William Johnstone

Ep 179

A touching Christmas story, with more than a touch of Dickens', "A Christmas Carol."

Ep 178

A gang kills for hire...using deadly matches. Co-incidentally, the real "Murder Incorporated" was being tried, convicted and in the headlines shortly after this broadcast.

Ep 177

The Shadow tackles a real louse who burns horses alive to collect on their insurance. "Hoot" Cranston rides again! This recording has references to "Rufus," a negro sterotype, deleted.

Ep 176

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

Ep 175

After eight deaths occur while building an "intercity tunnel," Lamont's suspicions turn to Pop Berky, the tunnel supervisor. See cat. #11909 for a sponsored, syndicated rebroadcast.

Ep 174

In another somewhat improbable criminal case, Dr. Vadelaw (a simple pun) has been infecting sailors so that he can smuggle red rubies into the country when their arms and legs swell. See cat. #11907 for a sponsored, syndicated version.

Ep 173

A scientist's newly invented robot runs amok and kills the wife of the inventor. A different scientist has invented a competing robot; Margot Lane promptly disappears. This script was produced and broadcast in Australia on January 29, 1947 (see cat. #111746). In Australia, the pr…

Ep 172

During a violent storm, Lamont Cranston and Margot find shelter in a mysterious and just-by-happenstance nearby castle.

Ep 171

The grisly story of a murderer who transplants the prints of a dead man onto a pair of gloves made from human skin!

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.