapped in a room about to boil them alive. Blue Coal offers a glow-in-the-dark ring.
  • Death Imported December 21, 1941 · Mutual · 30 min
    An escaped criminal lunatic kills the warden and goes after the judge and the commissioner who put him away. Ends with a wartime pitch for Defense Bonds.
194214 episodes
  • Death Pulls the Strings January 4, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    A mad puppeteer murders a ballerina and builds a life-size puppet in her image. Afterward, a crime-doesn't-pay segment about Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.
  • The Drums of Doom (1942) January 11, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    The ghost of a wicked judge, the Black Judge, plans to murder his three children. Ends with a plea for the Red Cross.
  • The Thing in the Swamp January 18, 1942 · Mutual · 29 min
    A tale of greed and hate, and a thing with blood-red tentacles that rises out of the swamp to kill.
  • Dead Man's Revenge January 25, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    The ghost of a long-dead actor strangles the night watchman at the theater named for him, and kills twice more.
  • The Return of Anatole Chevanic February 1, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    A notorious one-armed jewel thief is murdered, then comes back from the grave to keep stealing.
  • Death Speaks Twice February 15, 1942 · Mutual · 29 min
    Two convicts break out of prison to get even with the judge who sentenced them.
  • Death Gives an Encore February 22, 1942 · Mutual · 29 min
    Professor Gondo transplants human organs, and this villain can see the Shadow.
  • Dead Men Tell March 1, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    A rich man about to disinherit his gambling son is murdered, and the son is suspected, but the real killer uses a death ray that works from three hundred feet.
  • Altar of Death March 15, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    On a tropical island, two people are sacrificed at the volcano every year, and this year it's Lamont and Margo.
  • The Mystery of Madman's Deep October 25, 1942 · Mutual · 26 min
    The secret of bringing dead men back to life lies at the bottom of the sea.
  • Death Keeps a Deadline November 1, 1942 · Mutual · 30 min
    Told he has six months to live, a cowardly crook called the Rabbit decides he has nothing to lose and turns killer.
  • The Wailing Corpse November 8, 1942 · Mutual · 29 min
    A man orders a glass coffin, five feet wide, for himself.
  • The Lady in Black November 22, 1942 · Mutual · 28 min
    A murder, a suicide, and a beautiful portrait behind black curtains, plus a poison gas that really existed.
  • Death Shoots an Arrow December 6, 1942 · Mutual · 28 min
    The Mark of the Cloven Hoof has been sent, and an arrow comes flying through the window.
19435 episodes
  • The Touch of Death (1943) February 28, 1943 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    A man claims he has the touch of death, and he does. He also knows the Shadow is Lamont Cranston.
  • The Gibbering Things September 26, 1943 · Mutual · 28 min
    Bret Morrison's first show as the Shadow: a mad scientist breeds living evil things and keeps human prisoners to feed them blood.
  • The Crystal Globe October 3, 1943 · Mutual · 29 min
    A mystic uses his crystal globe to drive people to their deaths, and then he orders Margo to kill Lamont Cranston.
  • The Bubbling Death December 5, 1943 · Mutual · 25 min
    At a cursed Louisiana mansion, Lamont and Margo look into two "suicides" in a pit of lye called the Cauldron.
  • The Club of Doom December 19, 1943 · Mutual · 24 min
    Members of a college alumnae club are seized by an urge to kill, and they do.
19443 episodes
  • A Pass to Death February 6, 1944 · Mutual · 29 min
    A student reporter tours the prison death house and is found dead after sitting in the electric chair. A new version of 1938's "Guest of Death."
  • Death to the Shadow March 12, 1944 · Mutual · 30 min
    Professor Petro's television machine can show any place in the city, and it can even show the Shadow. His secret is out.
  • The Drums of Doom (1944) March 19, 1944 · Mutual · 29 min
    A dancer brings a bracelet home from Haiti and is threatened by voodoo. The Shadow's filter microphone fails right at the climax.
19453 episodes
  • The Flaming Skull March 18, 1945 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    John Archer is the Shadow. A man sees a flaming skull in his mirror, and then the skull kidnaps, steals and kills. Peter Lorre hosts this Armed Forces copy.
  • The Destroyer March 25, 1945 · Mutual · 29 min
    A madman plans to wreck the whole city, after he shoots Lamont Cranston.
  • The Little Man Who Wasn't There April 8, 1945 · Mutual · 30 min
    A diamond, a wallet of cash and a fortune in emeralds vanish, and the Commissioner blames the Shadow. The real thief is invisible and knows the Shadow's secret.
194625 episodes
  • The Curse of the Cat January 20, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    Bret Morrison is back. A woman turns into a killer cat, or does she?
  • Murder with Music February 3, 1946 · Mutual · 26 min
    A beautiful actress is murdered at a society musicale, and death plays an encore.
  • The Living Head February 10, 1946 · Mutual · 27 min
    A gang of kidnappers terrifies its victims with a living head.
  • The Island of Ancient Death March 3, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    Murder and mayhem on a Caribbean island, and a wicked three-bladed knife.
  • The Ghost Without a Face March 10, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    A haunted theater puts on a show with real spirit.
  • Etched with Acid March 17, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A gang blackmails rich women over their gambling debts, and throws acid at anyone who steps out of line.
  • The Walking Corpse March 24, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 28 min
    A whistling strangler makes himself a zombie.
  • Mind Over Murder March 31, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Three elderly sisters inherit a fortune, two of them "commit suicide," and the third doesn't have long. Keep an ear on the butler.
  • The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper April 7, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A dead girl is seen walking away from a cemetery, and she really is dead.
  • The Unburied Dead April 14, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    "The Deacon" runs a phony memorial society to collect dead bodies and cheat insurance companies.
  • The Gorilla Man April 21, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A hairy zookeeper starts to look and think like Big Boy, one of the zoo's gorillas.
  • The Dreams of Death April 28, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Margo dreams of committing murder, and a madman claims she's the reincarnation of a woman from ancient Greece.
  • The White Witchman of Lawaiki May 5, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A madman who knows the Shadow's secret holds Lamont and Margo at gunpoint, leading to a tropic island and an angry volcano god.
  • The Bride Wore Black May 12, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A wedding, a madman, and the Shadow caught in quicksand.
  • The Touch of Death (1946) May 19, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Bret Morrison in the 1943 story: a man who kills with a touch has learned the Shadow's identity and wants a showdown.
  • They Kill with a Silver Hatchet May 26, 1946 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Smugglers, opium dens and horrible transformations. Who is the Golden Dragon?
  • Death in a Minor Key (1946) June 2, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    The 1940 script again: strange murders in a madhouse, weird music, and a cripple thumping up the stairs.
  • The Valley of Living Terror October 13, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    Grace Matthews joins as Margo. A mad scientist in the South American jungle has created a nameless horror.
  • Blood Money October 20, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    A murdered engraver leads the Shadow to a counterfeiting gang.
  • Gang Doctor November 24, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    The Corning Killer is a plastic surgeon who changes wanted men's faces for half their loot.
  • Makeup for Murder December 1, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    The Shadow poses as a bum named Flipper to learn why beggars are being killed.
  • The Devil Takes a Wife December 8, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    A woman who calls herself the Devil's Wife lives in a swamp ringed with quicksand, and everyone she curses dies.
  • Murders on the Main Stem December 15, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    An actress and a singer are murdered on Broadway, and Margo drinks drugged coffee.
  • The Fine Art of Murder December 22, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    A mad artist paints his model as she drowns, and decides Margo would look nice draped in seaweed.
  • Shadow of Suspicion December 29, 1946 · Mutual · 29 min
    Lamont Cranston is framed for murder and has twenty-four hours to clear himself.
194721 episodes
  • The Werewolf of Hamilton Mansion January 5, 1947 · Mutual · 24 min
    Out of gas in a snowstorm, Lamont and Margo find a body in an old Gothic mansion, its throat torn by a werewolf.
  • The Cat and the Killer January 12, 1947 · Mutual · 24 min
    A Siamese cat wearing a valuable collar is stolen from a pet shop, and the man who finds it is murdered.
  • The Scent of Death February 2, 1947 · Mutual · 29 min
    A woman is killed when she opens an "empty" perfume bottle.
  • The Shadow's Revenge May 11, 1947 · Mutual · 29 min
    Two escaped killers swear to kill Cranston, and the Shadow seems to lose his powers.
  • Death Rides High May 18, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    The Shadow breaks up a heartless racket that throws people out of airplanes.
  • Seance with Death May 25, 1947 · Mutual · 26 min
    A blackmailer is murdered, and the trail leads to a phony medium and a crooked psychiatrist.
  • Spider Boy June 1, 1947 · Mutual · 29 min
    A young man who believes he's a spider meets a frightened girl, and starts spinning his web.
  • The Phantom of the Lighthouse September 7, 1947 · Mutual · 32 min
    Murder, madness, a pirate's curse and buried treasure on a lonely island off the coast of Maine.
  • When the Grave Is Opened September 14, 1947 · Mutual · 29 min
    A ghoulish pair steals corpses to order, and makes new ones when supplies run short.
  • The Face September 21, 1947 · Mutual · 31 min
    A famous actor's face is burned into a horror, and when plastic surgery fails, he goes over the edge.
  • Death Takes the Wheel September 28, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A racket blackmails women gamblers out of their automobiles.
  • Curse of the Gypsies October 5, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Ruby of Karvahl October 19, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A cursed gem still brings death and destruction.
  • Death Hunt October 26, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A famous big-game hunter takes a $50,000 bet to be the hunted for twenty-four hours.
  • Death Has Eight Arms November 2, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A man is sure a Burmese goddess is out to kill him, and Lamont finds out why.
  • Dream of Death November 9, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A man comes back from the dead to claim his bride.
  • Doom and the Limping Man November 16, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    Right after a murderer is executed, his three lawyers start getting threatening phone calls from him.
  • The Comic Strip Killer November 23, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A comic-strip artist is next on the list of a killer with a strange new needle.
  • Murder and the Medium November 30, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
    A convicted murderer breaks out of jail to get the people who convicted him, and the Shadow proves he was innocent.
  • A Gift of Murder December 21, 1947 · Mutual · 25 min
    Aunt Florence comes into a million dollars, and murder follows.
  • The Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle December 28, 1947 · Mutual · 24 min
    Old man Crownshield has risen from the dead to spread mayhem.
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  • The Chill of Death January 4, 1948 · Mutual · 28 min
    A sweet old couple like their maids prone to pneumonia, and well insured.
  • The Bones of the Dragon January 11, 1948 · Mutual · 30 min
    Murder and robbery in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year.
  • Death and the Black Fedora January 18, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A man being driven mad finally commits three murders.
  • The House That Death Built January 25, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A mad former executioner dies and leaves a haunted house full of death traps.
  • One Dead and Two to Go February 1, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    An escaped convict comes back for revenge and his $100,000, and finds a double-cross.
  • The Thing in the Cage February 8, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A small figure from Africa, kept in a cage, is blamed for murder.
  • Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll February 15, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A mad surgeon kills, kidnaps, and decides to operate on Margo.
  • The Nursery Rhyme Murders February 22, 1948 · Mutual · 24 min
    Mother Goose rhymes help the Shadow stop a serial killer.
  • The Man Who Was Death February 29, 1948 · Mutual · 24 min
    A mad scientist with radiation poisoning runs amok. Written by Alfred Bester.
  • The Beast of Darrow House March 7, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A thirty-year-old elkhound guards its dead master's mansion and the money hidden inside.
  • Stake Out March 14, 1948 · Mutual · 25 min
    Lamont Cranston is a suspect in Carla Devins's murder, and the gang that really did it is after him too.
  • Death Coils to Strike March 21, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A man's wife turns into a snake before his eyes.
  • The Ghost That Gleams April 4, 1948 · Mutual · 29 min
    A ghost crosses the ocean to avenge his own murder.
  • The Legend of the Living Swamp May 2, 1948 · Mutual · 24 min
    The legend of the living swamp is true, and it has already killed two people.
  • Reflection of Death May 9, 1948 · Mutual · 27 min
    A mirror from an antique shop shows who is about to die.
  • The Giant of Madras May 16, 1948 · Mutual · 25 min
    A stolen gem and a murder aboard a train put the Shadow on the case.
  • Murder at Dead Man's Inn September 12, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Dead bodies at a lonely hotel, and the Shadow checks out with the treasure.
  • Revenge Is Murder September 19, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A stolen diamond, a dying gangster, and strange visitors from beyond.
  • Death Is a Colored Dream September 26, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A secretary sees a murder and starts having dreams in color.
  • The Phantom Racketeer October 3, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A Roaring Twenties gangster comes back to his old mansion in the Florida Keys.
  • A Mask for Murder October 10, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 27 min
    A man hires a professional killer to kill him, and there's more to the deal than it seems.
  • Dead Man's Ride October 17, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A man is killed riding his horse, and then his ghost goes riding.
  • The Drum of Obi October 24, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    A Jamaican voodoo curse comes to light when a man buys a coffin and finds an immediate use for it.
  • Murder by a Corpse October 31, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 29 min
    Halloween 1948: the Shadow takes on a ghost bent on murder, with hidden bonds and an insane asylum in the mix.
  • Evil in the House November 7, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    Blackmail and murder, and the Shadow takes on Dickie.
  • The Wig Makers of Doom Street November 28, 1948 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    An odd couple on Doom Street have an unusual source of hair for their wigs.
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  • Death and the Crown of Odalph January 2, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 27 min
    A sacred Viking relic brings a string of murders, while a Norse horn sounds.
  • The Trail of the Knifer February 20, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    Murder backstage when a prop knife turns out to be real.
  • Collectors of Death February 27, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    An old man's art collection is being stolen piece by piece and sold for a fraction of its worth. Or is it?
  • Until Death Do Us Part March 6, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    A gangster's wife is murdered, just like the wife before her.
  • The Ring of Mahlalayee March 13, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    An evil named for a goddess turns up in the Caribbean.
  • Death and the Easter Bonnet April 17, 1949 · Mutual · 29 min
    Margo's new Easter hat is the one foreign agents used to hide the formula for a "midget cyclotron."
  • Monkey Woman May 29, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    A will leaves a fortune to the monkeys of the world, and evil follows.
  • Preview of Terror June 5, 1949 · Mutual-Don Lee · 30 min
    Lamont and Margo find a haunted house so full of mayhem and bodies it's like a movie script, and maybe it is.
19541 episode
  • The Vengeance of Angela Nolan June 27, 1954 · Mutual · 25 min
    Lamont is framed for murder and has to break out of jail to clear himself. From the show's last year.