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Host

Ken Roberts

Cast›

Arnold Moss

Bret Morrison

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Elsie Thompson

Kenny Delmar

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Marjorie Anderson

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Detective Desk

Private eyes, hardboiled and soft.

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Suspense

Sorry, Wrong Number

An invalid woman overhears a chilling conversation about a planned murder while struggling with a malfunctioning telephone. As she fights to alert the authorities, the stakes rise with each passing moment.

Ep 43 · Tuesday, May 25, 1943 · 29:38

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Stanley Price Matter

A fortune of jewels and a photo on a fishing license.

Ep 178 · Tuesday, September 1, 1953 · 29:32

Casey, Crime Photographer

Photo of the Dead

Casey investigates the mysterious death of his friend Dad Phelan, who believed he had communicated with his deceased wife through a fraudulent swami. The stakes rise as Casey uncovers a web of deceit and danger surrounding the swami's claims.

Ep 195 · Thursday, July 24, 1947 · 29:32

X Minus One

At the Post

A race track tout struggles to save his wife, who has fallen into a catatonic state, believing she is being controlled by aliens. He uses his knowledge of horse racing to uncover the truth behind her condition and the impending doom of mankind.

Ep 94 · Wednesday, March 27, 1957 · 22:03

Cloak and Dagger

Delay on Route

An OSS agent in Italy must navigate a dangerous mission to help partisans while facing moral dilemmas about justice and loyalty. He finds himself caught between the partisans and a fascist scientist seeking escape with valuable military secrets.

Ep 22 · Friday, October 6, 1950 · 29:30

Dimension X

Knock

The last man on Earth, Walter Phelan, finds himself alone in a room when he receives an unexpected visitor, an alien named Azzan. As Walter grapples with his new reality, he learns that humanity has been eradicated and he is now part of an alien zoo.

Ep 5 · Saturday, May 6, 1950 · 29:36

More from The Shadow

Same series — shared cast and standout nights

The Shadow

Death Rides a Broomstick

A two-hundred-year-old curse by a witch translates into a modern murder spree.

Ep 217 · Sunday, March 2, 1941 · 29:07

The Shadow

Bubbling Death

While on a visit to the cursed LeGrand mansion in Louisiana, Lamont and Margo try to find the cause of the two "suicides" in, "The Cauldron" (a pit filled with lye).

Ep 287 · Sunday, December 5, 1943 · 25:23

The Shadow

Murder Incorporated

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 178 · Sunday, December 17, 1939 · 26:07

The Shadow

The Cat That Killed

Night watchmen at the Burton warehouse are being murdered...by a cat!

Ep 180 · Sunday, December 31, 1939 · 25:37

The Shadow

The Ring of Light

A determined woman commits murder to steal a copper box containing, "The Ring Of Light." Lamont, Margot and Commissioner Weston find themselves trapped in a room and about to be b

Ep 233 · Sunday, November 23, 1941 · 29:30

The Shadow

The Return of Carnation Charlie

A killer returns from the grave to enact his revenge. Syndicated rebroadcast on WRVR-FM, New York City.

Ep 185 · Sunday, February 4, 1940 · 23:43

The Shadow

The Flight of the Vulture

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, de

Ep 177 · Sunday, December 10, 1939 · 24:39

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The Shadow 1943-10-03 (278) Crystal Globe.mp3

The Shadow, Episode 278

The Crystal Globe

Sunday, October 3, 1943 · 28:52

The Shadow, Episode 278

The Crystal Globe

Sunday, October 3, 1943 · 28:52

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Ahmed, an Iranian mystic, uses his crystal globe to force a man to kill himself. Then the man's wife commits suicide, then Margot is ordered to kill Lamont Cranston! Ahmed's invention is called the "Theta-Light." See cat. #10503 for a sustaining version of the broadcast.

Wartime Weeknights

Home-front thrills, 1942–1945.

24 episodes

1943

Midwar evenings, full strength.

24 episodes

The Forties

A whole decade on the dial.

24 episodes

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24 episodes

Inner Sanctum Mysteries

Beneficiary -- Death

A businessman badly in need of money sees his opportunity when a hitch-hiker's body in a car crash is identified as his. The last show of the season.

Ep 470 · Monday, April 17, 1950 · 29:38

The Adventures of Superman

The Sacred Emerald of the Incas

Superman races against time to help Dr. George Haven Beecham and his daughter Elsie recover the sacred emerald of the Incas from native priests before they escape.

Ep 27 · Friday, April 12, 1940 · 10:49

The Shadow

Death Coils to Strike

A man's wife changes into a snake right in front of him! The system cue has been deleted.

Ep 440 · Sunday, March 21, 1948 · 29:18

The Shadow

Drums of Doom

A dancer is threatened by voodoo after she brings a bracelet back from Haiti. The Shadow's filter mike fails right during the climax of the show, and continues to not work during

Ep 302 · Sunday, March 19, 1944 · 29:28

The Shadow

Death to the Shadow

Professor Petro has invited a television machine that can make any place in the city visible. The machine can even make "The Shadow" visible. The secret identity of "The Shadow"

Ep 301 · Sunday, March 12, 1944 · 29:30

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1943 — World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.
  • 1943 — World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
  • 1943 — World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
  • 1943 — World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.

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