William Johnstone

Ep 170

A carnival concession is a front for a kidnap ring and stock manipulation gang.

Ep 169

While on a picnic with Margot Lane, Lamont Cranston is unable to open a jar of olives! He says, "It's the toughest case I've ever had." The citizens of "Old Mill" are being killed by a strange disease. The cause? It's an "old hag" using her pet jackdaw as a flying killer!

Ep 168

The story is announced as above. However, just before the program went on the air, the title was changed to, "The Diamond Murders." Only on "The Shadow" would they dramatize a baseball team with a hunchback on the roster! At a night game, the pitcher is electrocuted!

Ep 167

Police suspect the Shadow of several apartment-house jewel robberies. In one of the series' looniest plot lines, the real criminal turns out to be a kindly gorilla, trained by an evil zookeeper. See cat. #11912 for a quality upgrade, syndicated rebroadcast.

Ep 166

A gangster seems to have disappeared and is thought dead. The first show of the season, parts of the network did not carry this show because of a basebll game.

Ep 165

A scientist has discovered a drug that simulates death while the victim remains aware of all that is going on around him. An old rivalry leads to a practical test of the new drug A better-than-usual script. The final commercial is a music fill for local commercial insert. This sc…

Ep 164

A mind-reader with plans for world conquest has guessed the Shadow's true identity. He threatens to reveal it unless Cranston helps his plans; before Cranston can answer, however, the mind reader dies! The last show of the season; Bill Johnstone and Agnes Moorehead say goodbye. S…

Ep 163

A convict is released from prison and swears revenge on the man who put him there...the Shadow! See cat. #384 for the same program, sponsored by Blue Coal. Being syndicated the date above is subject to correction.

Ep 162

Lamont Cranston uses a home disc recorder to record a strange radio transmission. He deciphers coded plans to steal a new warplane. This story is also known as, "Death By Violence."

Ep 161

After a woman is murdered, the only clue seems to be statue made of wax!

Ep 160

Because of threats against his seeing-eye dog, a blind man with a highly developed sense of touch is forced to help a gang of bank robbers.

Ep 159

This story is also known as, "Design For Murder." The evil Dr. Dharma uses his "telepathic hypnosis" to cause the death of innocent victims for their insurance. Lamont Cranston is his next victim; scheduled to die before morning! The system cue has been deleted. By a strange co-i…

Ep 158

The ghost of a dead sea Captain has returned to take over new ships...and sink them! The system cue has been deleted.

Ep 157

A gang injects a colorless, explosive gas into light bulbs all over town. When the lights go on, the gas goes off! See cat. #11913 for a quality upgraded, syndicated rebroadcast of this program.