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Host

Ken Roberts

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A

Arthur Vinton

B

Betty Heckser

E

Elsie Thompson

Keenan Wynn

M

Marjorie Anderson

W

William Johnstone

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The Shadow 1940-09-29 (195) Death in a Minor Key.mp3

The Shadow, Episode 195

Death in a Minor Key

Sunday, September 29, 1940 · 26:38

The Shadow, Episode 195

Death in a Minor Key

Sunday, September 29, 1940 · 26:38

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The first show of the season. Strange murders in a madhouse, while weird music plays and a cripple thumps up the stairs. What more could you want? Despite the unheard commercials, this is a network recording, not a syndicated rebroadcast. The story was repeated on June 2, 1946 (see cat. #92468). Also, the vivd scene when a asylum madhouse inmate attacks with a knife is repeated during the program of February 2, 1941, "Death In A Minor Key" (see cat. #361).

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