THE SHADOW

OLD TIME RADIO - 5 CD - 254 mp3 - Total Playtime: 116:26:04

The Shadow was long believed to have debuted on radio as a program in its own right September 26, 1937, on the Mutual Broadcasting System. But the character actually premiered in September 1931, on CBS, as part of the hour-long The Blue Coal Radio Revue (named for the show's sponsor), featuring Frank Readick -- the "Shadow" announcer of Detective Stories -- as The Shadow, and playing Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The stories also appeared on Thursday nights for a month, when Love Story Drama (another Street and Smith creation) took the Thursday night slot -- but also featured occasional portrayals of The Shadow.
Blue Coal had a long relationship with the Shadow, moving the radio series to NBC in October 1932 with Readick playing the character on Wednesday nights now. Two years later, NBC ran the stories on Mondays and Wednesdays, both at 6:30 p.m., with LaCurto taking occasional turns as the title character. Three years later came the beginning of the half-hour drama radio buffs have remembered so well, with the then-unknown Orson Welles as The Shadow, the show moving to Mutual, and the famous catch phrase now in full play accompanied by the strains of an excerpt from Opus 31 of the Camille Saint-Saëns classical composition, "Le Rouet d'Omphale".
Welles did not speak that signature line -- Readick did, using a water glass next to his mouth for the echo effect. But Welles did make a credible Shadow, two years before his notoriety as the mastermind of Mercury Theatre on the Air's production of War of the Worlds.
After Welles left the role for a career in the cinema, The Shadow was portrayed by such actors as Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison (the longest tenure, with ten years in two separate runs), John Archer, and Steve Courtleigh as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. The radio show also introduced female characters into the Shadow's realm, most notably Margot Lane (played by Agnes Moorehead among others) as Cranston's love interest and crime-solving partner (the character was eventually integrated into Gibson's pulp novels). Lane was described as Cranston's "friend and companion" in later episodes, although the exact nature of their relationshp was left unclear. In the 1994 movie, Margot's name was spelled "Margo." However, early scripts of the radio show clearly show that the character's name was spelled "Margot".
Once The Shadow joined Mutual as a half-hour series, it did not leave Sunday evenings radio until December 26, 1954, outlasting the magazine that gave birth to it: The Shadow Magazine ended with the summer 1949 issue, although Gibson wrote three new "official" stories between 1963 and 1980. Gibson started off a short series of updated Shadow novels for Belmont with Return of the Shadow under his own name, followed by The Shadow Strikes, Beware Shadow, Cry Shadow, The Shadow's Revenge, Mark of The Shadow, Shadow Go Mad, Night of The Shadow, and Destination: Moon. The Shadow had mental powers in these books, to cloud men's minds so he effectively became invisible, to conquer pain, etc.

EPISODES LIST

370926 87 Death House Rescue(Sponsored By Blue Coal On Mutual)
371017 90 Murder By The Dead (Recreation)
371024 91 The Temple Bells of Neban
371031 92 The Three Ghosts
371128 96 Circle of Death
371212 98 The Death Triangle
371226 100 The Voice of Death
380109 102 The League of Terror
380116 103 Sabotage
380123 104 The Society of the Living Dead
380130 105 The Poison Death
380206 106 The Phantom Voice
380213 107 The House of Horror
380220 108 Hounds in the Hills
380227 109 The Plot Murder
380306 110 The Bride of Death
380313 111 The Silent Avenger
380320 112 The White Legion
380327 113 The Hypnotized Audience(begin Sponsorship B F Goodrich)
380403 114 Death from the Deep
380410 115 The Fire Bug
380417 116 The Blind Beggar Dies
380424 117 Power of the Mind
380501 118 White God
380508 119 Aboard the Steamship Amazon
380515 120 Murders in Wax
380522 121 Message from the Hills
380529 122 The Creeper
380605 123 Tenor with a Broken Voice
380612 124 Murder on Approval
380619 125 The Tomb Of Terror
380626 126 The Old People
380703 127 Voice Of the Trumpet
380710 128 He Died At Twelve
380717 129 Reincarnation Of Michael
380724 130 The Mark of the Bat
380731 131 Revenge On The Shadow
380807 132 The Mine Hunters
380814 133 The Hospital Murders
380821 134 The Caverns of Death
380828 135 Death Under the Chapel
380904 136 The Black Buddha
380911 137 The Witch Drums Of Salem - with Orson Wells
380918 138 Professor X
380925 139 Traffic in Death (Begin Sponsorship Blue Coal)
381002 140 The Black Abbot
381009 141 Death Stalks the Shadow
381016 142 Night Without End
381023 143 Gun Island
381030 144 The Isle of Fear
381106 145 Shyster Payoff
381113 146 Black Rock
381120 147 Death Is Blind
381127 148 Fountain of Death
381204 149 Murder in E Flat
381211 150 Murder by Rescue
381218 151 Guest of Death
390101 153 The Man Who Murdered Time
390108 154 Island of the Devil
390115 155 Ghosts Can Kill
390122 156 Valley of the Living Dead
390129 157 Prelude to Terror
390205 158 The Ghost of Captain Bayloe
390212 159 Hypnotic Death
390219 160 Friend of Darkness
390226 161 Horror in Wax
390305 162 Sabotage In Air
390312 163 Appointment with Death
390319 164 Can the Dead Talk
390917 165 Conversation with Death
390924 166 Dead Men Talk
391001 167 The Night Marauders
391022 170 House of Fun
391029 171 Phantom Fingerprints
391105 172 Mansion of Madness
391112 173 Inventor of Death
391119 174 The Shadow Returns
391126 175 The Sandhog Murders
391203 176 Death Shows the Way
391210 177 The Flight of the Vulture
391217 178 Murder Incorporated
391224 179 The Stockings Were Hung
391231 180 The Cat That Killed
400107 181 Murder in the Death House
400121 183 The Precipice Called Death
400204 185 The Return of Carnation Charlie
400211 186 Death Is an Art
400303 189 Death on the Bridge
400310 190 The Laughing Corpse
400317 191 Murderers Vanity
400324 192 The Plot That Failed
400929 195 Death in a Minor Key
401006 196 Ghost Town
401013 197 The Isle of the Living Dead
401020 198 The Oracle of Death
401027 199 The Mark of the Black Widow
401103 200 The Creeper
401110 201 Carnival of Death
401117 202 The House of Horror
401124 203 The Green Man
401201 204 The Curse of Shiva
401208 205 The Voice of Death
401215 206 The Killers Rendezvous
401222 207 Joeys Christmas Story
401229 208 The Ghost of the Stair
410105 209 The Leopard Strikes
410112 210 The Ghost Building
410119 211 The Shadow Challenged
410126 212 The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie
410202 213 Nightmare at Gaelsberry
410209 214 The Man Who Lived Twice
410216 215 The Phantom Voyage
410223 216 The Chess Club Murders
410302 217 Death Rides a Broomstick
410309 218 Murder Underground
410316 219 The Ghost Walks Again
410323 220 The Death Prowls at Night
410330 221 Voodoo
410406 222 Murder from the Grave
410413 223 Death on the Rails
411019 228 The Hoodoo Ship
411116 232 The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen
411123 233 The Ring of Light
420201 243 The Return of Anatole Chevanic
420215 245 Death Speaks Twice
420222 246 Death Gives an Encore
420301 247 Dead Men Tell
420315 249 Altar of Death
421025 255 The Mystery of Madmans Deep
421101 256 Death Keeps a Deadline
421108 257 The Wailing Corpse
421122 259 The Lady in Black
421206 261 Death Shoots an Arrow
430228 273 The Touch of Death
430314 275 The Crystal Globe
430926 277 The Gibbering Things
431003 278 The Crystal Globe
431119 xxx Return To Life - (Australian)
431205 287 Bubbling Death
431219 289 Club of Doom
431226 290 The Juggernaut
440206 296 A Pass to Death
440312 301 Death to the Shadow
440319 302 Drums of Doom
441119 315 The Man Who Dreamed Too Much
450121 324 Death Is Just Around the Corner - Out Of This World
450311 331 The Brief Fame of John Cooper
450318 332 The Case of the Flaming Skull (Australian Version)
450325 333 The Destroyer
450408 335 The Little Man Who Wasnt There
451104 344 Spotlight on the Duchess
451111 345 Spider Boy
460120 355 Curse of the Cat
460127 356 Dream of Death
460203 357 Murder with Music
460210 358 The Living Head
460303 361 Island of Ancient Death
460310 362 The Ghost Without a Face
460317 363 Etched with Acid
460324 364 The Walking Corpse
460331 365 Mind over Murder
460407 366 The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper
460414 367 The Unburied Dead
460421 368 The Gorilla Man
460428 369 The Dreams of Death
460505 370 The White Witchman of Lawaiki
460512 371 The Bride Wore Black
460519 372 The Touch of Death
460526 373 They Kill with a Silver Hatchet
460602 374 Death in a Minor Key
461013 379 The Valley of the Living Terror
461020 380 Blood Money
461124 385 Gang Doctor
461201 386 Makeup for Murder
461208 387 The Devil Takes a Wife
461215 388 Murders on the Main Stem
461222 389 The Fine Art of Murder
461229 390 The Shadow of Suspicion
470105 391 The Werewolf of Hamilton Mansion
470112 392 The Cat and the Killer
470126 394 Death by Imagination
470202 395 The Scent of Death
470223 398 The Witch of the Crescent Moon
470427 407 Death Takes a Fadeout
470504 408 Suicide League
470511 409 The Shadows Revenge
470518 410 Death Rides High
470525 411 Seance with Death
470601 412 Spider Boy
470907 413 The Phantom of the Lighthouse
470914 414 When the Grave Is Open
470921 415 The Face
470928 416 Death Takes the Wheel
471005 417 The Curse of the Gypsies
471019 418 The Ruby of Karvahl
471026 419 Death Hunt
471102 420 Death Has Eight Arms
471109 421 Dream of Death
471116 422 Doom and the Limping Man
471123 423 The Comic Strip Killer
471130 424 Murder and the Medium
471221 427 A Gift of Murder
471228 428 Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle
480104 429 The Chill of Death
480111 430 The Bones of the Dragon
480118 431 Death and the Black Fedora
480125 432 The House That Death Built
480201 433 One Dead and Two to Go
480208 434 The Thing in the Cage
480215 435 The Terror at Wolfs Head Knoll
480222 436 The Nursery Rhyme Murders
480229 437 The Man Who Was Death
480307 438 The Beast of Darrow House
480314 439 Stakeout
480321 440 Death Coils to Strike
480328 441 Death and the Easter Bonnet
480404 442 The Ghost That Gleams
480502 446 The Legend of the Living Swamp
480509 447 Reflection of Death (Recreation)
480509 447 Reflection of Death
480516 448 The Giant of Madras
480530 450 The Ruby of Karvahl
480912 451 Murder at Dead Mans Inn
480919 452 Revenge Is Murder
480926 453 Death Is a Colored Dream
481003 454 The Phantom Racketeer
481010 455 A Mask for Murder
481017 456 Dead Mans Ride
481024 457 The Drum of Obi
481031 458 Murder by a Corpse
481107 459 Evil in the House
481128 462 The Wig Makers of Doom Street
490102 467 Death and the Crown of Odalph
490220 474 Trail of the Knifer
490227 475 The Collectors of Death
490306 476 Unto Death Do Us Part
490313 477 The Ring of Mahlalayee
490417 482 Death and the Easter Bonnet
490529 488 Monkey Woman
490605 489 Preview of Terror
500115 507 The Bride of Death
540321 723 Voice of Death
540328 724 Death In The Deep
540627 737 The Vengeance of Angela Nolan
Quick As A Flash Guest The Shadow 1948 02 14
Story Of The Shadow P.1
Story Of The Shadow P.2
Story Of The Shadow P.3
Story Of The Shadow P.4
The Air Freight Fracas
The Bridge Of Tragedy
The Computer Calculates But the Shadow knows
The Shadow - BBC Radio
What Ever Became Of The Shadow

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