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 isolated wilderness set the stage for mounting uncertainty and terror.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.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast29:49 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 staircase, and frightened guests abandoning the hotel, The Shadow investigates its haunted past and unnerving present. Written by Jerry Devine for the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal broadcast.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.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:57 Original Broadcast30:38 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 ominous clues begin to echo familiar nursery rhymes, the pair race to uncover the connection before another threatened victim is drawn into the pattern.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast25:04 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 nickels, and the ominous address of Number Six River Street. Scripted by Jerry Devine and adapted from the Shadow novels by Walter B. Gibson, the episode follows a dangerous trail beneath the docks.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:55 Original Broadcast26:01 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 threats give the new skyscraper its sinister “Ghost Building” nickname, Lamont and Margot investigate the fears haunting its opening.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:44 Original Broadcast30:17 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 follow the sinister trail before the organization can strike again.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:54 Original Broadcast27:01 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 calls on Lamont Cranston to investigate. Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane, in this old-dark-house mystery promoted as The Shadow’s tenth-anniversary program.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:49 Original Broadcast30:34 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 manuscript that seems to echo the case. Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:42 Original Broadcast29:57 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 the impostor’s scheme while Commissioner Weston and sanitation officials confront the alarming possibility of danger to the city’s water supply.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:54 Original Broadcast30:25 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

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 seemingly in danger, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane follow the trail between the museum, the prison system, and a dangerous campaign of revenge.The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:49 Original Broadcast30:21 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shadow-old-time-radio--7217858/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio